Sr Material Excellence Engineer LCM

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

Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

Materials/Biomaterials Science

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine.

We are searching for the best talent for a Manager, Advanced Therapies Procurement to join our Team! This is an onsite/hybrid role.

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

Spring House, PA & Raritan, NJ United States - Requisition Number: R-052176

Belgium - Requisition Number: R-052900

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

Summary

The Senior Material Excellence Engineer LCM is to lead global implementation of critical material projects that will drive reliability, innovation and sustainability in our processes and plants across the globe, both internally and externally. The successful candidate is therefore able to appropriately balance the requirements at all manufacturing sites as it relates to multiple in-flight programs/indications: early development, clinical trials, and commercial activities. The capability to effectively facilitate change activities including the ability to navigate within a global network and collaborate effectively with internal and external partners will be key to drive critical programs to successful completion. This role will work in a cross functional setting and must have strong communication skills to foster collaboration and drive success across the organization. Up-to-date knowledge of industry standards, regulatory requirements and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes related to cellular therapies are highly desirable

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize network performance and ensure the highest standards of quality and compliance.

• Implement standard processes for supply chain management, logistics, and distribution to enhance operational effectiveness.

• Identify and Lead to process improvements projects, including new materials or technologies to deliver innovations and increase the reliability of our processes and plants.

• Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to track operational performance and identify areas for improvement.

• Work closely with the production and manufacturing teams to optimize resource utilization and reduce costs.

• Drive organizational change by implementing effective change management strategies and communication plans.

• Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to minimize disruption to operations.

• Assess and implement local changes based on global initiatives/product strategy.

• Understand operational network differences and enable efficiencies across the network, where appropriate.

• Continuously monitor/analyze manufacturing performance and design projects/initiatives to enable manufacturing performance, cost reduction, and process robustness objectives

• Support the creation of business cases for ongoing improvement projects, including risk management, financial analyses, and regulatory compliance assurance.

Qualifications

<