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Project Manager, Value Chain Management - 2406213212W

Description

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Supply Chain (J&JIMSC) is recruiting for a Project Manager, Value Chain Management (VCM) to be located in Beerse, Belgium; Cork, Ireland; Schaffhausen, Switzerland; Latina; Horsham, PA; Titusville, NJ and is expected on site at the J&J home location 3 days/week.

Within the IMSC of Johnson & Johnson, we are working to create a world without disease. Transforming lives by finding new and better ways to prevent, intercept, treat, and cure disease inspires us. We bring together the best minds and pursue the most promising science. We collaborate with the world for the health of everyone in it.

This position will report under the Project Management Organization (PMO) of Value Chain Management within J&JIM Supply Chain.

Overall Vision/Role

This role requires a dynamic leader who can collaborate and communicate effectively with cross-functional team members and Senior Leaders. A successful candidate will demonstrate experience in the successful delivery of multiple lifecycle management projects, such as product transfers, risk management, supplier qualifications, and/or portfolio optimization. This role requires a high aptitude in the following skills: leadership, people management, project & program management methodologies & fundamentals (FPX preferred), data & project metric analysis, business process improvement, influencing, and senior leader communication. The selected individual will be highly focused and self-directed to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery of projects in accordance with defined scope. The role may also include leading a team of consultants who are executing project management activities.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Leadership

• With limited direction, lead cross functional project teams in a dynamic environment to identify, recommend and execute the best enterprise business solutions/propositions

• Guide project teams through the development of project plans & risk register

• Drive project activities to meet project and business objectives including approval of project recommendations through governance.

• Influence others beyond own scope and level; lead communications with all levels of stakeholders to enable informed decision making

• Drive team accountability for deliverables and ensure projects meet defined project milestones

• Demonstrate team performance management; ask the right questions to understand business impact and risks

• Make the complex simple when presenting opportunities and plans to the team and organization

• Lead team thorough options analysis, scenario planning and drive recommendations

Facilitation & Risk Management

• Identify and recommend the best enterprise business proposition

• Engage teams in healthy debate/conflict resolution, and deliver team aligned option business solutions

• Proactively identify and escalate risks and issues to relevant stakeholders; lead development and delivery of tactical and achievable mitigation and contingency planning

• Scope definitions and control: stakeholder alignment, project planning, resource and risk management, team development and communication

• Lead prioritization and options analysis with teams

• Lead teams in use of ongoing risk management & communication tools

Project Execution

• Develop, manage and maintain up-to-date Project Timelines inclusive of all critical milestones, key interdependencies, financial commitments, and resource constraints, while applying appropriate project scheduling techniques

• Monitor project status and execution; report timely updates via Project Templates, Project Dashboards and Update Forms; and develop agendas, minutes, metrics, etc. for the teams

• Deliver transparent, timely and effective verbal and written communication to teams, stakeholders and appropriate levels of the organization

• Lead "lessons learned" exercises, share lessons among project leaders and other teams

Qualifications

Required:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Business or a related discipline

• A minimum of 8 years of relevant business experience

• Excellent oral, written, presentation communication skills

• Proven record of leading teams in delivering results

• Strong Business and Financial Acumen.

• Demonstrated enterprise-wide knowledge and experience leading cross-functional teams

• Experience in New Product Introduction and/or Life Cycle Project Management

• Capability of leading/overseeing multiple projects at the same time is required.

Preferred:

• Process Excellence or Six Sigma training/certification

• Demonstrated leadership & influencing skills across organizational levels

• Experience with standard PM tools and templates

• Proven track record in project management/leadership is required. Project Management Certification is preferred.

• Exposure to an international working environment is preferred

Other:

This position may require up to 15% domestic and international travel & be on site 3 days a week at home office location.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Primary Location Europe/Middle East/Africa-Italy-Lazio-Rome

Other Locations NA-US-Pennsylvania-Horsham, Europe/Middle East/Africa-Belgium-Antwerp-Beerse, Europe/Middle East/Africa-Ireland-Cork-Cork, NA-US-New Jersey-Titusville, Europe/Middle East/Africa-Switzerland-Schaffhausen-Schaffhausen

Organization Janssen-Cilag S.p.A. (7175)

Job Function Project/Program Management

Req ID: 2406213212W