Capabilities 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 jnj.com.

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Job Function:

Supply Chain Deliver

Job Sub Function:

Warehouse & Distribution

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Shepherdsville, Kentucky, United States of America

Job Description:

About Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine: Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

We are searching for the best talent for a Capabilities Manager position based in Shepherdsville Kentucky.

General Requirements:

• Managing and developing work processes that integrate compliant product and customer delivery requirements into the distribution operation for J&J customers.

• Promoting the use of Process Excellence tools for continuous improvement and cost savings programs/strategies to meet business requirements.

• Possessing high-level multi-tasking and organizational skills and be able to troubleshoot complex issues.

• Communicate to distribution and quality management in accordance with the event notification quality procedure.

• Interact with Regulatory Health Authority representatives during inspections as required and support responses to Regulatory Health Authorities

Temperature Control:

• Being the subject matter expert on methods of temperature sensitive distribution, production/distribution processes, and cGMP's.

• Communicate and Partner with the Global Temperature Control Systems Services Team (TCSS) on local/regional/global changes to Temperature Control standards and processes.

• Accountable for site qualification and validation programs for facility, equipment utilizing Quality Risk Management tools and associated documents

• Responsible to review/qualify/validate Temperature Systems related to product storage and shipping (example: Cold Boxes, Passive Shipping solutions, Active Shipping solutions, etc.)

• Responsible for shipping and storage capability analysis for new product launches with regards to Product Stability Ranges.

• Develop new Temperature Capabilities as the business requires.

Document Control:

• Lead and Manage the Document Control Team

• Ensure Good Documentation Policies (GDP) are followed.

• Ensure document retention rooms are audit ready, retention cycles are followed.

• Facilitate the business in updating documents when requested.

Licensing & Registration:

• Being the subject matter expert on Facility, Business and Product Licensing and Registration.

• Be the single point of contact that manages our 3rd party provider over our licensing.

• Continuously evaluate our 3rd party licensing provider to discover opportunities for improvement, reduced risk, and reduced cost.

• Remain compliant for Warehousing and Distribution

Distribution Capabilities:

• As the business requires lead initiatives to develop compliant solutions for the storage and distribution of product for JOM.

• Under the team of "Distribution Capabilities" create a center of excellence in which this team is looked to as the Subject Matter Experts for all things distribution related.

• Benchmark internally and externally to remain best in class distribution organization.

This is intended to be a general job description and should not be construed as all inclusive.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

OPERATIONAL:

• Temperature Control:

• Acts as a single point of contact for JOM providing leadership and direction to supporting areas (i.e., Tech Op's, Temp CoE etc.) for concept and design changes to temperature sensitive delivery systems and materials for JOM facilities.

• Develops business case and cost/benefit analyses for management team to facilitate sound business decision-making.

• Establishes working relationships with key temperature sensitive strategic vendors to identify and be well-informed of new innovative product delivery systems, services to meet product and market strategies.

• Accountable to oversee all deviations, CAPA's and closures related to temperature excursions that are attributed to a transportation carrier or related to the facility and/or equipment.

• Has a broad understanding of the impact of facility changes on surrounding temperature controls. Initiates change controls to manage changes within the distribution center.

• Responsible for all related deviations, CAPA's and closures related to cooler design (passive shipping solution, etc.)

• Accountable for partnering with End to End Integration to provide leadership to represent Operations for all new product launches and or legacy product changes that require temperature controls.

• Accountable for Trailer & Lane Mapping including a new carrier onboarding or remapping activities.

• Accountable for any new JOM cooler qualifications or leveraging an existing cooler for commercial products

• Responsible for Implementing/Leveraging existing coolers for the Clinical business

• Responsible for periodic facility temp mapping, equipment requalification and temperature related equipment upgrades/installation

• Responsible for maintaining Validation Master Plan (VMP)

Licensing:

• Ensure JOM remains compliant with all US Registration & Licensing Requirements.

• Accountable to oversee all deviations, CAPA's and closures related to temperature excursions that are attributed to licensing & registration

• Facilitate New Product Launches by End to End Integration team for new product registration & distribution

• Grow the licensing expertise in JOM to be Janssen wide.

STRATEGIC:

• Provides specific technical expertise to support special projects, product/process improvements; and provides input to develop capital expense forecast to support business needs.

• Develops future capabilities for the business as required/related to Temperature/Licensing/Operational

• Identifies, directs and implements potential cost savings and project execution improvements.

LEADERSHIP:

• The successful Candidate will lead and directly manage a team consisting of Distribution Operations Analyst, Document Control Specialist & Distribution Capability Specialists.

• The will liaise with individuals and units within or outside his/her organization, with responsibility for acting independently on technical or business matters pertaining to his/her field. Need to have the ability to influence, and bring together, surrounding organizations that support temperature, facility, quality, and procedural initiatives.

OTHER:

• Perform other related duties as required.

• Works independently on routine and non-routine tasks.

• Serves as subject matter expert within functional area.

• Thinks analytically and acts decisively.

• Is technically competent within job function.

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.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Collaborating, Compliance Management, Cost Management, Demand Forecasting, Developing Others, Distribution Management, Distribution Resource Planning (DRP), Fact-Based Decision Making, Inclusive Leadership, Inventory Optimization, Leadership, Operations Management, Order Management, Organizing, Program Management, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Team Management, Transportation Management, Warehouse Management