Regional Production Change Lead

What We Do

Kenvue realizes 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.

Who We Are

Our global team is ~ 22,000 brilliant people with a workplace culture where every voice matters, and every contribution is appreciated. Passionate about insights, innovation, and committed to delivering the best products to our customers. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science, and solve with courage – and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you!

Role

The Regional Make Excellence (MEX) Lead reports to REGIONAL MAKE EXCELLENCE AMERICAS and works in North America, United States, Pennsylvania, Lititz. The role is fully onsite.

What You Will Do

• Leads Operational Excellence deployment activities at targeted sites, including site preparation, data gathering and analysis, diagnostics, development of implementation plans, and delivery of transformation initiatives aligned to site business objectives.
• Builds Operational Excellence capability within site teams through training, coaching, mentoring, and knowledge transfer activities.
• Coaches and mentors site implementation leaders, change agents, and future deployment resources to develop sustainable organizational capability.
• Provides direct, hands-on site support throughout implementation and transformation activities.
• Maintains ongoing engagement with deployed sites to ensure standardization and sustainability of improvements and achievement of targeted business results.
• Led and executes Operational Excellence Health Checks and Site System Checks to verify adherence to standards and methodologies.
• Maintains monitoring of site performance dashboards and intervenes as needed through coaching, training, resource alignment, or escalation.
• Escalates implementation risks, issues, and capability gaps to the appropriate organizational levels.
• Safeguards consistent deployment and integrity of Operational Excellence standards across all sites.
• Captures proven practices and benchmarks opportunities and partners with region and global teams to integrate learnings into the broader system.
• Identifies and recommends improvements to deployment methodologies based on implementation experience and business results.
• Builds strong partnerships with site leadership teams, site Operational Excellence, regional Make and Quality leaders, Finance, Engineering, Maintenance, and global Operational Excellence leaders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum 10-12 years of Supply Chain experience across Plan, Source, Make, and/or Deliver functions.
• Demonstrated experience leading manufacturing transformation, operational excellence, lean, continuous improvement, and production system deployments.
• Lean and/or Six-Sigma certification.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, financial performance drivers, and business improvement methodologies.
• Proven ability to lead change management efforts and develop leaders into effective change agents.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including the ability to drive results without direct authority.
• Proven skills in building organizational capability through coaching, mentoring, and knowledge transfer.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and leadership skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Advanced degree preferred.
• Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification.
• Project Management certification preferred (PMP, FPX, or equivalent).
• Experience developing high-performing organizations and future supply chain leaders.
• Knowledge of competency management and capability-building systems.
• Experience working in regional or multi-site manufacturing environments.

Pay

Annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges: $153,850.00 - $217,200.00. This takes into account a number of factors including work location, the candidate's skills, experience, education level & other job-related factors.

Benefits

Competitive Benefit Package includes Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time & More! Learning & Development Opportunities include Kenvue Impact Networks. 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.