Vein to Vein Planner - Wednesday to Saturday (4 × 10-hour shifts)

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: Supply Network Planning Job Category: Professional All Job Posting Locations: Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium Job Description: About Innovative Medicine Our 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. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine About the role The Vein‑to‑Vein (V2V) organization plays a critical role in delivering life‑saving cell therapies by ensuring the end‑to‑end orchestration of patient material—from collection to infusion—across a complex, global Autologous Cell Therapy supply chain.  As a V2V planner – Weekend, you will serve as a flexible, dynamic resource supporting our EMEA network, with a strong focus on planning and logistics support during weekends and off-hours. You will provide active planning oversight, monitor inbound and outbound activities, and act as an escalation point for operational disruptions to protect on-time delivery for patients. You will collaborate broadly across internal and external teams to maintain network stability, ensure operational readiness, and support the daily rhythm of the end-to-end patient order journey. New way of working – sustainable weekend model. This position is part of a new V2V EMEA working model designed to combine business continuity with team wellbeing as our weekend activities grow. It follows a compressed four-day workweek of 4 × 10-hour shifts, with a broad overlap with the standard week so we keep our ‘one team’ culture, broaden coverage of operational hours, and reduce weekend and evening stand-by calls. This posting covers Model 2: Wednesday to Saturday (4 × 10-hour shifts).

Planning & Logistics Support Provide active planning oversight during weekdays, weekends and off-hours. Monitor inbound and outbound activities and manufacturing progress, including re-scheduling when required. Act as an escalation point for operational disruptions. Ensure seamless handover between weekend planning, scheduling, and management teams. Cross-Functional Coordination Coordinate with Quality, Couriers, Global Planning, Commercial, LC/WH, Manufacturing, and other supporting teams. Serve as the Supply Chain point of contact for treatment sites and commercial teams from a logistics, planning, and forecasting perspective. Participate in or lead special projects focused on process optimization, system readiness, scalability, and continuous improvement (e.g. GTP). Execution & Risk Mitigation Execute contingency plans to protect on-time delivery. Support material movement across the V2V supply chain for EMEA patients. Support ad-hoc inbound and outbound patient material movements, communicate with couriers, and provide updated forecasts reflecting changes. Systems, Reporting & Documentation Apply strong system knowledge and problem-solving skills