Manager, S&OP

Role Summary

Manager, S&OP for DePuy Synthes Sales within Johnson & Johnson, leading S&OP and inventory processes for MedTech distribution, with a focus on forecast accuracy, capacity planning, and cross-functional engagement to improve OTIF-D and service levels.

Responsibilities

• The S&OP and Inventory Integrator role will lead best in class Deliver S&OP process for the MedTech distribution center, ensuring a robust rolling 12-24 month forecast for the site and a cadence of strategic engagement with franchise partners to identify, evaluate and address capacity constraints, cost and opportunities to drive improvements in OTIF-D and service levels.
• Partner with the PLAN functional leads and act as the point of contact in the PIC COE for S&OP and inventory ‚Äì including E&O management, project support to reduce inventory, and gross to net inventory analysis for Trauma franchise.
• Lead and develop scenario modeling capabilities focused on reducing risk, lowering cost, and optimizing inventory.
• Understand and translate volumes from planning and provide a clear hand off to distribution teams to enable appropriate planning.
• Prepare essential DC data highlighting performance and gaps on an end-to-end basis with Segment Deliver and Planning teams.
• Take a hands-on approach to develop digital capabilities, working with the DC Leadership team and logistics provider to translate forecast changes into actions.
• Understand the current operational model (Cost per Case) and how external forces impact financial applications.
• Engage franchise supply chain functions and deliver supporting teams, lead preparation activities, and analyze to support the S&OP process, closing capability or performance gaps in the E2E supply chain.
• Maintain structure and cadence of engagements with franchise partners for weekly prioritization and STEM/SOE actions and communications.
• Lead strategic change with a network of supply chain and delivery partners supporting US Ortho business units.
• Collaborate with franchise planning partners and distribution providers to ensure inventory accuracy between site and franchise ERP/Planning systems.
• Coordinate with franchise planning partners and distribution leadership to enable strategic capacity management and disposition of quarantined, slow moving and obsolete inventory.

Qualifications

Education

• A minimum of a Bachelor‚Äôs degree required; concentration in Business, Logistics, or Engineering preferred.

Required

• Minimum six (6) years of relevant professional work experience
• Experience in logistics/supply chain/finance
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a proven track record to lead, resolve conflicts, and influence change
• Ability to collaborate and build partnerships with cross-functional senior teammates
• Experience building functional excellence and driving continuous improvement plans

Preferred

• Experience leading change through collaborative S&OP processes
• Strong analytical/digital skills, experience with digital enablement/transformation
• Experience with inbound/outbound forecasts, data conversion for distribution modeling, constraint identification, or cost/trade-off decision support
• Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain and core planning processes
• Ability to lead change through analytics and navigate end-to-end tradeoffs
• Experience in New Product Introduction
• Experience with strategic inventory management, inventory synchronization, reserve, or SLOB resolution
• Experience working with Third Party Logistics providers
• Lean skills; Lean Green Belt

Additional Requirements

• May require up to 25% domestic and/or international travel to other locations and sites