Md Supply Chain Leader

3 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Full time

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a **Medical Devices Supply Chain Leader - South Africa **located in **Midrand, South Africa.**

Caring for the world, one person at a time has inspired and united the people of Johnson & Johnson for over 125 years. We embrace research and science - bringing innovative ideas, products and services to advance the health and well-being of people. Employees of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies work with partners in health care to touch the lives of over a billion people every day, throughout the world.

Thriving on a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our employees and committed to inclusion. Proud to be an equal opportunity employer. And our culture is interconnected by the shared values of Our Credo. It’s a culture that celebrates diversity and diverse perspectives. It helps employees achieve an effective mix between work and home life and supports their efforts to have a positive impact on their communities.

**Role Summary**:
The Leader of the Medical Devices Supply Chain - South Africa is a critical leadership position responsible for the development and execution of the local End-to-End Supply Chain Strategy and activities across all operational areas including planning, supply, warehousing / logistics, orthokit operations and customer service. With expertise in end-to-end supply chain processes, this individual leads and coordinates cross-functional initiatives to improve customer outcomes and directly manages integrated demand and supply planning for Medical Devices for the geography. This individual is a member of the South Africa Leadership Team and is the single point of contact for the country General Manager and Commercial Leadership Team for all supply chain matters - end-to-end - to support achievement of aligned business goals and objectives.

This individual will be a member of the MDSC Cluster Leadership Team and reports directly into the MDSC Director for the Emerging Markets cluster. This individual will work in a highly dynamic and international environment with multiple connections within and outside the country and across different levels of management with high exposure.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Develops and executes a fully integrated Supply Chain Strategy, which supports the EMEA Strategic Plan and local Business Goals, in alignment with the 3 franchises: Ethicon, CSS, Depuy-Synthes.
- Single point of contact for the South Africa General Manager and Leadership team for the E2E Supply Chain across planning, supply, warehousing/logistics, Ortho-kit operations and customer service.
- Direct responsibility for all E2E Supply Chain functions - Planning / S&OP, Supply execution, Inventory management, Ortho-kit operations, Warehousing / Transportation and Customer service.
- Own and manage Distribution and OCNIS budgets for South Africa MD business, including responsibility for inventory value.
- Responsible for setting and communicating E2E Supply Chain performance goals (quality, service, inventory, on time launch, etc), monitoring the performance and lead the continuous improvement process and action plans across all supply chain functions to reach the goals.
- Lead and facilitate (i) Monthly local S&OP processes, ensuring that sales and marketing events & market intelligence are correctly captured and passed on to the Regional & Global planning teams to ensure on-time right product availability (ii) Service review meetings (STEM & PAC) for service risks and define mitigation actions to minimize impact to our end customers.
- Build solid partnership and end-to-end collaboration with key stakeholders - commercial organizations, local and regional supply chain organizations, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Product Management, etc. - to ensure their contribution is focused on the End-to-End goals and respective outcomes.
- To keep the customer at the center of everything we do and translate the voice of customer in SC strategic and tactical action plan in partnership with the other relevant functions.
- Ensure supply chain readiness in support of NPI & LCM projects.
- Own the talent development agenda, build a high performing team and create right opportunities to develop your team of supply chain professionals.

**Qualifications**:

- Develops and executes a fully integrated Supply Chain Strategy, which supports the EMEA Strategic Plan and local Business Goals, in alignment with the 3 franchises: Ethicon, CSS, Depuy-Synthes.
- Single point of contact for the South Africa General Manager and Leadership team for the E2E Supply Chain across planning, supply, warehousing/logistics, Ortho-kit operations and customer service.
- Direct responsibility for all E2E Supply Chain functions - Planning / S&OP, Supply execution, Inventory management, Ortho-kit operations, Warehousing / Transportation and Customer service.
- Own and manage Distribution and OCNIS budgets for South Africa MD business, including responsibility for inven



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