Director, External Manufacturing

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 jnj.com As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world.  We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual.  At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. Job Function: Supply Chain Manufacturing Job Sub Function: Multi-Family Supply Chain Manufacturing Job Category: People Leader All Job Posting Locations: Gurabo, Puerto Rico, United States of America, Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America Job Description: About Innovative Medicine Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way! Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine We are searching for the best talent for a Director, External Manufacturing to join our Team! This is an onsite/hybrid role.

The Director, External Manufacturing (EM) is responsible for base business supply of commercial products and provides leadership to a team of regional based site leaders doing the same. In doing so the Director, EM ensures that products are available to meet both patient/customer and business needs, providing the highest quality at the lowest total cost of ownership and to achieve maximum relationship value through accelerated innovation, supplier integration, process improvement and collaboration. External relationships are highly sophisticated in nature and require extensive interaction with key business partners, critical supplier leadership and other segment/functional leadership. The role organizes, designs and allocates specific responsibilities across the team to optimize operational and business effectiveness and ensure alignment to short- and long-term strategic objectives of the Innovative Medicine Supply Chain (IMSC), Manufacturing and Technical Operations (MTO) and EM. The role manages a spend > $50MM and requires the Director to maintain a broad understanding of the external landscape within their scope and to make decisions across/on behalf of the platform.

Operational Leadership: Leads the team and aligns with stakeholder organizations to drive both short and long-term objectives for the EM sites and overall region. Establishes and maintains key performance metrics and operational targets with the goal to improve supply reliability, process effectiveness and compliance. Partners strongly with procurement and on supplier strategy and contractual elements, with Planning/Network on optimizing supply/POs, with External Quality in view of compliance profile/audit readiness and MSAT on key tech transfers/line extension. Leads also the implementation of new product launches and other product changes at EMs and to ensure timely product availability. Serves as Virtual General Manager with external partners and leads the Virtual Management team (VMT). Aligns VMT to manage compliance to agreements, as well as overall cost management including seeking cost reduction opportunities. Develops and manages Account Plans and to lead the VMT in delivering on all objectives. Defines and prioritize requirements,