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Job Function:
Supply Chain Manufacturing
Job Sub Function:
Manufacturing Deployment
Job Category:
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations:
West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Job Description:
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 https://www.jnj.com./
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.
Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopedics business to establish a standalone orthopedics' 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, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions.
Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes.
The Supply Chain Launch Manager leads end-to-end supply chain execution for New Product Introduction (NPI) projects within Trauma & Extremities, from strategy and planning through scale-up and global launch. This highly visible role aligns cross-functional teams, manages risks and dependencies, and drives timely, high-quality business outcomes. We are seeking an innovative, results-driven project leader who can challenge conventional approaches, simplify processes, and introduce new ways of working to accelerate decision-making and project execution.
Key Responsibilities:
Serves as the End to End supply chain lead for NPI and LCM projects, driving project plans, deliverables, and execution.
Partner with Marketing, R&D, Quality and Supply Chain teams to develop strategies to achieve business goals and provide governance through effective prioritization and allocation of resources to achieve strategic goals.
Responsible for developing operations strategy, assembling team and development/execution of operations project plan from project charter through the hand-off to the manufacturing/supplier site all the way to global launch.
Partners with other functions to achieve overall business goals for a project, including commercial success, profitability, timeliness and quality.
Delivers projects in compliance of defined processes & procedures related to new product development.
Provides innovative solutions to accelerate project execution and meet business deliverables.
Builds strong cross-functional teams, providing feedback and coaching to team members.
Responsible for communicating business related issues, risks and/or opportunities to next management level
Develops launch readiness plans and supports manufacturing scale-up to support new product global launches and long-term supply strategies.
Ensures alignment across make vs. buy decisions, supporting site selection, in collaborations with Source and Plan functions
Qualifications
Education:
A minimum of a bachelor's degree and/or University degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field required; Masters degree preferred
Experience and Skills:
Required:
A minimum of 8 years of professional work experience in relevant fields.
Experience in NPD/NPI project management
Experience in supply chain or manufacturing
Experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing complex projects
Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
Experience in building business strategies and implementation of driving strategies is required.
Well organized, self-motivated, energetic, creative, resourceful, insightful, personable and articulate.
Must possess strong leadership, management and teamwork qualities.
Preferred:
Experience in Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, or Biologics industries
Experience leading cross-functional or NPI teams
Six Sigma, Process Excellence Certifications
Project Management/PMP/FPX certification
Knowledge of manufacturing operations and enterprise supply chains
People management experience is preferred
Other:
May require up to 20% domestic and/or international travel to other locations and sites
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.
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Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Agile Manufacturing, Compliance Management, Critical Thinking, Developing Others, Financial Competence, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Inclusive Leadership, ISO 9001, Leadership, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Processes, Performance Measurement, Plant Operations, Production Operations, Profit and Loss Responsibility, Quality Assurance (QA), Risk Assessments, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, Team Management, Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
