Director Supplier Quality Americas, External Quality

Johnson & Johnson is currently recruiting for a Director Supplier Quality Americas, External Quality ! This position can be located in New Jersey or Pennsylvania.

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.

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Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

Provides leadership in directing a group of Supplier Quality (SQ) professionals located in the Americas region, including SQ Account Managers, Site Point of Contacts (SPOCs), Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and People Leaders.

• Provides for Quality Assurance, Compliance, and Account Management for Supplier Quality activities for suppliers in the Americas region.

These include, but are not limited to, suppliers of API, API materials, Excipient and other Direct materials, Packaging, Device/Components, Bio and New Modality materials, and Indirect materials & services.

• Provides for the selection, development and management of Suppliers in the region.

• Contributes to the implementation and execution of quality systems in support of supplier material sourcing, manufacturing, quality, and compliance.

• Partners with Internal IMSC sites, Procurement, DPDS, Suppliers, and other stakeholders.

• Directs all Quality and Compliance activities related to suppliers in the Americas region.

• Coaches, leads, and develops the regional SQ professionals.

• Ensures Supplier Quality Management activities with suppliers including quality agreements, specification agreements, audits, supply chain identification, qualification, change control, investigations, risk assessments, and complaints.

• Establishes strategy and ensures effective implementation for the Americas region and, when assigned, the larger Global Supplier Quality organization.

• Actively participates on the Supplier Quality Leadership Team.

• Influences and builds relationships with suppliers and other internal partners to achieve objectives.

• Ensures reporting on supplier performance and issues via metrics and reports.

• Supports escalations related to suppliers in the Americas region.

Escalates issues as appropriate to Senior Management.

• Promotes a pro-active quality culture, including proactive quality engagements with suppliers.

• Ensures regional participation in management reviews, monitoring trends, identifying issues, recommending and implementing appropriate actions as related to suppliers and IMSC sites Education:

A minimum of a Bachelors or equivalent University degree is required with a focus in Science, Engineering or...