Abiomed, a member of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, is currently recruiting for a Supply Chain Platform Planner, to be located in Danvers, MA.
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The Supply Chain Platform Planner will lead and oversee all supply chain aspects and demand plan for assigned product platforms (product category). The role will collaborate with product management, commercial, supply chain functions (Planning, purchasing, Supplier Engineering, Logistics), internal stakeholders (Engineering, Finance, Manufacturing, Development, Quality), and external partners/suppliers, to ensure successful execution and alignment of supply chain plans with broader business strategies and needs. You will be responsible for demand plan development, material resource management, supply chain planning and readiness for product launches and region expansions, process improvements, risk management, and capacity planning.
Candidate will have strong program management, analytics, communication, and organizational skills, with a technical background to help understand concepts and support the team and suppliers when necessary.
The role will also be responsible for day-to-day activities (following up on deliveries and shortages, etc.) and performing the data gathering, reporting, and transactional activities as required.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities: Primary responsibility is to take ownership of and work independently to actively manage an assigned platform, commodity groups, and projects through each phase.Work cross functionally as platform planner:Demand Plan Lead for Platform - inventory plan development and management: Collaborate closely with key cross-functional partners (such as sales, platform GM, development, and finance) to generate consolidated view of platform plan.Responsible for management of platform planning readiness for overall forecast, product launches, regional expansions, EOL, and other key market milestones, and ensure alignment with demand and supply plans.Configuration management lead for platform.Development partner and supply chain liaison (understand roadmap, timeline, and assumptions that will impact Supply Chain responsibilities; Support product development process and reviews; Support supplier selection, escalate/advocate as needed; Support & issue Development POs).Present supply chain position in cross functional forums; highlight issues/concerns/needs.Own MRP status for platform (status, monitor and determine target usage, recovery action tracking, issue POs and establish contracts with vendors, etc.).ID and highlight supply chain risks and develop mitigation plans.Conduct quarterly platform capacity need assessment and ID actions to align with growth forecasts.Generate and maintain supply chain program dashboards and report outs for different levels of management.Manage overall project plans, track key actions and risks, prepare and present project status reports and metrics, and secure required resources; orchestrate project governance.Proactively review processes and analyze data to identify opportunities and/or problems. Recommend and oversee actions for improvement.Schedule and run cross functional team meetings to manage execution of project plan, including authoring of minutes, and assignment of action items.Drive timely decisions and facilitate active communication and information flow between team members, internal stakeholders, and external partners.
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