Director, DPS Global Plng Spine & Sports

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Director, DPS Global Plng Spine & Sports, located in Le Locle, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Job Overview 

The Director, DPS Global Planning – Spine & Sports will lead the Global Planning function for the Spine, Sports, and Cranio‑Maxillofacial (CMF) Platforms within DePuy Synthes, representing approximately $2.2B in annual sales. This role is accountable for end‑to‑end supply planning execution, ensuring a strong Customer‑First focus while balancing service, cost, and inventory cash‑flow objectives. 

Reporting to the Vice President of Global Supply Chain Planning, this leader partners closely with the Spine/Sports/CMF Supply Chain Leader and cross‑functional stakeholders to deliver the E2E Platform strategy, enable New Product Introductions, and ensure day‑to‑day supply chain performance. A key focus of the role is building a leading‑edge planning capability, evolving from functional planning to value‑stream‑based, analytics‑enabled, and increasingly autonomous planning models, while maturing core planning and ERP systems 

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead the design, execution, and continuous improvement of global demand, supply, and inventory planning processes for Spine, Sports, and CMF platforms. 

• Own end‑to‑end supply planning execution to ensure product availability at the right place, in the right quantity, and at the right time to meet customer and commercial commitments. 

• Validate net requirements from markets, identify short‑ and mid‑term constraints, and ensure accurate set‑level demand and supply plans aligned to platform needs. 

• Own and lead the Global IBP / S&OP process for Spine, Sports, and CMF, ensuring strong governance, data‑driven decision making, and executive‑level readiness. 

• Partner closely with Commercial, Finance, Manufacturing, Regional Supply Chain, and strategic manufacturing partners to align forecasts, capacity plans, and execution commitments. 

• Lead and develop a global planning organization of approximately 18 associates, ensuring the right capabilities, engagement, productivity, and succession to meet current and future business needs. 

• Establish, monitor, and act on key planning performance metrics, including service, inventory, forecast accuracy, manufacturing plan attainment, excess and obsolete inventory, NPI launch performance, and team productivity. 

• Drive the development and deployment of advanced analytics capabilities to optimize end‑to‑end service, inventory, and cost performance across the platforms. 

• Represent Global Planning on the Spine/Sports/CMF end‑to‑end Supply Chain Leadership Team, providing transparent insights, risks, and mitigation strategies to senior leadership.  

Qualifications 

Education 

• Bachelor’s degree required; preference for Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, or related discipline. 

• Master’s degree or MBA preferred. 

Experience and Skills 

Required: 

• Typically 10-12 of progressive experience in supply chain, planning, or operations within a global, matrixed organization. 

• Proven leadership experience managing global teams and influencing senior stakeholders. 

• Strong expertise in demand planning, supply planning, inventory management, and S&OP / IBP processes. 

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross‑functional initiatives in a fast‑paced environment. 

• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills. 

Preferred: 

• Experience within medical devices, orthopedics, or other highly regulated industries. 

• Familiarity with advanced planning systems and digital supply chain tools. 

• Experience leading global transformation or continuous improvement initiatives. 

• Strong financial acumen and experience partnering closely with Finance. 

• Clear, confident communication skills with the ability to present to executive audiences. 

Other: 

• Language: Fluency in English required; additional European languages are a plus. 

• Travel: Up to 20–30% international travel, as business needs require. 

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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. 

 Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

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