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J&J Family of Companies Group Leader, Distribution in Jacksonville, Florida

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 Deliver

Job Sub Function:

Warehouse & Distribution

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

US076 FL Jacksonville - 7500 Centurion Pkwy

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for a Group Leader Distribution, located in Jacksonville, FL!

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

Key Responsibilities:

Direct, control and facilitate projects relating to Warehouse and Distribution. Handle and resolve complex operational issues and assist in developing process changes to improve efficiencies to support business goals and objectives. Supervise day to day activities, lead, and coach associates. Provide development and performance management. Responsible for managing operational aspects of their team (e.g., workflow, performance, and compliance), as well as ensuring achievement of team goals within expected standards. Communicate and collaborate with enterprise DELIVER, global DELIVER Vision partners, MAKE, IT, and other Vision Care business partners. Develop strategies / work plans to guide our 3PL operations, coaches and provides leadership to Associates. Plans, directs, and implements actions to improve Distribution's order processing and completion of daily orders. Provides written and verbal communication such as status reports, progress reports and documentation to Distribution Management, Associates and Business Partners. Reviews process results in the areas of productivity, safety, quality, cost and staffing / work schedules and initiates changes to ensure department goals are met. Understands and applies Johnson & Johnson’s Credo and Leadership Imperatives in day-to-day interactions with team.

Performs other related duties and projects as assigned by management.

Qualifications

Education:

  • Minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required; a master or advanced degree is preferred.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

  • Minimum of 2+ years of related experience is required in Operations, Supply Chain, Inventory, Warehouse, Distribution, Manufacturing, or Engineering.

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office is required.

  • Must have strong leadership, interpersonal, analytical, and organizational skills.

  • Must have excellent collaboration, customer service and oral/written communication skills.

  • Experience partnering with all levels of management in a cross-functional team environment is required.

Preferred:

  • Minimum of 2+ years people management experience is required in a high-volume distribution environment and experience managing a large wage workforce is preferred.

  • Experience with Process Excellence, Lean, Six Sigma methodologies is preferred.

  • Experience in GMP or FDA regulated environment is preferred.

  • Knowledge of SOX audit initiatives is preferred.

  • ERP systems experience and SAP experience is preferred.

  • Experience with Warehouse Management systems, i.e., Red Prairie, Manhattan, and SAP are preferred.

  • Experience with warehouse powered industrial safety is preferred.

Other:

  • English Fluency required

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 and 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, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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