Senior Buyer - Planner Analyst

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 https://www.jnj.com

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Job Description

The Senior Buyer - Planner Analyst will own the end-to-end planning and purchasing activities, ensuring product requirements are met globally. This role combines tactical buying (Other Aesthetics Portfolio) with strategic planning: managing inventory, supporting global planning processes, surfacing and driving escalations for potential supply or demand issues, improving process efficiencies, and delivering corrective actions through data-driven analysis.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Buyer - Planner Analyst to be located in Irving, TX.

In accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws/regulations and Corporate Johnson & Johnson, procedures and guidelines, this position entails:

• Professional correspondence with suppliers.
• Own day-to-day buying and replenishment for assigned SKUs to meet customer service targets and minimize stockouts.
• Compares and verifies purchase orders against forecasted requirements.
• Reviews and analyzes statistical data to determine buying trends/volumes and to establish price objectives and/or opportunities.
• Reviews comparison charts, proposals, negotiated prices, select or recommend suppliers with respect to cost, quality and delivery for nonstandard or larger than normal orders.
• Analyzes sources and purchases of raw materials, packaging materials, parts, components, services, supplies, finished goods and related material needed for production to ensure cost and quality standards are met.
• Examines trends related to discrepancies in order quantity, price and late deliveries to determine supplier performance.
• Compiles and analyzes data related to procurement, scheduling and movement of materials and services to facilitate forecasting process.
• Makes recommendations to management regarding improving processes.
• Proficiency in preparing summary documents for an upper management level audience.
• Possess the ability to comfortably work with numerous departments and represent Purchasing/Planning in various roles including participating in product development, interacting with corporate legal, and working with other departments to improve our purchased component quality and in bound product flow.
• Aids in developing cost reduction plans and in leading improvement projects.
• Coordinates activities involved with procuring goods and services for the organization.
• Reviews inventory, requirements, safety stock, usage, open orders and lead times to assure product is available to support the operations of the plant.
• Negotiates within budgetary limitations and scope of authority.
• Reviews and processes purchase requisitions.
• Assures compliance with regulatory controls by fully understanding company and departmental DOP’s and SOP’s.
• Manages corrective action processes related to supplier non-conformances and adequately resolves supplier related issues.
• Monitor vendor performance through KPIs and provide feedback to supplier.
• Review and establish material and inventory requirements necessary to meet sales demand. Maintain effective and efficient inventory supply.
• Ensure contract compliance.
• Manage DRP Requirements
• Analyze Make items and monitor the order pipeline to maintain service levels while staying within inventory constraints.
• Prepare and deliver high-level presentations for stakeholders and leadership
• Interface with QA personnel, management, customers, vendors regarding defective or unacceptable goods or services to determine source of trouble and initiate required corrective actions.
• Demonstrate independent understanding and application of core GMP fundamentals, including but not limited to: Data Integrity (DI), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and Good Documentation Practices (GDPs).
• Responsible for communicating business-related issues or opportunities to next management level
• Responsible for following all Company guidelines related to Health, Safety and
• Environmental practices as applicable.
• Responsible for ensuring personal and Company compliance with all Federal, State, local and Company regulations, policies, and procedures
• Performs other duties assigned as needed

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES and AFFILIATIONS

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or related field preferred
• APICS CPIM certification desired
• Green Belt six-sigma certification desired
• ERP systems / concept knowledge desired
• Strong organization skills and an aptitude for planning
• Accuracy with attention to detail
• Proactive approach
• Persuading and influencing others
• Can drive continuous process improvements
• Experienced execution in ERP / planning systems user preferred
• Manufacturing experience in medical device or pharmaceutical industry preferred.

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.

Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center ([email protected]) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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