Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking an

Business Excellence Lead Schaffhausen (Sr. Manager) (m/f/d)

to join our team located in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

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/.

The successful candidate will be leading the Schaffhausen Business Excellence team and will be responsible for driving strategic initiatives and continuous improvement projects to enhance business excellence at the Schaffhausen site.

Role

The Business Excellence Lead Schaffhausen will play a central role in partnering with the Site Leadership Team and their organizations to deploy a multi-year lean strategy and lead toward our site vision.

The BEx Lead will be accountable to improve and sustain business results through the application of JJPS (Johnson & Johnson Production System) deployment methodologies across the business units to deliver savings in line with the site strategy and Large Molecule platform. Role model and coach the Schaffhausen teams in building a continuous improvement mindset and capabilities, including ground-breaking change and continuous improvement!

Responsibilities:

• Collaborating effectively across functions and key platform and enterprise partners to deliver our operational excellence programs
• Responsible for deployment of a multi-year Lean Roadmap at the Schaffhausen site
• Lead & advance site JJPS & Lean methodology & maturity
• Own the site’s JJPS cycles as JJPS SME & Champion, as well as support key platform programs that drive continuous improvement and cost reductions
• Provide training and coaching to site resources
• Responsible to deliver savings (CIP’s) with the BEx initiatives and methodologies, in line with site strategy and goals
• Support site health checks and lead associated action plan
• Role model behavior and coach the organization and project leads in continuous improvement mentality
• Partner and collaborate closely with the broader BEx community and JJPS leaders to alignment of approaches and acceleration of proven practices

Qualifications

Team Leadership:

• Lead a team of 4 permanent staff.
• Provide leadership and mentor the professional and personal development of reports by providing performance feedback, establishing clear goals and objectives.
• Build and sustain a high performing team

Qualifications

Qualification and Experience

• Min. of 8 years Supply Chain/ Operations experience required with consistent track record.
• Demonstrated leadership, change management competencies, training delivery and deployment of LEAN at multiple levels of an organization
• Experience leading a large-scale Lean Transformation
• Eye for business and ability to think creatively and go beyond. Understanding of overall business environment, including financial acuity
• Strongly skilled in process improvement and structural problem solving
• Outstanding social skills, able to inspire trust and quickly build credibility – Ability to be a change agent capable of influencing without direct authority across multiple functions and organizational levels
• Strong desire to contribute, be held accountable and be rewarded for delivering value and robust results
• Preferred: Lean Black Belt or Six Sigma Black Belt

Other:

• Must be proficient in English
• This position may require up to 10% domestic & international travel

About Johnson & Johnson Schaffhausen

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is an American Multinational Pharmaceutical and Healthcare company, with Biotech / Pharmaceutical and MedTech manufacturing divisions.

Johnson & Johnson Schaffhausen – Cilag AG, in operation since 1936, is one of the major Pharma manufacturing hub, employing up to 2000 people. The campus is comprised of 8 distinct facilities, with specific focus on:

• Manufacturing
• Warehousing pharmaceutical and or chemical
• QC lab
• Administration

Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies are equal opportunity employers, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We are offering you a diversified position with a variety of responsibilities in a dynamic and complex international environment. If you we have sparked your interest then please send us your complete online application (CV, cover letter) in English.