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Job Function:

Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function:

Demand Planning

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America, Limerick, Ireland

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Vision is recruiting for a Senior Global Demand Planning Analyst, located in Jacksonville, FL or Limerick, Ireland.

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 on the possibilities of vision treatments? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life. Our products and services address these needs – from the pediatric to aging eye – in a patient’s lifetime.

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

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

Limerack, Ireland - Requisition Number: R-021118

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

The Senior Global Demand Planning Analyst is responsible for generating and maintaining statistical forecasts as well as ensuring forecast integrity across a portfolio of products and regions. This individual will use historical data, forecast accuracy metrics, and market insights to deliver a baseline forecast that supports data-based IBP decision-making and enables an accurate demand handover to Supply.

This individual will act as a center of excellence for global statistical forecasting, supporting change management initiatives with business partners, influencing regional forecast processes, and driving improvements in forecast maturity and accuracy.

Key Responsibilities

Statistical Forecasting: Develop and maintain statistical baseline forecasts using the OMP planning tool. Analyze forecast exceptions and historical data to identify changes in demand trend, seasonality, and outliers impacting demand. Present the statistical forecast to Regional Demand Planners, providing recommendations and highlighting risks and opportunities in relation to business goals. Regional Demand Planners will align the statistical baseline with Commercial intelligence through Event forecast inputs.

Data Analysis, Reporting, and Validations: Use OMP, Tableau reporting, PowerBI, and Excel tools to collect, analyze, and interpret large sets of data to identify patterns, trends, and insights that inform demand planning strategies. Conduct analysis and reporting on metrics such as MAPE, Bias, and FVA, clearly communicating results and rationale to business partners at all levels. Collaborate with Process Excellence and Data teams to ensure data integrity and automation of forecasting processes and validations. Monitor the flow of the forecast through the OMP system, ensuring that exceptions are captured and corrective action is taken. Develop a culture of accountability around maintaining key planning data attributes, and address business problems with an end-to-end mentality.

Collaboration, Training, and Support: Work closely with Regional Demand partners to gather market insights (promotional activity, price changes, external market trends, etc.), ensuring that the OMP statistical forecast accurately interprets historical data. Understand key drivers of month-to-month changes, significant trends, upcoming events, and lifecycle chang