Lean Manufacturing Specialist

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 Process Improvement

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Anasco, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Job Description:

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding on the possibilities of vision treatments? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges.

Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life.

Our products and services address these needs – from the pediatric to aging eye – in a patient’s lifetime.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Purpose: J&J MedTech Vision Supply Chain is embarking on a Lean transformation to accelerate and innovate in the áreas of waste reduction, operational efficiency, and supply reliability.

This role will support leadership in driving consistent total delivered cost improvement year over year, building a best-in-class supply chain, designing improvement roadmaps, and developing Lean capabilities for the future.

 

You will be responsible for:


* Provide expertise on Value Stream Mapping and Kaizen methodology, processes, and tools


* Implement continuous improvement initiatives using various Lean methodologies and principles (e.g., 5S, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Kaizen, etc.)


* Track progress, report metrics, and provide leadership team updates


* Collect and/or create best-in-practice tools across internal, external, and industry sources; lead training and implementation of tools across JJV supply chain


* Deliver against the JJV and functional productivity, cost, inventory, capacity, and lead time annual and long-term goals


* Instill a culture of continuous improvement, and a mindset of challenging the status quo


* Adapt to a constantly evolving environment and leverage change as an opportunity to improve processes and tools


* Plan and deliver trainings in improvement methodologies to raise the organizational acumen
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