Demand Planner

**Job Function**:
Supply Chain Planning
**Job Sub Function**:
Demand Planning
**Job Category**:
Professional
**All Job Posting Locations**:
Markham, Ontario, Canada

Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies is recruiting for a **Demand Planner**. This position is located in Markham, ON Canada.

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

The Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies have been working to make surgery better for more than a century. With substantial breadth and depth in surgical technologies, orthopedic and interventional solutions, we aspire to improve and enhance medical care for people worldwide. Together, we are working to shape the future of health through differentiated products and services.

**Position Summary**:
As a Demand Planner, you will play a key role in Sales & Operations Planning Process to drive the alignment among supply chain, finance, and commercials for the reliable demand forecast of next 18 months. You also work closely with Supply Planner to drive the best-in-class service level and optimize the inventory and SLOB at DC. In addition, you are the key linkage point to the Global Planning organizations ensuring End-to-End visibility and synchronicity through the supply chain.

You will also implement cycles in the S&OP Cycle (Demand Review, Supply Review) and will contribute to the maturity of the S&OP process towards IBP (Integrated Business Planning).

**Responsibilities**:

- Lead the regional S&OP process aligning communications between Commercial and Supply Chain partners and ensuring connectivity with Business Planning process for specific platforms.
- Owns critical metrics related to product portfolio (OTIF, forecast accuracy, NPI launches and Life Cycle Management) and contributes to other supply chain related KPIs (Inventory, SLOB and E&O)
- Review statistical forecast generated and provide input on changes that may be required. Collaborate with functions such as Sales, Marketing, Commercial Operations, and Finance to identify and incorporate market intelligence (events) into the demand forecast as aligned.
- Proactively identify and resolve directly or through business partnership any issue affecting the product flow.
- Collaborate with global supply chain teams on projects affecting the product portfolio and/or the supply network.
- Partner with Field Assets Management team to find opportunities and implement solutions for field assets management optimization - if applicable
- Ensure solid partnership and end to end alignment with key functions: commercial organizations, local and regional supply chain organizations (Plan, Make, Source), CLS, Quality, Regulatory Affairs and Product Management
- Build the SOPs for key working process in planning stream.

**Qualifications**:
Required:

- Education background: Bachelor’s Degree or above
- Minimum 3 years’ work experience in supply chain or related field.
- Must-have experience in Demand Planning.
- Solid experience in managing S&OP (Sales and Operation Planning) for multiple categories; proven record of leading the discussion with sales, marketing, and finance to align consensus demand plan for short horizon (1-3 months) and long horizon (3-18 months).
- Proficient in developing statistical forecast at multiple levels of aggregation and horizon and integrating commercial insights to refine forecast model to reflect latest business assumption.
- Experience in Healthcare/CPG/Pharmaceutical
- Experience on SAP/APO
- Strong at communication skills and presentation skills

**Preferred**:

- APICS certification (CSCP/CPIM) is an asset.
- Experience in Supply Planning is an asset.
- Proficient in advanced analytics and data visualization software design and usage (i.e., Power BI)
- Motivated teammate with the ability to collaborate and engage with multiple partners
- Highly developed organizational skills - able to handle multiple high priority tasks/projects concurrently
- Self-starter with the mindset of problem-solving and result oriented mindset.