Senior Manager US Regional Plan

Ethicon, part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of companies, is recruiting for a Senior Manager, US Regional Plan, located in Cincinnati, OH or Raritan, NJ.

Ethicon, part of the Johnson & Johnson MedTech, has made significant contributions to surgery for more than 60 years from creating the first sutures, to revolutionizing surgery with minimally invasive procedures. Our continuing dedication to Shape the Future of Surgery is built on our dedication to help address the world's most pressing health care issues and improve and save more lives. Through Ethicon's surgical technologies and solutions including sutures, staplers, energy devices, trocars and hemostats and our dedication to treat serious medical conditions like obesity and cancer worldwide, we deliver innovation to make a life-changing impact. For more information, visit www.ethicon.com .

Remote work options will not be considered for this position.

Reporting to the Ethicon U.S. Supply Chain Lead, the US Regional Plan Senior Manager is responsible for leading and taking full accountabilities for all the planning activities within the US region including demand Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), and regional inventory management.

Other responsibilities include business planning, leading the US inventory strategy and planning activities, and driving US service management and product allocations, all aiming to deliver on key performance indicators including forecast accuracy, customer service, inventory, and cost improvements.

The US Regional Plan Senior Manager is part of Ethicon LLC legal manufacturer and reports to the Ethicon U.S. Supply Chain Lead for the planning activities related to Ethicon LLC products. This role will ensure close collaboration with the finance and the commercial partners to reconcile and synchronize demand with sales expectations and ensure optimal customer service to end customer and affiliates, while managing inventory to target levels. Also, this role will lead the U.S. Integrate Business Planning (IBP) processes and resources to accurately deliver regional demand through obtaining meaningful market intelligence in achieving sustainable growth and to exceed business expectations. In addition, this role will provide leadership and guidance on the demand, supply and distribution planning processes that drive cost-effective stock-inventory availability while protecting customer service through a robust IBP process.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and ensure that appropriate planning processes and systems are in place to implement the planning operations and are aligned with corporate policies at all times.
• Partner cross-functionally to develop solutions to business challenges with varying levels of scope and complexity, towards achieving business platform targeted results.
• Exercise strong judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate courses of action.
• Manage professional associates (3-4) such as regional demand planners, interns and contractors as required. Indirect reports can include, but not limited too functional partners and other associates such as supply planners.
• Ensure understanding and communication on the business consequences arising from trade-offs concerning the planning activities applying scenario planning and issue resolution for decision making where required.
• Organize and present information that ensures timely forecasting communications and common goals and objectives across functional areas.
• Provide clear leadership vision to teams to attain process efficiencies by continually reducing forecast error while increasing customer service levels and drive continuous improvements in these areas.
• Support new product introductions.
• Responsible for leading and supporting supply chain customer solution initiatives that enable business plan attainment in current and future years