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Plan Projects Lead

Johnson & Johnson
Santa Clara, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 Jul 2026
💰 $174,800/yr($109,000/yr$174,800/yr)

About the role

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 jnj.com

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world.  We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual.  At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function:

End-to-End Planning

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Irvine, California, United States of America, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson's Surgical Robotics Supply Chain organization is recruiting a Plan Projects Lead! The role is a full-time, hybrid position located in Santa Clara, CA with an expectation of being in the office 3+ days per week. Irvine, CA may be considered.

About MedTech Surgery

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 the possibilities of surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting.

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

The Plan Projects Lead is accountable for being the planning core team member for projects such as New Product Introduction (NPI), Life-cycle Management (LCM), and other programs. This role is responsible for ensuring appropriate component and finished goods supply planning, phase/in out planning, optimizing planning parameters and safety stock levels, and optimizing inventory levels for products impacted by projects in scope. Additional responsibilities include supporting the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process including providing updates as needed in Supply Review, Management Business Review (MBR) and other IBP forums. The Plan Projects Lead works in close collaboration with R&D, Product Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Procurement.

Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as the Plan Project Lead across multiple planning projects (e.g. New Product Introductions, Life-cycle Management) and programs, owning scope, schedule, risks, deliverables, and stakeholder alignment
  • Design and use in-depth analytical tools to support issue resolution, scenario planning, guide decision making, and execution oversight
  • Collaborate with business partners to ensure end-to-end variant flow of assigned portfolio in planning system is set up and accurately maintained for Master Production Schedule (MPS) and/or component planning based on manufacturing readiness, regulatory approvals and/or other business assumptions
  • Provide Last time buy/build, SLOB (slow moving and obsolete), and phase in/out analyses reporting for assigned projects for smooth transition planning and execution
  • Maintain planning system parameters for projects such as phase in/phase out inventory management, safety stock transition, and other parameters as needed
  • RAD Regulatory Distribution Control System SME, helping with ensuring robust control in place for each country regulatory distribution status
  • Lead Windchill PLAN processes, acting as an expert for cross-system setup and flows for NPIs and new variants
  • Drive ECO CR/CN execution for Global Plan and manage and control Multivariant SOP forms and procedures in Windchill
  • Oversee ECO Parts Disposition for PLAN
  • Support Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process for planning projects including Supply Review and Management Business Review (MBR) as needed
  • Able to analyze and identify large quantities of data to identify abnormalities, working with a high degree

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