Stefaan Vermeiren

Stef Vermeiren is the Vice President of the Supply Planning department for Janssen (annual sales of $40.7 billion), member of pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson. His team plans on short (detailed scheduling), mid (MPS) and long (strategic capacity) term the production for the internal and external manufacturing sites. He actively contributes to the formation of business strategies related to supply chain management, long-term inventory and service strategies, in close collaboration with different leadership teams. He plays a key leadership role in the optimization of the Janssen Supply Chain from a service and working capital perspective, and critically contributes to the reshaping of the Janssen Supply Chain into a global, end-to-end, integrated Supply Chain organization. Recently he implemented ONE global planning system after re-engineering the planning processes and applying a new organizational structure.  He drives the planning talent agenda in order to build a best-in-class future oriented workforce which will be capable to drive the supply chain opportunities of the future, like frictionless planning, digitalization, analytics, IBP,…