Assistant Manager Supply Chain

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 jnj.com . As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. Job Function: Supply Chain Planning Job Sub Function: Demand Planning Job Category: People Leader All Job Posting Locations: Shanghai, China Job Description:

Summary Provide brief and concise statement explaining the main purpose for the existence of this position.  Provide a brief summary of the role. The Assistant Manager, Supply Chain is a supply chain leader responsible for end-to-end supply chain strategy and execution for the portfolio. Based in Shanghai, this role drives supply reliability and cost-to-serve optimization. The role partners closely with Commercial, Manufacturing, Quality & Regulatory, Procurement, Planning, and Global Supply Chain teams to ensure launch readiness, allocation during constraints, distributor management, and operational excellence while meeting regulatory and patient-safety requirements. The role’s scope of responsibilities include: Own regional S&OP / IBP execution: coordinate demand inputs, supply commitments, capacity planning and executive escalation for constrained SKUs. Manage inventory and working capital across the region: optimize safety stocks, reduce obsolescence and manage consignment/field-stock models where applicable. Drive launch readiness and execution: define supply plans, staging, buffer strategies and allocation for new product introductions and market rollouts. Lead supply risk management and contingency planning: single-source mitigation, critical supplier engagement, dual-sourcing strategies and expedited logistics plans. Oversee distributor & 3PL relationships: performance KPIs, contractual SLAs, returns/recall processes and cold-chain or special handling where required. Partner with Quality & Regulatory on import/export controls, lot traceability, recall preparedness and compliance impact to supply continuity. Implement process improvements and digital initiatives to improve planning cadence, transparency and decision-making. Represent supply chain in global forums — contribute to network design, capacity allocation and supplier selection decisions. To be the system expert including SAP, upstream and planning system; support system upgrade, testing and implementation. Can use different digital tools like PBI to buildup reporting template, optimize reporting efficiency and bring out insight Major Duties & Responsibilities In order of importance, briefly describe, in sentence form, the essential functions/major responsibilities of this position (principal duties and responsibilities of the position) as it exists today.  Describe the job, not the person in the job.  Each item listed below should be an essential function/major responsibility of the position, not a day-to-day activity. Typically, job descriptions should contain no more than seven or eight major responsibilities ranked in order of highest percentage time to least. Approximate Percentage of Time Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities 30% S&OP / IBP leadership and supply-demand reconciliation 10% Inventory, allocation and launch readiness management 10% Supplier & distributor performance and risk mitigation 20% Reporting and analysis 30% Systems, process improvement and analytics