Sr. Director, Operational Excellence, Orthopedics

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DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Sr. Director Operational Excellence located in Raynham Massachusetts.

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopedics business to establish a standalone orthopedics company operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months subject to legal requirements including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies as may be required regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position it is anticipated that following conclusion of the transaction you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes programs policies and benefit that case details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

About DePuy Synthes

DePuy Synthes is a global leader in Orthopaedics advancing patient care through innovative solutions across joint reconstruction trauma spine sports medicine and related surgical technologies. As DePuy Synthes separates from Johnson & Johnson to become the worlds largest most comprehensive Orthopaedics-focused company the organization is entering a defining chapterestablishing its own corporate identity voice culture and reputation while continuing to serve patients customers and healthcare systems around the world.

Job Overview

The Sr. Director Operational Excellence is a senior leadership role responsible for driving enterprisewide continuous improvement value creation portfolio prioritization and performance excellence across DePuy Synthes operations. This position plays a central role in strengthening operational capabilities and delivering performance and financial outcomes. This leader will design orchestrate and mature business processes and programs that position DePuy Synthes Supply Chain & Operations as a competitive advantage connecting enterprise growth and financial strategy to operations functional strategy and guiding investment prioritization and benefits realization. The position partners closely with business unit and functional leaders across operations finance commercial and R&D to embed a culture of performance continuous improvement and operational discipline across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as global functional owner and sponsor for key business and strategic processes and frameworks including but not limited to Long-Range Financial planning (LRFP) Long-Range Portfolio Planning (LRPP) Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) and Margin Expansion / Value Capture Plan
• Partner closely with cross-functional leaders to define and deliver a process maturity roadmap that connects these key processes by defining critical handoffs and integration points building an E2E process with embedded mechanisms that ensure continual alignment to strategy and maximum return on investment
• Define and deploy the DePuy Synthes Operational Excellence approach and strategy working closely with DS leaders and J&J counterparts to adopt a fit-for-purpose business and customer-centric operational excellence framework
• Lead the Operational Excellence strategy roadmap / blueprint and deployment across supply chain & operations to improve performance outcomes
• Acting operations lead for cross-functional process improvement and value creation opportunities and initiatives
• In partnership with Leadership & Learning act as a champion for continuous improvement methodologies (e.g. Lean Six Sigma problemsolving rigor) and ensure consistent application across sites and functions.
• Partner with senior leaders to identify prioritize and execute highimpact improvement and/or value creation initiatives aligned with business strategy and performance goals.
• Establish governance metrics and performance management systems to track operational excellence outcomes and sustain improvements.
• Build and develop a highperforming Operational Excellence organization including coaching capability building and talent development across direct and dotted-line reports.
• Drive standardization bestpractice sharing and scalability across sites and regions.
• Collaborate crossfunctionally to support transformation initiatives including digital enablement and process simplification.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelors degree required (Engineering Operations Supply Chain or related discipline).
• Masters degree or MBA preferred.

Experience and Skills

Required:

• 12-14 years of progressive experience in operations manufacturing supply chain quality or operational excellence within a regulated or complex environment.
• Significant exposure to and/or direct experience in core operations functions including but not limited to Planning Procurement Manufacturing Distribution Project Management and Quality Assurance
• Previous Commercial-facing roles with strong knowledge of Orthopaedics business model and product portfolio
• Demonstrated seniorlevel leadership experience driving enterprise or multisite operational improvement cost improvement or strategy initiatives.
• Strong financial acumen with ability to frame performance and financial outcomes effectively for a senior leadership audience
• Proven expertise in continuous improvement methodologies (Lean Six Sigma structured problem solving).
• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate strategy into measurable operational results.
• Experience influencing and partnering with executivelevel stakeholders across functions.

Preferred:

• Excellent communication change leadership and peopledevelopment skills.
• Prior responsibility for global or regional Operational Excellence programs.
• Demonstrated success leading largescale transformation or turnaround initiatives.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent certification.

Other:

• Language: English (additional languages a plus).
• Travel: Up to 25% domestic and occasional international travel.
• Certifications: Lean Six Sigma or related continuous improvement certifications preferred.

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