Value Stream Director, Needles - Johnson and Johnson

Ethicon Inc., a member of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, is recruiting for a Value Stream Director, Needles to be located in Raritan, NJ. Consideration will be given to alternate locations in any of our 3 needle making plants.

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The Needles VSL is a critical position that coordinates the E2E process for wire and needle manufacturing. The position works closely with plant leaders, Global Technical Operations (GTO) and all other VSLs to ensure an overall comprehensive needle strategy. This role serves as the leader of a portfolio of products, projects and processes that impact needle design, capacity and manufacturing technologies. Primary responsibility is to optimize supply chain process performance based upon end-to-end thinking, making conscious-profitable tradeoffs, and overall product ownership. Tasks, duties, and responsibilities are listed below.

This position reports to the VP, WC Supply Chain

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a detailed code level, 10 year capacity model in close collaboration with planning, manufacturing, GTO, process excellence and all other functions.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and influencing skills and be able to drive a team and senior level stakeholders towards a final decision in an environment with high levels of ambiguity, complexity, and risk. Work across functional boundaries, aligning with partners on a roadmap for change, and interacting with all levels in the organization.
• Measure supply chain process performance, collect and analyze data, develop new data analysis methods and techniques to provide deep insights. Build new digital analytical capabilities within the wire manufacturing and needle manufacturing flows. Identify opportunities and develop mitigation strategies where proactive structural changes in E2E supply chain design may be necessary to meet future risks and competitive threats.
• Lead the development and refresh of the Product Strategy Roadmap (PSR) and incorporate the output into the Business Plan, Long Range Financial Plans and Long Range Portfolio Plan. Collaborate with key business partners to identify a broad set of cross-functional needs and build consensus on product, process, and people priorities.
• Drive prioritization efforts within the value stream's project portfolio. Build business cases for new Life Cycle Management projects and ensure they meet overall strategic objectives. Direct resources and efforts to make improvements.
• Member of the WC Supply Chain Leadership Team.

Accountable for:

• Owning the analysis, planning, execution, improving, and monitoring of Value Stream performance. Leading a cross functional team to develop strategic plan for the value stream.
• Setting targets for, and designing the supply chain network to achieve the strategic capacity plan
• Developing and securing approval/funding for business cases to support growth.
• Partner with Commercial and R&D teams to optimize the needle portfolio.
• Facilitating and creating content to advance value stream management maturity.
• Modeling E2E scenarios and their trade-offs. Providing options and recommendations to senior leaders.
• Connecting the day-to-day performance with the business plan and strategic plan.

Qualifications:

Education: Minimum of a Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent University degree required; focused degree specifically in Engineering or related field, MBA or equivalent preferred.

Required:

• A minimum of ten (10) years of relevant professional work experience
• Experience in supply chain or R&D function
• Experience in a regulated industry, preferably MedTech.
• A deep understanding of how end to end supply chains operate
• Experience across demand/production planning, sourcing, manufacturing, inventory management, or delivery to customer
• Requires a strong ability to navigate through ambiguity, and ability to think strategically, innovatively, and creatively to drive positive outcomes.
• Demonstrated results in driving operational excellence across organizations with measurable financial, quality and customer service results
• Strong understanding of the new product introduction process, design control process and process validation in MedTech

Preferred:

• Direct manufacturing experience in a healthcare manufacturing operation

Other:

• May require up to 25% domestic and/or international travel to other locations and sites
• The anticipated base pay range for this position is $142,000 - $244,950/yr.
• This job posting is anticipated to close on 9/25/24 . The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation's performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company's discretion on an individual basis. • Please use the following language:

• Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
• Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
• This position is eligible to participate in the Company's long-term incentive program.
• Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
  • Vacation - up to 120 hours per calendar year
  • Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington - up to 56 hours per calendar year
  • Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays - up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.