The posting
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:
Sales Enablement
Job Sub Function:
Sales Effectiveness
Job Category:
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Job Description:
About Orthopaedics
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 the possibilities of Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.
Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech
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
We are searching for the best talent for Field Sales Network Inventory Associate
Purpose: the role is responsible for managing field-based inventory to ensure product availability, inventory accuracy, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency across assigned sales and service territories. This role supports Sales Consultants, Account Managers, Clinical Specialists, and Field Service teams by maintaining optimal inventory levels, executing inventory transactions, coordinating asset movements, and driving inventory productivity initiatives. The associate serves as a key liaison between field personnel, distribution centers, customer locations, and internal business partners to maximize inventory utilization while minimizing excess inventory, product expiration risk, and stockouts.
Key Responsibilities
You will be responsible for:
- Maintain accurate inventory records for field assets - trays, sets, implants, and instruments.
- Conduct routine inventory audits and cycle counts to ensure system accuracy.
- Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies, shortages, overages, and transaction errors.
- Monitor inventory levels.
- Support inventory optimization initiatives to improve utilization and reduce excess inventory.
- Coordinate transfers of inventory between field locations and sales consultants.
- Identify excess, obsolete, at-risk, or slow-moving inventory and facilitate redeployment.
- Execute inventory recovery efforts for underutilized assets and instruments.
- Coordinate shipment, receipt, and tracking of inventory movements.
- Support urgent case-related inventory requests.
- Partner with Sales, Operations, Customer Service, Supply Chain, Quality, and Finance teams.
- Assist with inventory-related projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Provide inventory expertise and training to field personnel when required.
- Support branch and network inventory productivity programs.
Qualifications / Requirements:
- Experience supporting medical devices, healthcare products, or regulated industries.
- Knowledge of consignment inventory management.
- Experience with SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, or similar ERP platforms.
- Familiarity with inventory optimization and asset tracking methodologies.
- Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement experience.
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 & 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, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
If you are under 18 years of age you (the candidate) may need to obtain the necessary working papers or other documentation required by state law to start the assignment, as well as get a parent’s consent for the background check.
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