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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.\nAs 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.\nPlease 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):\nBelgium R-104516, United States of America R-109426Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.\nJob Function:\nSupply Chain PlanningJob Sub Function:\nStrategic Capacity ManagementJob Category:\nProfessionalAll Job Posting Locations:\nBeerse, Antwerp, BelgiumJob Description:\nAbout Innovative Medicine\nOur expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.\nJoin us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.\nLearn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine\nWe are searching for the best talent for Associate Director, Strategic Capacity Planning.\nCandidates must already have authorization to work in the country of employment. Immigration sponsorship and relocation support are not available for this position. Candidates authorized to work pursuant to a short-term status (e.g., F-1) who require future immigration sponsorship are not eligible.\nPurpose: The Strategic Capacity Planning role leads the strategic capacity planning process for the clinical manufacturing network, translating clinical sourcing strategies and portfolio demand into an integrated, long-range capacity outlook. The role connects pipeline demand, technical capabilities, operational capacity, financial considerations, and business priorities to enable timely, cost-effective, resilient, and risk-balanced decisions across internal pilot plants, contract manufacturing organizations, and the broader clinical manufacturing network.\nOperating with significant autonomy, this role owns the planning framework, assumptions, governance, and decision-quality outputs for the strategic horizon. The role partners with senior leaders across TDS Pilot Plants, External Manufacturing, TDS Strategy & Operations, IMSC Value Chain Management, IMSC Planning, Finance, Portfolio Integration, and CMC; influences without direct authority; and escalates capacity, technology, investment, and supply risks with clear recommendations.\nYou will be responsible for:\nOwn and lead the end-to-end strategic capacity planning process across a rolling 3-5+ year horizon for the internal and external clinical manufacturing network.Develop and maintain an integrated, modality-agnostic long-range capacity plan across API, drug product and packaging activities.\nAlign pipeline, sourcing, and portfolio assumptions with Portfolio Integration, CMC, Pilot Plant leaders, Planning, and external manufacturing partners.\nEstablish planning standards, capacity definitions, data requirements, governance routines, and performance measures that improve consistency and decision quality.\nBuild and present scenarios that quantify capacity gaps, excess capacity, timing constraints, technology needs, cost, speed, resilience, and risk.\n\nTranslate analyses into strategic insights, executive recommendations, and decision-ready trade-offs covering patient supply, asset utilization, cash flow, inventory, waste, and contractual commitments.\nLead cross-functional scenario planning and align stakeholders on pilot plant, CMO, and IMSC sourcing options, including cost, speed, resilience, business continuity, and investment implications.\nAnticipate future technology and capability requirements with Portfolio Integration and CMC, and optimize enterprise network capacity with IMSC Value Chain Management and IMSC Planning.\nLead continuous improvement of planning capabilities through advanced analytics, probabilistic forecasting, simulation, optimization, and digital twin concepts.\nProvides input to the TDS representative in the IMSC Network Sourcing Council and other senior governance forums, and provide coaching and subject-matter leadership to planning colleagues and project teams.\nQualifications/Requirements:\nMinimum of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in supply chain, capacity planning engineering, logistics, operations research, computing, finance, economics, or a related field is required; a MBA is preferred.\nA minimum of 8 years of relevant experience is required, including substantial experience in strategic capacity planning, supply network planning, manufacturing, or a related supply chain discipline within the pharmaceutical, chemical, biologics, or closely related industry. Demonstrated leadership of complex, cross-functional initiatives is required.\nStrong understanding of pharmaceutical development and manufacturing, including the interdependencies among active pharmaceutical ingredients, drug product, packaging, clinical supply, technology platforms, and portfolio milestones.\nStrong business and financial acumen, with the ability to connect capacity decisions to portfolio priorities, patient supply, investment, cost, inventory, and enterprise value.\nAdvanced critical thinking, quantitative analysis, and scenario-modelling capabilities, with demonstrated ability to master complexity and synthesize insights into actionable strategies and executive-level recommendations.\nDemonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority, challenge constructively, build consensus, and lead decision making across functions, geographies, and organizational levels.\nProven track record of independently leading multiple strategic priorities, establishing governance, managing ambiguity, and delivering high-quality outcomes in a matrixed environment.\nDeep knowledge of global supply and value chains, capacity management principles, sourcing models, network constraints, and risk management.\nHigh proficiency with planning, scenario-modelling, data-analysis, and presentation tools; experience with SAP, OMP, advanced analytics, or comparable platforms is preferred.\nOther requirements\nRequires proficiency in English (excellent written and verbal communication skills) to communicate effectively and professionally\nUp to 10% domestic and international travel may be required\nRequires the ability, through our flexible work policy, to work on-site a minimum of three days each week, with the option for two remote workdays each week\nRequired Skills:\nPreferred Skills:\nThe anticipated base pay range for this position is:\n€97,900.00 - €168,360.00Benefits:\nIn addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.\n*This is for informative purposes only. 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