Johnson & Johnson is seeking a highly qualified and motivated individual to join our team as a Senior Manager, OPS Program Management, located in Santa Clara, CA.
This individual will be responsible for leading the Supply Chain team for New Product Introduction efforts as well as strategic Lifecycle Management initiatives and LCM portfolio management. You will facilitate the NPI planning, transfer and operations efforts and strategies that best support our customers. Data driven, s/he will work closely with R&D, Commercial, Quality and Supply Chain to develop strategies to achieve business objectives, and provide governance through effective prioritization and allocation of resources to achieve strategic goals. Reporting to the Director of Product Management, this person will lead and coordinate activities across operations functions including manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, materials, service, and quality to ensure on time launches with robust supply and driving supply reliability for launched products. In addition, this person will partner closely with commercial teams such as marketing, customer training and R&D to represent the Operations team on New Product launch teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop manufacturing strategy for product launch, assemble team and lead all aspects of development/execution of operations project plan throughout the lifecycle of the product
- Support Commercial and Service team during new product roll-out and ramp up
- Lead Supply Chain Readiness activities for New Product launches and line extensions
- Lead and manage major capital projects across the Supply Chain
- Manage day to day program activities, overall project resourcing and project budget spending
- Manage the cross-functional project team across all supply chain functions to ensure execution is aligned with the overall business objectives
- Build strong teams and mentor team members
- Collaborate with R&D to maintain agility of new product introductions while aligned to the long term supply chain strategy
- Support development of project business cases and appropriate prioritization of activities and projects for the product lifecycle
- Develop and roll out processes related to integrating supply chain concepts to the overall new product development and product lifecycle process
Qualifications
- A minimum of Bachelor’s degree is required in an Engineering or Science field
- A minimum of 8 years of experience in manufacturing/supply chain functions is required
- A minimum of 3 years of program or project management experience is required
- Experience leading cross-functional teams is required
- Experience in new product introductions, launches, life-cycle management or technical transfers is required
- The ability to manage project/program risk is required
- Ability to coach and develop people and utilize customer-focused decision making is required
- Change management skills are required
- Ability to work effectively and drive alignment in a complex environment through strong communication is required
- Ability to build business strategies, embrace financial goals, capital budget management and driving strategy implementation is required
- Experience working in the healthcare industry with medical devices is preferred
- Six Sigma/Process Excellence, Project Management certifications are highly preferred
- This position is located in Santa Clara, CA and may require up to 20% of travel both internationally and domestically
The anticipated base pay range for this position is $136000 to $234140.
This job posting is anticipated to close on Oct / 22nd / 2024. The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.
Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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