Senior Specialist, Production Planning and Scheduling

Johnson & Johnson Vision , a member of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is recruiting for a Senior Specialist, Production Planning and Scheduling in Añasco, Puerto Rico!

At Johnson & Johnson Vision , we have a bold ambition: to change the trajectory of eye health. That’s why, through our operating companies, we’ve developed solutions for every stage of life—to help people see better, connect better and live better. We partner with eye care professionals to provide some of the world’s leading products and technologies to address refractive error, cataracts, dry eye, and beyond. We are committed to using our reach and size for good, and strive to put quality eye care within reach of everyone, everywhere. Visit us at www.jjvision.com. Follow @JNJVision on Twitter and Johnson & Johnson Vision on LinkedIn.

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This role is mainly focused on the effective coordination of the production scheduling function and coordinates production schedule to support product demand ensuring timely delivery to customers of finished products. To do this, it collaborates with internal groups including plant production departments to ensure on time delivery of products. In addition, assists in identifying and correcting manufacturing issues for capacity and NPI and prepares production reports to measure performance and make needed adjustments to planned production schedules. It Ensures Credo-based decision making, trusting, collaborative and ethical work environment; and execution with the highest standards of quality, compliance and accountability

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyzes product demand, sales patterns/forecasts, production specifications and plant capacity data, capacity usage and ramp up as needed to prepare schedules and work orders for manufacturing processes.
• Monitors planning modules or production planning systems and related information and anticipates production issues and provides watch outs that could impact the production plans due to raw material constraints.
• Performs and analyzes inventory reports, determines production quantities, customer service recovery analysis, handles local events, and short and long-term planning considering demand.
• Participates in new product launch meetings to provide new product forecasts and production schedules and acts as SME that drives and provides support/direction on Planning requirements to Project Leads/Managers.
• Leads critical issues through Plan Escalation Process and communicates personnel/management as appropriate. Leads the process/team until resolution.
• Identifies and drives Lean / Six Sigma improvement Kaizens or Opportunities for plant or manufacturing unit supply S&OPs.
• Reports production and distribution indicators on monthly/weekly basis and serves as one source of truth to planning parameters.