Product Value Stream Leader - Shoulders (Orthopaedics)

About the role

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Product Value Stream Leader - Shoulders to join our team in one of the following locations: Raynham, MA; Raritan, NJ; Warsaw, IN; Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Leeds, UK; Cork, IE.

Responsibilities

• Maximize the impact of Supply Chain management by maturing the End-to-End Operating model.
• Work under the limited guidance of the End-to-End Supply Chain Leader and lead the Supply Chain Team.
• Demonstrate strong facilitator and influencing skills, drive a team towards a final decision in an environment with high levels of ambiguity, complexity, and risk.
• Align with partners on a roadmap for change and interact with all levels in the organization.
• Continuously improve the E2E supply chain performance by owning the application of the Johnson & Johnson Operating System (JJOS) processes.
• 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 supply chain.
• Identify opportunities where proactive escalation may be necessary when business objectives are at risk.
• Facilitate the development, creation, and refresh of the Product Strategy Roadmap (PSR).
• Collaborate with key business partners to identify a broad set of cross-functional needs and build consensus on product, process, and people priorities.
• Explore external threats and business imperatives and incorporate into strategy.
• Optimize overall performance by taking the output from the PSR and developing, deploying, and implementing improvements to make for a more responsive, agile, and flexible production system to better meet customer requirements (examples: cycle-time reduction, E2E capacity increases, new manufacturing and processing technologies, supply chain digitization, SKU rationalization, product design improvements, cost savings, and supply chain agility/resilience).
• Drive prioritization efforts within the Supply Chain’s project portfolio.
• Build business cases for new LCM projects and ensure they meet overall strategic objectives.
• Direct resources and efforts to make improvements.
• Enable rapid issue resolution of critical supply & quality events.
• Manage Senior Leader communications and enable cross-functional engagement on significant event response.
• Publish and promote Supply Chain performance.
• Coordinate communication between various functions and senior leaders.
• Conduct analysis to recommend and execute optimal Product Portfolio mix.
• Develop solutions for end-to-end cost and inventory optimization, work with strategic marketing, regulatory, R&D and technical groups to ensure readiness to react to market / customer requirements and deliver on product life cycle innovations.
• This position will focus on the Shoulder Reconstruction in the Joints Franchise of DePuy Synthes.
• Exhibit a results-oriented mind-set, able to navigate through ambiguity, think strategically, innovatively, and creatively to drive positive outcomes.
• Demonstrate a strong analytical ability to develop insights from multiple sources of data.
• Ability to build a future vision and gain support and alignment to that vision.
• Accountable for owning the analysis, planning, execution, improving, and monitoring of performance.
• Reviewing the strategic capacity plan and aligning with the capital plan.
• Developing business cases to support advancement of the PSR.
• Evaluating and prioritizing product risks across the E2E SC.
• Developing and implementing mitigating solutions.
• Facilitating and creating content to advance Supply Chain management maturity.
• Modeling E2E scenarios and their trade-offs.
• Providing options and recommendations to senior leaders.
• Linking franchise business strategy to supply chain network strategy.
• Connecting the day-to-day performance with the business plan and strategic plan.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum of 8 years of related work experience in Supply Chain, R&D, or Commercial function.
• Experience driving operational excellence across organizations with measurable financial, quality and customer service results.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience working in a cross-functional organization and achieving results through relationships with internal and external partners.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in demonstrated strong Project Management.
• Experience across demand/production planning, sourcing, manufacturing, inventory management, or delivery to customer.
• Up to 25% travel Domestic and International.

Preferred Skills

• A degree in Engineering or Supply Chain.
• Experience in manufacturing, distribution, planning, project management, procurement, engineering, or R&D.
• A PMI/FPX, Green Belt, Black Belt/Master Black Belt Certification.
• Leverage in Lean and Six Sigma.
• Direct manufacturing experience in a healthcare manufacturing operation.
• Understanding of financial processes such as P&L calculation and COGS.
• Exposure to a global environment in previous roles.
• Strong understanding of the new product introduction process.