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Job Function:

Quality

Job Sub Function:

Supplier Quality

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Gurabo, Puerto Rico, United States of America, Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Supplier Quality Indirect Material Lead to join our Supplier Quality team located in Horsham, PA, Spring House, PA, Raritan, NJ, or Gurabo, PR. Please note onsite presence is required.

Within the J&J IM segment the Supplier Quality group has responsibilities for supplier lifecycle management of >4500 GmP commercial and clinical suppliers including API, Direct, Indirect Materials and associated services on behalf of our internal network of J&J IM sites globally.

Supplier Quality Indirect Material Lead

Within the Supplier Quality group the Global Indirect Materials and Services team is tasked with lifecycle management of >3500 Indirect Supplier's on behalf of 25 J&J Innovative Medicines sites globally, including responsible for supplier selection, qualification, risk management monitoring, issue management with suppliers across the Biologics, Small Molecule, and Advanced Therapies platforms. This team leadership role is tasked with ensuring business continuity and delivering quality and compliance goals adhere to J&J policies including environmental, health, safety, quality and regulatory guidelines.

Core responsibilities include development of Supplier Quality strategic priorities and leading execution of related deliverables in collaboration with J&J IM site personnel, regional quality leads, supplier quality team and functional business partners such as Procurement, Planning, DPDS, MSAT and local J&J IM Site Quality teams.

Core Responsibilities: (include but are not limited to)

• Lead team to maintain supplier management quality standards through oversight and remediations activities.
• Manage, coordinates and coaches employees to deliver annual performance versus established G&O’s.
• Partner on Supplier Quality goal development and execution in collaboration with key partners and suppliers
• Lead partnerships with regional teams on strategy and execution related to Supplier Quality ‘Indirect Material and Services’ in collaboration with business partners and J&J IM internal sites.
• Shape supplier management practices for platforms with evolving or emerging complexities, or with hybrid supply chains, models, such as with advanced therapies, critical technology and software solutions providers. ​
• Support Supplier Quality project scoping and lead project management to achieve goals, objectives and Cascade.
• Act as Supplier Quality Indirect Materials point of contact with site SPOCS related to indirect supplier management.
• Build effective partnerships within Supplier Quality to support effective oversight related to assigned supplier accounts.
• Deliver supplier account risk management, issue resolution and process improvement initiatives including through issue management, VMT/SQTT remediations across all indirect criticality levels and risk categories.
• Project manage quality initiatives that have impact across J&J IM site network in collaboration with site quality teams.
• Deliver change management and communication updates within supplier quality on core activities and projects.
• Can leads as GQRM to deliver an aligned supplier performance view on behalf of the J&J IM sites network including remediation activities on strategically important suppliers in collaboration with business partners.
• Collaborate and build effective networks and act as Supplier Quality point of contact for Indirect Supplier Management with E2E SC business partners. (DPDS, MSAT, PQM, Clinical, ECSQ etc)
• Deliver direct support to J&J IM local Site during Customer, JJRC and HA inspections as needed.

Minimum Qualification/Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree is required. Degrees in Science, Engineering and Technical subjects are preferred.
• E2E supply chain management or site based QMS experience
• Position requires ability to build and drive collaboration and teamwork across the EM sites and global EQ organization
• Minimum of 5 years’ in supplier lifecycle management of Material and Service suppliers across operating supply chain platforms including Biologics, Small Molecule, Advanced Therapies.
• Mature knowledge on EQ Platform and related suppliers/materials used in order to effectively manage supplier projects, accounts, issue management and audit.
• Practical experience with GMP – and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) regulation and direct experience of regulatory authorities’ inspections.

Competency/Skill Requirements:

• Strong understanding of SM/LM/AT marketed products, including raw material management, DP/DS manufacturing processes, related compliance and quality system management.
• Verbal/written communication skills that are effective across internal/external stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Excellent analytical skill to identify gaps and root causes of issues and develop and communicate solution proposals.
• Experienced working remotely and independently, self-motivated and comfortable operating within tight deadlines.
• Ability to lead and influence in a high matrix environment
• Bus Ex mindset – (Project management, change management, communications)
• Excellent computer proficiency including on J&J QMS software applications.
• Change management related to global, regional and cascade related projects.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers .Internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Compliance Management, Consulting, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Mentorship, Organizing, Performance Measurement, Product Testing, Quality Control (QC), Quality Management Systems (QMS), Quality Standards, Quality Validation, Relationship Building, Stakeholder Management, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Technical Credibility, Vendor Selection

The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

USA: $122,000-$212,750 – PR: $116,000-$200,100

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation –120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave – 10 days Volunteer Leave – 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits. The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.

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