EQ/Supplier Quality Senior Specialist

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 jnj.com.

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:

Quality

Job Sub Function:

Supplier Quality

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium

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

Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicines is recruiting for EQ Supplier Quality Senior Specialist to be based in any of the EMEA sites: EMEA JJIM Sites (Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland).

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):

[Beerse, Geel, Ghent - Belgium, Leiden-Netherlands, Loughbeg, Barnahely – Ireland, Latina – Italy] ] - Requisition number: R-059490

[Schaffhausen – Switzerland] - Requisition Number: R-064472

EQ Supplier Quality Senior Specialist

Within the Supplier Quality group the Global Indirect Materials and Services team is tasked with supplier lifecycle management of  >3500 Indirect Supplier's on behalf of 25 J&J Innovative Medicines sites globally, including responsible for supplier selection, audit qualification, risk management monitoring and issue management with suppliers across the Biotherapeutics, Synthetics and Advanced Therapies platforms. This role is tasked with ensuring NPI growth, business continuity and delivering on quality and compliance goals in compliance with J&J quality and regulatory guidelines.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

Core responsibilities include development of Supplier Quality strategic priorities and leading execution of related deliverables in collaboration with JJIM site personnel, SQ regional quality teams and functional business partners such as Procurement, Planning, MSAT and local JJIM Site Quality teams.

The responsibilities and the impact YOU will have: 

• Lead supplier management initiatives including oversight and remediations in line with business compliance.
• Partner with JJIM site QA partners on strategy and execution of Supplier related Indirect Material and Services.
• Support Supplier Quality project scoping and lead project management to achieve goals, objectives and Cascade.
• Build effective partnerships within SQ and deliver effective supplier management for a portfolio of supplier accounts.
• Deliver direct support to JJIM local Site during Customer, JJRC and HA inspections as needed.
• Shape supplier management practices for platforms with evolving or emerging complexities, or with hybrid supply chains, models, such as with advanced therapies, critical technology and software solutions providers. ​
• Act as Supplier Quality Indirect Materials point of contact with site SPOCS related to indirect supplier management.
• Deliver supplier account risk management, issue resolution and process improvement initiatives
• Project manage quality initiatives that have impact across JJIM site network in collaboration with site quality teams.
• Deliver change management and communication updates within su