Supply Chain Launch Manager

At Johnson & Johnsonwe believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented treated and curedwhere treatments are smarter and less invasive andsolutions are 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 more at .

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 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 ./

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology were 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 thats 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 bachelors 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 & Johnsonisan 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 federalstateor local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who areprotectedveterans 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 requestan accommodation external applicants please contact us via internal employees contactAskGSto be directed to your accommodation resource.

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)

Required Experience:

Manager