Plan System Optimization Manager

Johnson & Johnson Vision is recruiting for a Plan System Optimization Manager located in Jacksonville, Fl, Irvine, CA, or Limerick, Ireland! Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company for candidates who can work legally in the United States of America or Ireland.

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 https://www.jnj.com/.

The J&J Vision Global Planning Excellence team is a critical component of the broader J&J Vision Planning organization. PEX is responsible for setting the strategic direction of Vision Planning, developing capabilities (People, Process, Technology, Metrics) and ensuring effective deployment of these within the business to drive continuous improvement and improve efficiency, effectiveness, optimizing working capital whilst keeping our customer’s needs central to what we do. The team will also be focused on new advanced technology-based capabilities as well as leading cultural change to drive significant improvement across all the business units and regions

Are you interested in making a difference in a thriving diverse company culture, that celebrates the uniqueness of our employees and is committed to inclusion Apply today!

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive Planning System (OMP) solver tuning and optimization – refinement of solver parameters to ensure the business is achieving optimal and feasible deployment and production results via OMP, based on business input and associated data.


• Provide leadership in driving digital solutions that significantly move the needle on autonomous, exception, based planning.


• Identify and address bottlenecks in the OMP system architecture to enhance scalability and accommodate growing and evolving data volumes.


• Maintain high-level models including the functional/solution architecture for each value stream, conceptual solver data models, and solver design and integration strategy, in alignment with IT and Business partners.


• Establish and execute strategic partnerships for cross-functional input and use of the planning solution.


• Support priority system capability deployments, including OMP and other enhancements and changes in support of supply network projects.


• Support additional business process problem solving and resolution as required, in alignment with planning systems and technical capabilities.


• Utilize supply chain modeling software to evaluate, analyze and solve supply chain trade-offs related to cost, sustainability, customer service, working capital, lead time and responsiveness.


• Continue developing organizational knowledge around OMP, sharing expertise and further refining training material and documentation content as needed in support of the PEX team and broader business education.


• Ensure sustainment and stability of the planning system solution, working closely with internal J&J Technology teams and OMP/external partners.