Senior Manager, End-to-End Planning, Spine-Orthopaedics

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Job Function:

Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function:

End-to-End Planning

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Senior Manager, End-to-End Planning, Spine-Orthopaedics in Raynham, MA and West Chester, PA!

About Orthopaedics

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

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopedics business to establish a standalone orthopedics' company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals.

Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes

The Senior Manager, End-to-End Planning, Spine will lead the Spine end-to-end planning organization and govern planning decisions that balance customer service, cost, inventory, capacity, and supply risk across global supply chains. This role is accountable for driving disciplined planning execution, strengthening IBP/S&OP integration, and enabling business trade-off decisions that support service, growth, and operational performance.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape planning strategy for a critical MedTech platform, influence global supply chain decisions, lead a high-performing planning team, and partner with senior leaders across commercial, finance, manufacturing, quality, regional supply chain, and product management. The leader in this role will help improve supply reliability, inventory health, NPI readiness, scenario planning, and executive decision-making across the Spine portfolio.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the Spine end-to-end planning strategy and operating cadence across demand, supply, inventory, service, capacity, and supply risk.
• Govern planning methods, parameters, segmentation, tolerances, alerts, escalation thresholds, and critical decision processes across the global planning network.
• Drive inventory strategy, replenishment approach, decoupling points, safety stock, lead times, make frequencies, minimum order quantities, and other planning assumptions in partnership with site and regional teams.
• Lead exception-based and scenario-based planning to resolve demand, supply, inventory, and capacity imbalances while balancing customer service, cost, risk, and inventory exposure.
• Represent Global Planning in S&OP/IBP forums and frame risks, opportunities, assumptions, trade-offs, and recommendations for senior leadership decision-making.
• Lead supply risk management, smart alert review, service impact assessment, mitigation planning, and escalation of business-critical issues across the global network.
• Drive planning readiness for new product introductions, lifecycle changes, regional launches, regulatory transitions, and supply network changes.
• Own planning performance management across OTIF, CBO, plan attainment, forecast accuracy, inventory days of supply, SLOB, backorder reduction, and supply commit adherence.
• Lead, coach, and develop End-to-End Planning Managers and/or Analysts while building an inclusive, high-performing team with clear goals, accountability, and development plans.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required.
• An advanced degree in supply chain, operations, engineering, business, or a related discipline is preferred.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

Required:

• A minimum of ten (10) years of progressive supply chain planning, operations, or related business experience is required.
• A minimum of three (3) years of people leadership, matrix leadership, or equivalent leadership experience is required.
• Demonstrated experience leading demand planning, supply planning, inventory management, S&OP/IBP, scenario planning, and cross-functional business trade-off decisions is required.
• Experience working across organizational boundaries in a global, matrixed environment is required.
• Advanced knowledge of ERP and advanced planning systems, including SAP, APO, OMP, or equivalent planning platforms, is required.
• Strong scenario planning, analytical, digital, and visualization capability, including Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, or equivalent tools, is required.
• Proven business acumen across end-to-end supply chain, commercial priorities, financial trade-offs, inventory strategy, and executive-level communication is required.

PREFERRED:

• Experience supporting medical device, regulated manufacturing, healthcare, life sciences, or other complex global supply chain environments is preferred.
• Experience leading planning transformation, digital planning adoption, process standardization, or advanced planning system implementation is preferred.
• Experience with new product introduction planning, lifecycle management, portfolio transitions, regulatory transitions, or supply network changes is preferred.
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to translate complex supply chain constraints into clear business options, trade-offs, and recommended decisions.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders across commercial, finance, manufacturing, quality, procurement, regional supply chain, and product management teams.
• Supply chain certifications such as APICS CPIM, CSCP, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent credentials are preferred.

OTHER:

• English proficiency is required; additional language capabilities may be beneficial based on global stakeholder support needs.
• This position may require up to 10% domestic and/or international travel.
• Relevant supply chain, planning, Lean Six Sigma, APICS CPIM, APICS CSCP, or equivalent certifications are preferred.
• No specific union language is required for this role.
• A valid driver’s license is not required unless otherwise specified by the business.

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Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Demand Forecasting, Demand Planning, Developing Others, Distribution Resource Planning (DRP), Financial Competence, Inclusive Leadership, Inventory Optimization, Leadership, Leading Change, Manufacturing Flow Management, Materials Handling, Operations Management, Organizing, Procurement Policies, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Supply Planning, Team Management

 

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$122,000.00 - $212,750.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits


This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.



Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

Vacation –120 hours per calendar year

Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year

Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year

Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child

Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year

Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days

Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year

Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year



Additional information can be found through the link below.

Co-Ops and Intern Positions: Please use the following language:

Co-Ops/Interns are eligible to participate in Company sponsored employee medical benefits in accordance with the terms of the plan.

Co-Ops and Interns are eligible for the following sick time benefits: up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington, up to 56 hours per calendar year.

Co-Ops and Interns are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension).