Job Description
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at
Job Function: Supply Chain Planning
Job Sub Function: Production Planning & Scheduling
Job Category: Professional
All Job Posting Locations: Milpitas, California, United States of America
Job Description: Johnson & Johnson Vision is recruiting for a Production Planner, located in Milpitas, CA.
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at (
Production Planning's purpose is to enable improved and/or sustained customer service satisfaction through meeting demand for a product over a period of time. What to make, when to make it, how much to make, where to make it and what materials and resources are required are determined through the production planning process. In addition to ensuring the desired customer service level is maintained, production planning seeks to maximize operating efficiency and optimize resource usage and inventory investment.
Key Role Responsibilities: Convert the unconstraint net requirements into a site level feasible, constrained capacity plan for key resources for finished goods and FRU's (Field Replaceable Units). Works closely with manufacturing to set the constrained plan.
Manual or systematic calculation of netted supply requirements for both purchased and manufactured upstream materials.
Ensures accuracy of signals for the timely ordering and delivery of components to support manufacturing activities. Determine if current suppliers' deliveries adequately provide needed raw material. Set raw material inventory at appropriate target levels, take material yield into account. Expedite raw material supply necessary to meet demand.
Works closely with Supply Planning to insure we are meeting customer expectations and desired customer service level.
Establishes effective communication with supporting functions to resolve issues that my impact the production schedule. This includes but not limited to purchasing, manufacturing planning, repair depot, engineering, quality, regulatory, customer service and document control.
Set target stocking levels for FRU's based on historical usage and based on input from product experts. Maintains appropriate target and reorder points to meet business fill rate targets.
Participates in new product launch meetings and assist in developing new product forecasts and production schedules.
Minimize SLOB, perform excess and obsolete inventory reviews. Timely dispositions of materials; plan and reserve for EOL (End of Life) support.
ECO (Engineering Change Order) review and implementation, work with Engineering and Service Planning to disposition to minimize impact to SLOB and service level.
Develop production and procurement plans, meeting demand, supporting inventory objectives, and aligned with S&OP.
Escalate potential constraints to STEM (Short term exception management) process.
Creates and maintains all SAP material master data including routings, cycle times, inventory targets in all spare parts service locations.
Supporting EOL by working with purchasing to complete last time buy or engineer to quality replacement.
Qualifications Education: - University/bachelor's Degree required, and 4-6 Years related work experience.
Experience and Skills:
Required: - ERP or SAP System experience.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities.
- Data analytics capabilities.
- Self-starter, highly motivated, and able to see problems and recommend or take appropriate actions to solve them, ability to work in detail and be result oriented.
- Excellent verbal and written communication. Ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language.
Preferred: - APO, OMP, or BW knowledge.
- Familiar with FDA, cGMP, CE and other Medical Device Industry regulations and requirements.
- Familiarity or experience with lean, six sigma (i.e. DMAIC), and other continuous improvement methodologies
- Medical devise background preferred.
- Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt preferred. Experience with Lean/Six Sigma problem solving tools may be considered
Other :
- This position may travel up to 10%.
- The anticipated base pay for this position is $73,000.00 to $ $103,000.00
- This position requires Fully Onsite attendance
- No relocation benefits are included
At Johnson & Johnson, we're on a mission to change the trajectory of health for humanity. That starts by creating the world's healthiest workforce. Through innovative programs and policies, we empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our employees and the ones they love.
Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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