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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 Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Process Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is hiring for a Staff Operational Excellence Engineer to join our team located in Santa Clara, CA .

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/ .

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Ready to join a team that’s pioneering the development and commercialization of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) to treat complex calcified cardiovascular disease. Our Shockwave Medical portfolio aims to establish a new standard of care for medical device treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease through its differentiated and proprietary local delivery of sonic pressure waves for the treatment of calcified plaque.

Position Overview

The Staff Engineer, Operation Excellence will be responsible for leading the development of new manufacturing process and technologies for new products introduction, and manufacturing process improvements for commercial products, incorporating Design Excellence and Continuous improvement though the application of Industrial Engineering and Lean Six Sigma programs. The goal is to ensure optimal customer satisfaction, program efficiency, and financial effectiveness.

Essential Job Functions

• Implement activities across the Santa Clara organization that ensure the use of operational excellence tools and strategies to:

o Develop new manufacturing process and technologies for new products introduction. o ensure waste-reduction and improvement initiatives on commercial product portfolio.

• Lead process development projects using Industrial Engineering and Design Excellence concepts.

• Lead engineering problem solving and process improvement projects using best practices, ensuring accountability and completion.

• Work with New Product Development team to effectively design the manufacturing process and technologies to meet customer demand and financial effectiveness.

• Works with operations teams to identify potential projects, assess feasibility, and implement solutions.

• Collaborating with the leadership team to identify and drive value opportunities and to ensure production and operation challenges are well understood and are resourced for resolution.

• Collaborate with business teams to review processes and identify/implement opportunities for improvements applying Lean Six Sigma concepts & tools.

• Identify opportunities for cost reduction and work to improve cost performance.

• Collect data and analyze process performance indicators to ensure business efficiency and quality requirements.

• Communicate the status and issues of the projects to the organization in a timely, clear, and appropriate manner.

• Identify potential operational risks and support the areas in the development of strategies to mitigate them.

• Support deployment of holistic operational excellence program for Shockwave Medical in alignment with Global Operations.

• Coaching Design excellence and lean six sigma tools and techniques to help the team to analyze data effectively, identify problems, and drive process improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering discipline (Industrial Engineering preferred)

• Minimum of eight (6-8) years’ of demonstrated experience in the medical device industry or at least 3-5 years leading Operational Excellence initiatives.

• Certified: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent (preferred)

• Project Management experience or PM Certified (preferred).

• Strong background in holistic operational excellence structures and the associated tools/techniques

• Knowledge of and compliance with applicable Quality System requirements (e.g., QSRs, ISO and MDD requirements).

Skills

• Demonstrated problem-solving capabilities when dealing with ambiguity.

• Ability to convey and communicate complex concepts simply and clearly.

• Strong strategic thinking, problem solving, analytical / critical thinking skills.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities.

• Operate as a team and/or independently while demonstrating flexibility to changing requirements.

• Strong strategic thinking, problem solving, analytical / critical thinking skills.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities.

• Operate as a team and/or independently while demonstrating flexibility to changing requirements.

Additional Information:

• The anticipated base pay for this position is $105,000-$169,050 annually.

• The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.

• Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.

• Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

• Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

• Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year

• Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year

• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year

• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

• Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

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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