Senior Manager Production, Planning & Scheduling
About this opportunity
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com .
As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.
Job Function:
Supply Chain Planning
Job Sub Function:
Production Planning & Scheduling
Job Category:
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
Latina, Italy
Job Description:
The Packaging Planning Sr Manager leads the Packaging Planning team at the Latina site, coaching and developing a high-performing team while ensuring reliable supply to patients.
The role drives packaging planning and detailed scheduling through OMP and SAP, translating demand into executable production plans and optimizing capacity, materials, inventory and production sequencing. It proactively identifies and mitigates supply risks and supports the successful introduction of new products.
As Latina is a Launch & Grow site, the role is critical to managing increasing portfolio and launch complexity, strengthening planning capabilities and driving effective cross-functional execution.
Key Responsibilities
Lead, coach and develop the Packaging Planning team, fostering engagement, accountability and continuous development.
Own packaging planning and detailed scheduling processes, ensuring effective use of OMP and SAP.
Translate demand and supply priorities into executable production plans, optimizing capacity, sequencing, inventory and material availability.
Ensure planning parameters, master data and system outputs are accurate and enable effective decision-making.
Lead medium and long-term planning and contribute to S&OP/IBP processes.
Proactively identify supply, capacity and material risks and drive effective mitigation plans.
Support new product launches, ensuring planning readiness and appropriate OMP/SAP setup.
Partner cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Packaging, Quality, Procurement and other functions to ensure plan execution and supply continuity.
Ensure planning activities comply with GMP, Quality and EHS requirements, promoting a strong culture of compliance and safety within the team.
Drive planning process excellence, standardization and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in a scientific discipline, Supply Chain, Engineering, or equivalent relevant experience.
Proven experience in Supply Chain, Production or Packaging Planning, preferably in a regulated pharmaceutical environment.
Strong hands-on experience with OMP and SAP, including production planning, detailed scheduling, capacity and material planning.
Strong understanding of ERP/APS integration, master data, planning parameters and end-to-end planning processes.
Demonstrated people leadership experience, with the ability to coach, develop and engage high-performing teams.
Strong analytical, problem-solving and scenario-planning capabilities.
Strong cross-functional collaboration, communication and influencing skills.
Patient-first, results-oriented mindset with a strong focus on continuous improvement.
Fluent English and Italian
#SCEngineer
#LI-AA2
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
AI Judgement Integration, Analytical Reasoning, Critical Thinking, Demand Forecasting, Demand Planning, Disruptive Innovations, Distribution Management, Just-in-Time (JIT) Manufacturing, Manufacturing Flow Management, Materials Requirements Planning (MRP), Mentorship, Organizing, Process Improvements, Product Design, Product Development, Production Operations, Supply Planning, Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility
The anticipated base pay range for this position is:
€71,100.00 - €122,590.00
Benefits:
In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.
*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.
Additional information:
Job details
How this role compares
Computed from every other active Manufacturing & CMC role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 615 comparable Manager Manufacturing & CMC roles across 100 biopharma companies.
Salary context
189 of 615 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
Where these roles are based
Top locations among the 615 comparable roles
+ 35 more countries
Seniority mix
615 of 615 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
5 of 615 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
Similar opportunities
The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.
Notify me about similar jobs
Get an email when we spot other openings like this one – same job function, comparable seniority, roles you'd actually want to see.
Or follow a whole field: get every new Manufacturing & CMC job in Italy, and choose locations and companies.
How we calculate "similar"
No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.
Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.
0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.