Manager External Planning Advanced Therapies

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Job Function:

Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function:

Production Planning & Scheduling

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

 

We are searching for the best talent for a Manager External Planning Advanced Therapies to join our team in Raritan, NJ.

 

Position Summary: The Manager, External Planning serves as the primary planning point of contact for external/contract manufacturing sites, ensuring robust supply and materials plans, effective risk management, and strong cross-functional execution to support business requirements. This role leads key planning forums, drives continuous improvement and digital/system capabilities, and partners with internal and external business partners to meet service, inventory, and contractual requirements.

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary planning point of contact for external/contract manufacturing sites, representing Advanced Therapies/External Planning across day-to-day execution and long term strategy topics.

• Lead and mentor a small team responsible for supporting the end-to-end order journey of CAR-T product throughout the external planning network.

• Own external supply and materials planning in alignment with the monthly planning cadence (IBP), including demand translation, capacity alignment, and creation/maintenance of executable volume and material plans.

• Lead key planning governance forums (e.g., Supply Review Meetings), clearly communicating demand, supply constraints, priorities, and risk/mitigation plans across internal and external partners.

• Partner closely with Materials Planning, Procurement, Quality, MSAT, Vein-to-Vein/E2E teams, PES, Finance, Master Data, and IT to ensure timely availability of approved raw materials and operations supplies and to resolve supply, quality, and customer-impacting issues.

• Drive planning systems and digital capability improvements for external manufacturing, including participation in IT deployments, process standardization, and knowledge management.

• Represent Planning in external manufacturing contract discussions and ensure contractual obligations are met (e.g., forecast visibility, escalation pathways, minimum volume adherence, and agreed planning inputs/outputs).

• Lead or support complex initiatives impacting external supply, proactively identifying risks and coordinating cross-functional mitigation plans.

• Manage inventory and obsolescence risk (SLOB) for external sites/DCs, monitor performance metrics (e.g., schedule adherence), and drive actions to improve service, cost, and compliance.

• Build and maintain effective relationships with external manufacturers and internal business partners; champion a culture of continuous improvement, harmonization, and disciplined execution.

 

Qualifications:

Education:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required, focused degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Logistics, Business, or a related field preferred.

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