Senior Material Supplier Manager

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Job Function:

Supply Chain Manufacturing

Job Sub Function:

Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Process Operations

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Senior Material Supplier Manager to join our team in Cincinnati, OH.

About Surgery

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

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting.

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

Purpose

The Senior Material Supplier Manager supports Johnson & Johnson Ethicon Endo-Surgery manufacturing across both internal sites and directed-spend external supply points. The Senior Material Supplier Manager collaborates with internal business partners and suppliers to improve customer fulfillment and supplier delivery performance and responsiveness, abiding by the spirit of the Johnson & Johnson Credo. The Senior Material Supplier Manager uses processes, systems, and reporting capabilities that improve the efficiency of material supply services, using technology and monitoring metrics necessary to achieve targeted performance goals.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

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

• Is the Deliverable Responsible Individual (DRI) for the Ethicon Endo-Surgery franchise to manage the direct suppliers relationship for day-to-day events.

• Maintains relationships with suppliers to ensure good, reliable sources of supply and information.

• Partners with Plan & Procurement functions to ensure alignment to meet and exceed Ethicon Endo reliability goals

• Drives Performance Management for Ethicon Endo by means of establishing Key Performance Indicators and Supplier Business Reviews/Sales and Operating Process (cS&OPs).

• Leads the operational resolution of emerging supply issues across the Material Supplier Management (MSM) network. Identifying non-compliance suppliers and works jointly with Strategic Sourcing, Quality, Make and MSM peers to correct or exit if needed.

• Leads discussions with key functional partners Life Cycle Management (LCM), Tech Ops, Quality, Planning, Procurement, etc. – to drive resolution of, but not limited to, out-ofspecification materials, discontinued materials, material feed stock changes, suppliers scrap or project expenses resolutions.

• Drives or supports improvements in material reliability, customer fulfillment, supplier delivery performance, and responsiveness.

• Identifies and develops key process improvements for key Internal and External suppliers regarding communication process on disruptions.

• Identifies Proactive Risks with suppliers, escalate and plan for mitigation in a combined effort with Value Stream Leaders.

• Responsible for communicating business related issues or opportunities to next management level by means of the Short-Term Escalations Manag