Director, Make Excellence and Digital (Continuous Improvement) - Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.

Kenvue is currently recruiting for:

Director, Make Excellence & Digital

This position reports to the Senior Director, Lititz Site Lead, and is based in Lititz, PA.

Who we are

At Kenvue , we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we're the house of iconic brands - including Neutrogena, Aveeno, Tylenol, Listerine, Johnson's and BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent. Our global team is made up of ~ 22,000 diverse and brilliant people, passionate about insights, innovation and committed to delivering the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means having the power to impact the life of millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage - and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future-and yours. For more information, click here .

Role reports to: Senior Director, Lititz Site Lead

Location: Lititz, PA.

Travel %: up to 10

What you will do

The Director, Make Excellence & Digital is a senior leader at the Lititz manufacturing site. Are you seeking to work in a dynamic and diverse environment, playing a meaningful role in delivering our products to consumers every day? As a strategic site in Kenvue's North America Supply Chain, Lititz's key product portfolio includes Listerine, Aveeno, Neutrogena, Neosporin and more. We are a vibrant site with an eye towards innovation and sustainability, bringing in new technologies to improve our efficiency profile and carbon footprint!

The Director, Make Excellence & Digital will:

• Lead the development and execution of the organization's strategies, goals and objectives.
• Drive the overall Digital Transformation by deploying end-to-end digital solutions that solve unmet needs and generate value through a fully integrated digital ecosystem.
• Partner with the Global Supply Chain and appropriate councils to identify key emerging digital technologies, prioritize digital innovation pipeline of opportunities and drive overall achievement of digital capabilities and roadmap.
• Through ownership of Project Management Office (PMO), optimize our entire portfolio to improve costs and resources and maximize benefits while maturing digital capabilities.
• Drives associated governance processes to enable continuous improvement, product insourcing, and new product introductions (NPIs).
• Act as an internal consultant, influencing decision making and proactively developing solutions to uncover business opportunities and actionable insights driving End-to-End (E2E) business KPIs.
• Supports daily business operations and functions as the site Subject Matter Expert for digital, problem solving, and innovation.
• Routinely called upon to lead crisis management situations and to function as the Site Leader in his/her absence.
• Drives mindset and behavior changes across the site through leadership of various initiatives, capability building, and leadership of change management in line with principles of The Kenvue Way, Operational Excellence, and Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Defines and aligns site dashboards and scorecards to drive site evolution and maturity. Collaborates across functions internally and externally to achieve E2E alignment.
• Leverages advanced analytics, intelligent automation, data science, and other cutting-edge technology to continuously improve processes, enable prioritization and resource allocation to drive greater value and efficiency in overall site portfolio
• Functions as a key connector to groups outside of the facility for benchmarking to understand new technologies, and drive innovation at the site to accelerate our competitiveness, agility and digital transformations.

Required qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor Degree is required; preferably in a technical discipline. An advanced degree is preferred.
• A minimum of 10 years of Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Distribution, Warehousing, Customer Service and/or related field required
• Demonstrated leadership experience is required
• Strong analytical skills and professional judgment are required
• Strong data visualization and analytical skills including statistical tool knowledge
• Strong financial acumen at both plant/business level and department budgetary level
• Ability to create effective executive management level presentations, formal reports dealing with both technical and business implications and preparing project plans while identifying and understanding the inter-relationships of related disciplines and key activities is required
• Ad hoc travel may be required
• Flexibility in work hours is required (must be available to return to work outside normal work hours based on demand / business needs)

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of an FDA regulated environment is preferred
• Six Sigma and/or Lean Certificate (Black Belt or Green Belt) is preferred

What's in it for you

• Annual base salary for new hires in this position takes into account a number of factors including work location, the candidate's skills, experience, education level & other job-related factors.
• Competitive Total Rewards Package*
• Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time, Flexible Ways of Working & More!
• Learning & Development Opportunities
• Employee Resource Groups

*Note: Total Rewards at Kenvue include salary, bonus (if applicable) and benefits. Your Talent Access Partner will be able to share more about our total rewards offerings and the specific salary range for the relevant location(s) during the recruitment & hiring process.

Kenvue is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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