Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking a Supply Chain Senior Launch Manager to join our TECA and Sports Supply Chain team. The role is based in Zuchwil, Switzerland or West Chester, PA.

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/.

About J&J MedTech

Johnson & Johnson MedTech has been working to make surgery better for more than a century! With substantial breadth and depth in multiple orthopedic platforms, we aspire to improve medical care for people worldwide. Together, we are working to shape the future of health through differentiated products and services to help keep people moving!

Position overview

Reporting to the Director, New Product Introductions (NPI), the Sr. Launch Manager will lead a team of launch management leads to establish contemporary, best-in-class manufacturing and supply chain processes and techniques on a global scale for new products. This leader is expected to bring to bear their experience of project management, enterprise-wide supply chains, and knowledge of manufacturing operations to orchestrate a development team committed to an outstanding supply chain. This critical role will support key, strategic NPI project launches and will deliver on quality, service, and project execution metrics (on time, on cost).

The Sr. Launch Manager will coach and mentor a team of NPI launch managers, helping their team navigate through standardized processes and driving self-accountability in each function. They will craft and develop optimized supply chain strategies for sophisticated NPI programs. They will drive excellence in execution in all phases of the NPI development process - from project inception until stabilization is achieved in base business.

This not only includes traditional Technical Operations responsibilities such as RFQ/site selection, technology transfer, and process validation but also accountability and ownership for all supply chain launch tasks owned by other supply chain functions (e.g., customer service post-launch, achievement of vertical learning curve for capacity, CoGS, service metrics, deliver excellence, etc.), as this role serves as a main leader from supply chain facing Commercial and Research and Development.

This leader will ensure continuity of supply by leading and participating in regular planning process leadership meetings (e.g., Capacity planning, IBP, STEM, IMT), which will support the multi-year NPI programs within their responsibility.

This leader will require a keen ability to influence and support their direct reports and cross-functional business partners within R&D, Design Quality Engineering, Marketing, Finance, Sourcing, Plan, Value Stream Management, Operations, Packaging/Labeling, and Environmental/Safety to drive the development and implementation of Business Continuity Plans to mitigate against manufacturing and/or Supplier launch delays and long term product supply disruption risks.

It is valuable that this leader understands demand planning and works with internal and external teams to develop capacity plans for scale up including requirements for capital and validation expenses.

Required Minimum Education

• Undergraduate degree in engineering, sciences or supply chain disciplines

• Graduate degree/studies in science, business, engineering, finance or organizational management or equivalent experience strongly preferred.

Required Years of Related Experience

• This general management role requires a diverse business background (preferably with direct experience in multiple MedTech companies) with specific Operations competencies inclusive of engineering, manufacturing, product development, planning, customer & logistics services, and business continuity /capacity planning.

• A minimum 10 years of experience in positions of increasing responsibility is required, with end-to-end supply chain experience preferred.

Qualifications & Experience

• Related experience such as manufacturing, distribution, planning, project management, procurement, engineering, and / or R&D is preferred.

• Understanding of financial processes for budgeting, Request for Quotation (RfQ)/site selection, Cost of Goods Sold (CoGS) and Gross Profit (GP)

• Lean/Six Sigma and/or Project Management/PMP/FPX certification(s) preferred.

• Proven experience in new product launches in navigating within matrix organizations and complex supply chain models is required.

• Demonstrated experience in the development and execution of project plans is required.

• Manufacturing exposure in a regulated industry along with cost and capacity modeling for new and existing products is a requirement.

• Program and budget management experience required.

• Excellent communication and influencing skills with an ability to translate complex issues into simple statements.

• Consistent track record of challenging the "status-quo”, visualizing potential opportunities and implementing actions to build value.

• Experience in team management (hiring, performance management, organizational design) is required.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Don't miss this exceptional opportunity to join a world-class company and make a lasting impact. Apply now and be part of our ambitious team!