DePuy Synthes SENA (South East & North Asia) Planning Lead

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Job Function:

Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function:

Demand Planning

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Singapore, Singapore

Job Description:

Position Summary

The SENA Planning Lead is a strategic planning leadership role responsible for end-to-end procedure-based planning across Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, and Hong Kong. The role ensures the transformation from SKU-based planning to procedure-based planning, with full accountability for case assurance and execution readiness under the ambition of 'Never Miss a Case'. The role bridges IBP and S&OE, translating commercial demand into executable surgical readiness through set availability, planning discipline, and cross-functional alignment.

Scope

Geography: Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, Hong Kong
Focus: Procedure Planning, Asset Strategy, and S&OE Execution

Core Responsibilities

• Lead the transition to procedure-based planning, translating demand into procedural requirements and set needs
• Own procedural forecast integrity, ensuring alignment between commercial plans and surgical execution capability
• Identify gaps between procedure demand, set availability, and installed base performance and drive corrective actions
• Drive procedural insights leveraging IBP inputs and planning systems (APO/OMP, Anchor, CDL)
• Ensure planning outputs enable >98% case assurance

Asset Strategy & Planning Integration

• Define and govern set strategy to enable procedural growth
• Ensure alignment between procedure demand and installed base capacity
• Drive fleet utilization, turn rate improvements, and asset productivity
• Lead redeployment and netting logic prior to new CAPEX requests
• Partner with Finance and Commercial to ensure capital-efficient growth

S&OE and Execution Ownership

• Lead weekly S&OE cadence to validate case readiness over a rolling 4-week horizon
• Ensure all scheduled procedures have confirmed set availability ≥5 days before surgery
• Own escalation and resolution of case risks across markets
• Drive daily execution discipline within the 0–5 day horizon
• Act as end-to-end owner of case assurance performance

IBP Leadership and Planning Alignment

• Integrate SENA markets into IBP, ensuring alignment between demand, capacity, and asset strategy
• Translate IBP outputs into actionable procedural planning assumptions
• Shape planning inputs for new products, portfolio evolution, and growth initiatives

Commercial Partnership

• Act as primary planning partner to Commercial teams
• Ensure early visibility of demand drivers (NPIs, tenders, growth initiatives)
• Drive fact-based prioritization and decision-making through planning insights
• Align procedural demand with realistic execution capability

Leadership Expectations

• Drive transformation from traditional planning to procedure-based planning
• Build and lead high-performing planning capabilities across SENA
• Foster an accountability-driven, cross-functional operating model
• Influence Commercial, Finance, and Operations leaders

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of Supply Chain experience (Planning, Asset Management, S&OP/IBP)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Experience in healthcare or regulated environments preferred
• Expertise in planning systems (SAP APO, OMP, or equivalent)
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams in a matrix environment

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Business Intelligence (BI), Business Savvy, Commercial Awareness, Demand Forecasting, Demand Planning, Digital Supply Chain Platform, Fact-Based Decision Making, Financial Competence, Financial Forecasting, Inventory Optimization, Leadership, Manufacturing Flow Management, Organizing, Predictive Modeling, Statistics, Supply Planning, Technical Credibility