Senior Director, Lean Excellence

Role Summary

Senior Director, Lean Excellence, Johnson & Johnson Vision, Jacksonville, FL. The role applies Lean Methodology (including Six Sigma) to drive significant manufacturing improvements. You will develop and execute a multiyear site roadmap, coach team members and site leaders, and foster a continuous improvement and transformational culture.

• Lead the site Process Excellence and site/functional leaders through a process to systematically identify opportunities to enhance operational performance and site business processes using benchmarking and continuous improvement tools
• Drive site data collection and check quality of information through the use of pre-diagnostic analyses and other analytical tools
• Drive the development of a Lean multiyear roadmap aligned with site competitiveness strategies and site missions, including diagnostics, phases, and health checks
• In partnership, lead the execution of the site Lean transformation roadmaps by defining detailed dates for each activity and anticipated implications (resources, communication, cultural change)
• 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 organizational acumen
• Coach partners in the application of Lean methodology and tools

• Required:
  
  12 years of relevant business experience in leading supply chain functions
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  Experience in manufacturing as well as a Six Sigma/Lean Certification
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  Strong global and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively across the organization
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  Ability to understand large complex processes with a focus on continuous improvement and a desire for prudent innovation
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  Possess strong project management skills and be able to effectively manage multiple competing priorities
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  Expert knowledge of Lean Methodology and other Process Excellence and continuous improvement tools and their application to business processes
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  Customer focused and able to lead process improvement initiatives from an internal lens of time, cost and quality and through an external lens of customers’ and stakeholder experience

• Required:
  
  Bachelor’s degree or 4-year degree equivalent (preferably in Finance, Marketing, the Sciences, or Engineering)
• Preferred: MBA or Master’s degree

• Travel up to 20% of the time domestically and/or internationally is required