Business Excellence Manager

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 Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Process Engineering

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Business Excellence Manager at Santa Clara, CA!

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.

Reporting to the Business Excellence Lead, this role is encouraged to ensure alignment of long-term business goals with business initiatives, while measuring and tracking performance. The successful candidate will also collaborate, multi-functional, to identify business/process improvement opportunities through the application of lean principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead and/or support the Strategic Business Cycle activities and Performance Reviews while deploying SC strategy.
• Lead and/or support the Supply Chain E2E Performance Management Reporting governance (SC scorecard and strategic project).
• Work with functional leaders in identifying business opportunities to improve process quality, delivery and cost performance.
• In collaboration with finance and operations, develop and/or maintain process to measure and analyze cost actions in a monthly basis, and review with manufacturing leadership.
• Lead/support strategic or continuous improvement projects in collaboration with cross-functional teams to optimize value for the business, using Lean, Six Sigma, and Manufacturing Excellence principles/tools.
• Drive E2E Capacity Assessment short and long term to deliver BP and LRFP commitments respectively. This includes the development/revision of optimal Mfg. line design and line balancing to optimize production output.
• Support Lean and Six Sigma Trainings and Certifications Program
• Performs other duties assigned as needed

Qualifications

Required:

• A bachelor’s degree is required, in Industrial Engineering preferred. Advanced degree (MA, MS, MBA) an asset.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience working in or with a manufacturing environment with a minimum of 2 years of experience working in a Business / Process excellence environment
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment (i.e. FDA, ISO, etc.)
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Process Excellence/Six Sigma tools and Methodology.
• Experience as a practitioner of LEAN or DMAIIC/DMADV methodology.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
• Possess excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Strong decision making, problem solving skills, interpersonal and influencing skills.
• The ability to collaborate with all levels of management in a matrix environment. Must be able to work under pressure achieving consistently high results through individual and team efforts.
• Demonstrate self-started and initiative to drive expected results

Preferred:

• Experience in developing and executing change management plans
• Direct experience in medical device industry is strongly preferred
• Experience with Statistical Process Control (SPC), process characterization, ANOVA, Design of Experiments (DOEs) and hypothesis testing preferred.
• knowledge of process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (pFMEAs) and/or design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (dFMEAs)
• Experience and knowledge of Project Management tools and processes
• Process Excellence/Six Sigma Black Belt Certification or Master Black Belt Certification are preferred.
• Training of LEAN or DMAIIC/DMADV experience is an asset
• Supply Chain or focused professional certification (e.g. APICS, ISM, Six Sigma, PMP, FPX, etc.)

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer.