Supply Chain Launch Manager

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

Job Function:
Supply Chain Manufacturing

Job Sub Function:
Manufacturing Assembly

Job Category:
People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:
Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland

Job Description:

Job Description

Role: Supply Chain Launch Manager (Knees)

Location: Cork (or Raynham, MA, Warsaw, IN, Leeds, UK, or Blackpool, UK)

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/. 

As part of the Supply Chain Product Management team, this individual will join the DePuy Synthes Joints Supply Chain Product Management group, supporting the Knees platform.

They will leverage project management skills to deliver key strategic new products launches and are responsible for the management of the product lifecycle across the end-to-end supply chain to deliver a cost effective and reliably supplied product to customers.

They will accomplish this by leading, influencing and collaborating heavily with Commercial, R&D, and Supply Chain partners to drive the development of the supply chain and continuity of supply.

Additionally, implementing Business Continuity Plans to mitigate manufacturing and/or supplier launch delays and long-term product supply disruption risks.

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities are listed below.

Key Responsibilities:


* Independently lead the supply chain team to deliver global New Product Introduction programs to achieve overall business objectives for a project, including commercial success, profitability, timeliness and quality.


* Drive functional and regional alignment for product launch supply plans.

Then, integrate, communicate, and lead decision making within governance and S&OP processes.


* Collaborate throughout the project lifecycle with R&D and Commercial to ensure product financial health is aligned to business objectives and Supply Chain operational goals (COGs, GP, volume, asset efficiency and inventory).


* Builds collaborative cross-functional teams, sharing clear expectations, holding team members ...