Manager, Operational Excellence CAR T

Our Raritan NJ Cell Therapy facility is scaling up operational flows to serve more patients and meet the highest quality standards without compromising manufacturing efficiency. The Senior Manager is responsible for leading and driving long-term strategy and regulatory compliance while aspiring for extraordinary excellence and performance. This position will also maintain excellent communication with business partners to lead expectations effectively and will help build the organization in alignment with operational ramp-up.

Janssen Biotech Inc. one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson and Legend Biotech USA Inc. have entered into a global strategic collaboration to develop manufacture and commercialize a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. This innovative strategic partnership is designed to combine the strengths and expertise of two companies to advance the promise of an immunotherapy CAR T platform and investigational treatment

The Operational Excellence Manager is responsible for working with business partners to identify improvement opportunities and assess develop and implement improvement project plans across the site. Also supports the deployment of the Continuous Improvement programs and ensures projects and initiatives meet customer and company requirements by providing technical and business program leadership. This role supports the Business Partners to act as a change agent in driving continued operational excellence in the organization. The person will be responsible for the establishment and implementation of standard processes to ensure performance targets are met as it relates to Continuous Improvement. The Operational Excellence Manager will employ process excellence methodologies to bring value to the customer and drive Right the First Time mentality. The incumbent supports project leads and project teams in developing program schedules and tactical implementation plans to meet overall program targets. Responsible for providing leadership in the tactical approach deployment & execution of Process Excellence (Six Sigma Lean & Design Excellence) in partnership with production leadership & the PE team. The person evaluates potential business impact for improvement projects and advises on their implementation.

The Operational Excellence Manager CAR-T will lead and drive continuous improvement initiatives across the organization applying Lean principles JJPS Value Stream Mapping (VSM) Kaizen and structured root-cause problem solving to improve quality flow productivity cost and overall operational performance. This role will partner cross-functionally with Operations Quality Engineering Supply Chain and other key stakeholders to identify improvement opportunities eliminate waste and bottlenecks implement high-impact CIP and strategic programs and ensure measurable and sustainable business results.

The role will also be responsible for building Operational Excellence capabilities and strengthening a culture of continuous improvement through coaching Lean/Six Sigma belt development talent development and problem-solving facilitation. The Manager will support performance management through tiered daily management site scorecards critical metric monitoring Gemba and corrective action management while helping leaders translate business priorities into clear actions accountability and sustainable performance improvements.

• Responsible for all JJPS business processes lean leadership and the Culture of Excellence at the site.
• Value Stream Mapping Responsible to Maps site capabilities identifies gaps and delivers reliability improvements for all strategic brands.
• CIP Pipeline Process- This person is the owner for the CIP pipeline process yearly site CIP targets support business planning/financial cycles lead the site cost improvement portfolio in Planisware and the CIP site important metric.
• Site Performance Management Process- Leads the performance management cadence execution & prepares site performance review decks for external platform reporting. Leads and manage the Performance management processes through all site tiers.
• Lead Key Site/Global Programs- Executes key OPEX Strategic Initiatives and programs such as Smart Change Over & OEE Program Golden Batch Waste to Excellence/Yield ZBB Conceptualization Workshops for GP Improvement etc.
• Capability Building- Responsible for the training and certification of YB GB and BBs at the site. Provides coaching & mentoring to candidates for Project Management and Lean/Six Sigma certifications.
• Base Business-Supports Idea generation programs Kaizen and Internal/External benchmark. Lead talent development of direct reports through delivery of performance management processes (goal setting development plan creation and performance reviews). Lead team resources through project planning resource allocation and prioritization recruitment and budget preparation. Organisational change and collaborator management for the team.
• Strategy Deployment-Partners with leaders to develop and implement the site vision mission and long-term strategic roadmap aligned with ATSC IMSC MTO and Platform Strategy. Uses business metrics analytics and internal and external data to generate insights that shape strategic direction goals objectives and decision-making at appropriate levels. Coordinates development and deployment of the sites goals and objectives. Supports deployment of organizational change programs.
• Continuous improvement projects: Manage individual initiatives to deliver CIPs and process improvements. Collaborate with business partners to implement targeted improvements in production areas to improve operational efficiencies. Perform data analysis to identify areas of improvement and to ensure the right focus. Apply Process Excellence methodologies and tools to monitor and improve the site processes based on identified performance measures. Assess effort and impact of improvement opportunities and advise on their implementation
• Ability to lead motivate and influence individuals and teams within an organization fostering collaboration across functions and effectively leading complex business challenges.
• Shown ability to prioritize and implement in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple concurrent initiatives and responding effectively to urgent business needs .
• Experience building developing and retaining high-performing teams while promoting an inclusive culture that encourages engagement innovation and continuous improvement .
• Strong ability to collaborate with internal and external collaborators to identify implement and share standard processes that enhance organizational effectiveness and operational excellence.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong interpersonal relationship-building and influencing capabilities.
• Demonstrated emotional intelligence self-awareness adaptability and the ability to navigate change in a dynamic business environment.
• Values and promotes different perspectives demonstrating inclusivity to drive better decision-making innovation and business results. .
• Results-oriented leader with a consistent record of delivering objectives driving accountability and achieving measurable business outcomes. .

Bachelors degree in Engineering or Science discipline is required.

• Minimum of 6 Years of Operations/GET/MSAT/Planning/Project Management experience is required
• Minimum 3-5 years in a continuous improvement/lean function
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in business management or a related field is preferred.

• Minimum of 5 Years of Operations/GET/MSAT/Planning/Project Management experience is required
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• Minimum 3-5 years in a continuous improvement/lean function
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in business management or a related field is preferred.
• Must have the business & financial competence to understand strategic issues impacting the company and to translate them to value creation and reasons.
• Demonstrated ability in identifying developing and driving execution of key projects
• Certification in Lean/CI such as Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt required. Broad understanding of Lean concepts is required.

Requires the ability through our flexible work policy to work on-site a minimum of three days each week with the option of two remote workdays each week.