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 **Job Function:** Supply Chain Planning **Job Sub** **Function:** Demand Planning **Job Category:** Professional **All Job Posting Locations:** Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America, Limerick, Ireland **Job Description:** Johnson & Johnson Vision is recruiting for a Senior Global Demand Planning Analyst, located in Jacksonville, FL or Limerick, Ireland. Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Are you passionate about improving and expanding on the possibilities of vision treatments? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life. Our products and services address these needs – from the pediatric to aging eye – in a patient’s lifetime. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s): Limerack, Ireland - Requisition Number: R-021118 Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission. The Senior Global Demand Planning Analyst is responsible for generating and maintaining statistical forecasts as well as ensuring forecast integrity across a portfolio of products and regions. This individual will use historical data, forecast accuracy metrics, and market insights to deliver a baseline forecast that supports data-based IBP decision-making and enables an accurate demand handover to Supply. This individual will act as a center of excellence for global statistical forecasting, supporting change management initiatives with business partners, influencing regional forecast processes, and driving improvements in forecast maturity and accuracy. **Key Responsibilities** **Statistical Forecasting** : Develop and maintain statistical baseline forecasts using the OMP planning tool. Analyze forecast exceptions and historical data to identify changes in demand trend, seasonality, and outliers impacting demand. Present the statistical forecast to Regional Demand Planners, providing recommendations and highlighting risks and opportunities in relation to business goals. Regional Demand Planners will align the statistical baseline with Commercial intelligence through Event forecast inputs. **Data Analysis, Reporting, and Validations** : Use OMP, Tableau reporting, PowerBI, and Excel tools to collect, analyze, and interpret large sets of data to identify patterns, trends, and insights that inform demand planning strategies. Conduct analysis and reporting on metrics such as MAPE, Bias, and FVA, clearly communicating results and rationale to business partners at all levels. Collaborate with Process Excellence and Data teams to ensure data integrity and automation of forecasting processes and validations. Monitor the flow of the forecast through the OMP system, ensuring that exceptions are captured and corrective action is taken. Develop a culture of accountability around maintaining key planning data attributes, and address business problems with an end-to-end mentality. **Collaboration, Training, and Support** : Work closely with Regional Demand partners to gather market insights (promotional activity, price changes, external market trends, etc.), ensuring that the OMP statistical forecast accurately interprets historical data. Understand key drivers of month-to-month changes, significant trends, upcoming events, and lifecycle changes (NPIs, discontinuation). Provide training and support to cross-functional partners through workshops or resources to support adoption of statistical tools and processes related to demand planning. **Skills and Capabilities:** + Experienced individual contributor who works independently with minimal supervision + Familiar with IBP or S&OP processes + Clear communication of concepts and insights, clarifying the complex and developing a compelling narrative to inform and influence others (including senior leaders) + Ability to build strong collaborative relationships + Project and/or change management & personal leadership + Process improvement mentality with experience creating, leading, and shepherding execution of innovative solutions + Data analysis and data manipulation + Strong decision-making ability, applying business knowledge to drive outcomes in a multiple-scenario environment **Qualifications** + A Bachelor’s Degree is required. A Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Statistics, Data Science, or related field is preferred. A Masters Degree or higher is preferred). + A minimum of 4 years of experience in demand planning, data analysis, supply chain, or a related field is required. + Experience with Advanced Planning Systems such as OMP is preferred. + This is a hybrid position located in Jacksonville, FL or Limerick, Ireland. + The position may require up to 15% travel both domestically and internationally. Join us and make a difference! If you're ready to grow your career and collaborate across functions in an encouraging environment, we’d love to hear from you! 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. Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.