Business Unit Leader, Director

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Job Function:

Supply Chain Manufacturing

Job Sub Function:

Plant Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Manatí, Puerto Rico, United States of America, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting a Business Unite Leader, Director. This position will support the Ethicon sites in Manati, PR and San Lorenzo, PR.

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech 

This Business Unit Leader will be responsible for leading manufacturing, maintenance, projects, and base business engineering personnel within the Ethicon WCH manufacturing operations in Puerto Rico. The main responsibility is to optimize supply chain performance, consistently meet customer expectations and manage the manufacturing operations and projects for Ethicon Wound Closure and Healing.

Responsibilities:

In accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws/regulations and Corporate Johnson & Johnson, procedures and guidelines, this position:

• With expertise in manufacturing operations, coordinate cross-functional resources required for four key areas:

• Growth for Customers: Deliver supply reliability through Product Value Stream Management and End-to-End process improvements while ensuring proactive approach to quality, safety and compliance.

• Excellence in Execution: Reduce complexity and drive significant improvement in the predictable, reliable supply of quality products that meet / exceed customer expectations.

• Empowering and Inspiring Employees: Create a workplace where all employees feel valued and are provided opportunities for growth.

• Strategic and Innovative Thinking: Develop and implement a strategy to drive continuous improvement of manufacturing while also ensuring capacity, agility and flexibility to support development and manufacture of new products and technologies.

• Lead the WCH manufacturing, maintenance, projects and base business engineering operations and activities in both San Lorenzo and Manati sites.

• Collaborate with internal and external partners to achieve all operational goals, including but not limited to safety, quality, service, cost, and people leadership goals.

• Identify and implement both short and long-term projects to optimize the local supply chain, product, and process quality and to improve operational efficiencies.

• Effectively manage and resource human, material, and capital resources to meet quality, customer service, financial, EH&S, and product and process improvement targets.

• Ensure close collaboration with Quality Operations so that the Quality System is regularly audited/ reviewed, and that appropriate preventive and corrective actions are identified and implemented to improve quality results.

• Develop and implement a talent strategy that ensures a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment and ensures development opportunities are provided for all employees.

• Provides a leadership role in the development and implementation of Process Excellence and Six Sigma standards.

• Identifies needs and coordinate the development of support systems, i.e., Documentation, Q.A. Systems.

• Ensures sufficien