Senior Director Plant Manager

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The Sr Director Plant Manager directs activities of medical device manufacturing plants to include oversight for production engineering maintenance labor relations process excellence and regulatory compliance. Partners with and drives supporting functions to include quality assurance human resources finance planning as well as safety and environmental to ensure execution compliance and proper reporting.

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Under general direction and in accordance with all applicable federal state and local laws/regulations and Corporate Johnson & Johnson procedures and guidelines this position:

STRATEGY

• Participates in formulating and executing operations-wide strategies and objectives. Takes the lead in developing plant manufacturing strategies and objectives.
• Drives strategic projects to optimize supply chain and product and process quality and to reduce costs and move the organization to a world-class benchmark.

EXECUTION

• Develops monitors and effectively utilizes dashboards control charts and operational indicators and takes action to correct those situations which are not in line with established controls or targets.
• Effectively manages and resource human material and capital resources to meet quality customer service financial EH&S and product and process improvement targets.

QUALITY

• Works diligently to significantly reduce all forms of critical defects and as part of a wider integrated product recall prevention plan strive to completely eliminate field-issues on a permanent basis.
• Develops and sustains a culture of waste reduction and in conjunction with the above and first pass rolled throughput yield remediation effect an ongoing and sustained improvement in product and process quality.

COMPLIANCE

• Serves as Management with Executive Responsibility for the plant concerning EC Medical Device Directive and FDA requirements.
• Ensures the Quality System is regularly audited/reviewed and that appropriate preventive and corrective actions are identified and executed to improve quality results.
• Ensures fulfillment of all safety industrial hygiene environmental and labor regulatory requirements.

FINANCIAL

• Develops and successfully monitor the plant to meet or exceed the agreed business plan.
• Drives identification and successfully implement cost improvement projects (CIPs).
• Fulfills all business plan financial cash flow and other obligations.

ORGANIZATIONAL

• Personally uses Six Sigma and Lean tools effectively and creates a culture that ensures all levels of management are effectively using these tools along with credible and simple metrics to significantly improve business results.
• Recommends and implement employee development programs to raise the associates capabilities. Develops solid succession plans that have ready now associates for all direct reports and other key positions.
• Creates a compelling work environment in which every associate is valued and recognized for their contribution to our success.
• Builds and continues to develop a strong solid cohesive extended operations leadership team. Aligned inclusive and confident in openly challenging the leader and each other.

ENGINEERING

• Effectively manages the Engineering function to simplify routings significantly improve process capability reliability and consistency to develop global production processes and equipment designs and to significantly reduce the product standard cost base.
• Comply with all environmental safety and occupational health policies (i.e. ISO14001 & OSHAS 18001).
• Responsible for communicating business related issues or opportunities to next management level.
• Performs other duties assigned as needed.

Qualifications:

• BA/BS or equivalent. Prefer engineering or technical degree.

• 10 years of previous experience in Operations to include six years of direct hands-on production management. Experience in engineering logistics and/or other related operations functions is preferred.
• Prefer prior experience in medical device manufacturing with knowledge of ISO and FDA requirements.
• Availability to work various schedules which may include 1st 2nd 3rd shifts and/or 12-hour daily shifts including weekends and holidays.
• Bilingual (Spanish/English).
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification or equivalent preferred. If not certified at a minimum must have proven first-hand experience in effectively utilizing control charts.
• Requires practical first-hand experience in successfully applying Lean tools such as JIT 5S Kaizen and Value Stream Mapping to create value improvement gains.
• Experience in using US cost accounting methods variance reporting and budgeting. Balance sheet cash flow and investment analysis skills (cost/benefit) required.
• Ability to initiate and manage change as well as build effective teams across manufacturing and support areas.
• Proven project management skills.
• Ability to master complexity and ambiguity in a dynamic environment.
• Results driven and decisive proactive responsive.
• Ability to create communicate and deploy vision strategies and goals for the organization.
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Ability to recruit and develop high performers and value diversity.

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