North America MES Deployment Lead

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®—that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent.

About Us

Our global team is ~22,000 brilliant people with a workplace culture where every voice matters, and every contribution is appreciated. We are 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 millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage.

Responsibilities

• Define the regional MES deployment strategy and timing, including installation and validation of technologies for both North and Latin America.
• Work with the regional network leadership to ensure program execution aligns with expectations, acting as a link between local, regional, and global stakeholders.
• Coordinate MES implementation activities for the region, ensuring full alignment with the global template and strategy.
• Collaborate with North America Regional and Site Deployment Leads to ensure timely and effective project execution and proactive risk management.
• Monitor and report regional program progress.
• Act as the first level of escalation for project-related issues detected at local or regional levels.
• Actively collaborate with System Integrator Project Managers and Kenvue’s Site Deployment Leads to remove obstacles.
• Collect lessons learned from local project execution and feed them into the MES governance continuous improvement process.
• Support change management efforts within the region in alignment with regional Network leadership and the Global Change Management lead.
• Ensure sites meet quarterly spending commitments and provide all regional actual spending data to the Global MES Finance Lead when needed (BP, JU, MU, etc.).
• Support Sites and Regional Deployment Leads in the collection, validation, and approval of benefits linked to MES project execution, including periodic benefit evaluation cycles as instructed by the Global Team.
• Monitor and report to the global team the start of regional initiatives in the Manufacturing Execution space to detect potential duplicates or projects deviating from the defined global strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or similar field.
• Minimum of 10 years of business experience with at least 5 years leading projects in the supply chain or IT manufacturing space.
• Experience working with MES systems (AVEVA Model Driven MES experience is a plus) either as a user or as a consultant/system integrator.
• Excellent communication, motivation, team building, employee involvement, diplomacy, delegating skills, as well as confidence and enthusiasm.
• Strategic planning and disruptive thinking with an agile and entrepreneurial mindset.
• Proven track record of dealing well with ambiguity, prioritizing needs, and delivering results in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to collaborate within and across companies, cultures, functions, and geographies to lead change and action.
• Strong experience in automation and engineering.
• Experience in applying the latest digital technologies to advance a manufacturing site and the overall E2E Supply Chain.

Qualifications

• Specific Project Management documented training (PMP certification is a plus).
• Fluency in speaking Spanish and/or Portuguese.
• Experience working in a consumer goods or pharmaceutical supply chain environment is preferred.
• Experience in global consultancy and corporate environments managing and coordinating large teams in a matrix organization is preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive benefit package.
• Paid company holidays, paid vacation, volunteer time, and more.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Kenvuer Impact Networks.

Pay

Annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $124,100.00 to $175,200.00, taking into account work location, candidate’s skills, experience, education level, and other job-related factors.

This role is based in Lititz, Pennsylvania, with a hybrid work location.