Planner - Buyer, Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision

About the Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson is a company committed to doing good for the world. We blend Heart, Science and Ingenuity to profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity.
Johnson & Johnson Vision is a leading global optical company that develops life changing techniques for all ages. We provide eye surgeons and their patients with a complete solution that includes a range of advanced products and services developed to help people of all ages with sight defects. We offer market leading technique for laser surgery, equipment for cataract operations and intraocular lenses. We also offer a program for education and support that help eye surgeons to master the full range of the technology.


Johnson & Johnson Vision in Uppsala produce the ophthalmic viscoelastic device Healon. We manufacture our products from scratch. A substance is produced from raw materials and is through different steps in production processed to finished products. The whole process takes several days and monitored closely. A variety of quality assurance measures are made continuously. It is important that the product is free from particles, fibers and odor. Improvements to the product and the process are made continuously to lift the organization to a more efficient level and to position ourselves in front of our competitors. At our site in Uppsala, there are many different tasks and employees with different experiences and skills. We are about 120 employees located in Uppsala and 8 400 employees worldwide within Johnson & Johnson Vision.


Introduction and Overview
The Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision goal is improving sight throughout a patient’s lifetime. J&J Surgical Vision is well positioned to address a full range of vision health needs for global markets: The No. 2 global provider of CATARACT products and a leader in presbyopia-correcting IOLs, the Global REFRACTIVE (LASIK) market leader, all supported with a CONSUMER EYE HEALTH diverse portfolio of solutions and drops.
Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision has operations in the United States, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Europe/Middle East/Africa regions. Research, innovation and new-product development are the focus of our organization. Our associates around the world are committed to expanding our brands and fortifying our position as the worldwide leader in the industry.


Planner-Buyer
The role as Planner-Buyer operate the E2E Supply Chain from demand handover, to material ordering, production planning, and through to production completion and shipping. They build strong collaborative teams and relationships. They optimize the flow of materials, while considering plant warehouse capacity and inventory targets, eliminating potential disruptions in the storage area, minimizing both storage costs and potential SLOB, utilizing inventory entitlement concepts.


Don´t miss this opportunity to work as part of our Supply Chain team, to support tactical planning and purchasing activities.


Objectives of the Position
Driving and executing material plans, working with Supply Chain and Procurement to support business requirements.
Identifying supply risks and issues, driving mitigation actions and call out if needed.
Driving continuous harmonization and improvement of material supply processes ensuring Monitoring and securing supplier delivery performance (including delivery and quality), while managing supplier deliverables for the project (material status, forecast information, specification packages).
Prepare production plans for semi-finished products as needed and against set inventory targets. Production monitoring (outcomes, lead times, inventories). Responsibility for warning / initiating measures in case of major deviations.
Responsibility for article basic data in ERP systems
Breakdown of volume forecasts semi-finished and materials in the budget process
Analyze and follow-up production planning and inventory measurement numbers
Collaborate with Global PLAN organization, Value Stream, Production, Quality, Purchasing & Finance to ensure that production, inventory planning work collaborates
Participate in projects / assignments and activities within the framework of Supply Chain.



Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain and other majors considered with equivalent purchasing/planning experience (required).
5+ years of production/factory planning experience (required) and global experience (merit).
Experience working with an ERP system (required) and SAP (merit).
APICS certification (merit).
Experience working in regulated/high volume industry (medical devices or pharmaceutical strongly preferred).
Fluent in both Swedish and English (required).

What you will need to succeed
You have the ability to work in a collaborative environment, possessing strong communication skills and ability to manage both internal and external partners (suppliers). Your phenomenal strong quantitative, analytical, process and troubleshooting skills will also lead the way too success.


Application
If you are interested in this position, please apply with an updated CV and Cover letter. The selection process will start during the standard 30-days posting period, please send in your application as soon as possible. We reserve the rights to close the advert earlier. All applicants can expect feedback on the application.


We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.