EQSupplier Quality Senior Specialist

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About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and 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 and Johnson Innovative Medicines is recruiting for EQ Supplier Quality Senior Specialist to be based in any of the EMEA sites: EMEA JJIM Sites (Belgium Netherlands Italy Ireland Switzerland).

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

Beerse Geel Ghent - Belgium Leiden-Netherlands Loughbeg Barnahely Ireland Latina Italy - Requisition number: R-059490

Schaffhausen Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-064472

EQ Supplier Quality Senior Specialist

Within the Supplier Quality group the Global Indirect Materials and Services team is tasked with supplier lifecycle management of >3500 Indirect Suppliers on behalf of 25 J&J Innovative Medicines sites globally including responsible for supplier selection audit qualification risk management monitoring and issue management with suppliers across the Biotherapeutics Synthetics and Advanced Therapies platforms. This role is tasked with ensuring NPI growth business continuity and delivering on quality and compliance goals in compliance with J&J quality and regulatory guidelines.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

Core responsibilities include development of Supplier Quality strategic priorities and leading execution of related deliverables in collaboration with JJIM site personnel SQ regional quality teams and functional business partners such as Procurement Planning MSAT and local JJIM Site Quality teams.

The responsibilities and the impact YOU will have:

• Lead supplier management initiatives including oversight and remediations in line with business compliance.
• Partner with JJIM site QA partners on strategy and execution of Supplier related Indirect Material and Services.
• Support Supplier Quality project scoping and lead project management to achieve goals objectives and Cascade.
• Build effective partnerships within SQ and deliver effective supplier management for a portfolio of supplier accounts.
• Deliver direct support to JJIM local Site during Customer JJRC and HA inspections as needed.
• Shape supplier management practices for platforms with evolving or emerging complexities or with hybrid supply chains models such as with advanced therapies critical technology and software solutions providers.
• Act as Supplier Quality Indirect Materials point of contact with site SPOCS related to indirect supplier management.
• Deliver supplier account risk management issue resolution and process improvement initiatives
• Project manage quality initiatives that have impact across JJIM site network in collaboration with site quality teams.
• Deliver change management and communication updates within supplier quality on core activities and projects.
• Build effective networks and act as SQ point of contact for Indirect Supplier Management with core partners.

We would love to hear from YOU if you have the following essential requirements:

• BSc in Science Engineering and Technical subjects.
• E2E supply chain management or site based QA QC QMS experience
• Position requires ability to build and drive collaboration and teamwork across regional sites and global EQ organization
• Minimum of 5 years in product / supplier lifecycle management across operating supply chain platforms including Biotherapeutics Synthetics and Advanced Therapies.
• Knowledge on EQ Platform and related suppliers/materials used in order to effectively manage supplier projects accounts issue management and audit.
• Practical experience with GMP and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) regulation and direct experience of regulatory authorities inspections.

• Strong understanding of Biotherapeutics Synthetics and Advanced Therapies marketed products including raw material management DP/DS manufacturing processes related compliance and quality system management.
• Verbal/written communication skills that are effective across internal/external stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Excellent analytical skill to identify gaps and root causes of issues and develop and communicate solution proposals.
• Experienced working remotely and independently self-motivated and comfortable operating within tight deadlines.
• Ability to lead and influence in a high matrix environment
• Bus Ex mindset (Project management change management communications)

Primary Location EMEA Region

Other Locations - EMEA JJIM Sites (Belgium Netherlands Italy Ireland Switzerland)

Organization - JJIM External Quality / Supplier Quality

Travel - 10% of the time

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