Planning Lead in Leeds

Location: Leeds UK, Hybrid working 3 days a week on site

Duration: until Oct 2026

Hours: 37 hours per week

Imagine your next project leading the investment planning activities for the TECA franchise within the MedTech Function of Johnson & Johnson, taking a key leadership role in the demand planning of life-changing implants and instruments. An opportunity has arisen for a fixed term role covering a maternity leave as IBP (Integrated Business Planning) Lead - Trauma for the UK DePuy Synthes Business. Contract end 25th October 2026.

In this role you will lead the investment planning activities for the TECA franchise within the MedTech Function of Johnson & Johnson. This specifically involves the demand planning of implant and instrument kits for consignment in line with business plans, capital expenditure & inventory budgets, as well as the coordination of the supply execution activities through the Global supply network, out to our end-customers. The role also involves supporting Final Consensus Forecast of sales replenishment demand with Regional Supply Chain & Local Commercial Teams. This is a key leadership role with day-to-day management and leadership responsibility for at least 2 Supply Chain Analysts.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with partners to ensure capital expenditure & inventory aligns with targets.
• Monthly engagement with in-field sales teams to determine capital investment demand plans that are aligned to capex budgets, business plans, and netted against under-utilised assets.
• Conversion of local investment plans into an upstream set of demand signals that are effectively transferred into the Regional Demand Planning systems.
• Network capacity planning through collaboration with the UK and EMEA Warehouses and Kitting Branch Plants to ensure on-time consignment shipments to hospitals that are aligned to the IBP Plan.
• Key business partner to the commercial organisation, ensuring customer and commercial investment needs are optimally planned and delivered through the end-to-end supply chain.
• Optimizing consignment stock levels as part of the deployment planning process in support of inventory optimization initiatives and targets.
• Effective order book management of consignment sets on order, identifying supply gaps and collaborating closely with the International Deployment Group to expedite and resolve issues.
• Effective management of consignment sets that are available in Orthokit, UK Kit Build and/or BEK, particularly those sets that are under-utilised, ageing and/or on hold.
• Lead the IBP alignment meetings for specific Sub-Franchise with the relevant Business Unit Director and their team.
• Drive process improvements by challenging the status quo & advancing and leveraging Technology.
• Cross functional role – strong links with Customer Services, Commercial, Deliver, Global/Regional Plan.

How to Succeed:

• Educated to Degree level, ideally in a Supply Chain or commercially orientated subject with a minimum 3 - 5 years' experience in planning, sourcing or general supply chain/ S&OP management.
• Solid understanding of latest relevant technology & tools including advanced analytics to enable the continued digital transformation of modern supply chain.
• A Can Do - Growth Mindset.
• Ability to gain deep customer & commercial understanding of areas partnering with.
• Committed to a Continuous Improvement Culture – applying data driven decision making.
• Adaptable and open to take risks to challenge the status quo and drive change.
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment & prioritise multiple projects.
• Proactive Approach to Stakeholder Management.
• Ability to target communications as appropriate across hierarchies/functions and make presentations to diverse audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to optimally work with and empower partners and colleagues to contribute ideas, find opportunities, and contribute to positive outcomes.
• Strong decision-making ability and ability to give clear directions.
• Some previous experience in people management; the ability to lead a small team of professionals in a sophisticated environment and a demonstrated history of developing others for success.
• End-to-end Supply Chain background / interest desirable.
• Able to solve complex business problems & present recommendations to management effectively.
• Able to define, shape, and drive projects to completion while effectively collaborating strategically with others with little supervision.
• Experience from within the Medical Devices industry (preferred).
• Previous working with sophisticated business processes, and validated understanding of DP and/or ERP systems such as JDE 8.12 and/or SAP would be looked on favourably.
• Experience in scenario planning is preferred.

This role offers a very competitive hourly rate. This contract will run until Oct 2026.

Johnson & Johnson is working to create an inclusive environment where diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences are valued and each and every one of our people feels that they belong and can reach their potential.

DePuy Synthes is the orthopaedic and neurological businesses of Johnson & Johnson - the world's most comprehensive and broadly-based healthcare company. At DePuy Synthes we specialise in our innovations in healthcare products, services and programs that make a real difference to millions of people across the world.

We are looking to process the first round of applications within the next 2 working days. This role is INSIDE IR35 - PAYE or Umbrella ONLY.

For more than 130 years, diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) have been part of our cultural fabric at Johnson & Johnson and woven into how we do business every day.