Supply Chain Project Lead

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:

Supply Chain Manufacturing

Job Sub Function:

Manufacturing Deployment

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Supply Chain Project Lead in Raynham, MA.​

About MedTech: Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, and more personalized treatments. Your outstanding talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at Johnson & Johnson MedTech.

Overview

Our Supply Chain Project Lead is responsible to lead projects, issues, strategic programs, and drive operational excellence between J&J Orthopedics and our external manufacturing partners and strategic collaborators. This supply chain-based role will lead multi-functional teams to ensure that projects relating to Patient Safety, Quality, Compliance, Service, Innovation, Growth, and Value are executed to exceed business metrics. This exciting role will be responsible for creation of a project business case and executing strategic projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide business and technical insights into Value Stream Product Strategy Roadmaps and partner with Value Stream Leaders to identify, prioritize and execute E2E supply chain projects and develop project business cases
• Shape and lead initiatives to ensure supply chain reliability, quality, compliance and profitability/cost improvements
• Lead/Execute projects in line with standard project management guidelines
• Lead and resolve issues which relate to Reliability, Quality and Compliance improvements. Lead supply continuity improvement and disruption recovery actions
• Instill and maintain a sense of urgency and customer focus within the Supply Chain team in collaboration with external manufacturing partners and strategic collaborators.
• Support execution of new products and/or integration of new products into base business LCM processes, ensuring successful supply execution to deliver growth for new products or newly stabilized products.
• Lead and assist in the development of GP improvement multi-year roadmap and continuous cost improvement in GP and COGS aligned to the Product Strategy Roadmap.
• Ensure that projects are performed in compliance with the Quality System and drives efforts to improve a culture of quality and compliance
• Develop strong business partner relationships throughout the organization to drive alignment on strategic priorities
• Develop in-depth understanding of various business processes, governances and supporting systems and the tools/templates used for project & portfolio management
• Demonstrate strong project management skills, including accurate and effective project planning, creation of shared team goals, delivering project in line with established milestone dates, resource management, capital/expense management, developing and executing communication plans, leading resolution of risks & issues, risk management and balancing multiple activities to accomplish goals.

Qualifications

Education:

• Minimum Bachelor's degree required; Engineering, Science, or a related Field is preferred
• Master’s degree or higher in Engineering, Science, or a related Field is preferred
• Project management methodology certification (e.g., PMP/PMI, FPX) is preferred

Required:

• Minimum 5+ years of relevant work experience (4+ years of relevant experience with Master’s degree, 2+ years of relevant experience with Ph.D)
• Experience in Manufacturing, Distribution, Planning, Project Management, Procurement, Engineering, or R&D in a Healthcare Industry
• Project Management experience, including developing and implementing processes for new or existing products/process and/or new technologies
• Demonstrated ability applying project management methodologies and tools, resource managemen