Operational Excellence Engineer

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 Med Tech, 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

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Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Process Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Operational Excellence Engineer.

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we're developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at

You will be responsible for:

* Challenge the status quo and identify and develop next wave business improvement opportunities at the US sites. Develop and present business cases to decision makers

* Leads implementation of assigned OpEx initiatives and other improvement projects

* Uses lean methodologies such as 5S, standard work, visual management, kanban, pareto and others in support of defining, measuring, analyzing, improving, and controlling improvement initiatives

* Support training and awareness of OpEx tools and methodologies

* Build organizational capability beyond OpEx team in deployment of improvement methodologies, tools and practices in the organization (such as "idea for improvement process", Lean & problem-solving tools, organizational change)

* Facilitate/coach teams and individuals to apply tools

* Act as change agent, support peers & management in realizing changes on site and influencing leaders without direct authority to improve culture and perspective

* Connect with global OpEx organization: exchange knowledge/standard processes, benchmark, identify & drive adoption of proven practices

Qualifications/Requirements:

* Bachelor's degree required - preferably in Business or Engineering

* Requires 3+ years of work experience, preferably in an operations environment (distribution, production, etc..)

* Proven experience in lean process optimization tools, preferably lean green belt certified

* Ability to lead workshops/Kaizen events with cross-functional teams

* Willingness to spend time on the operations floor

* Result-oriented with the ability to analyze problems, reaching valid conclusions and finding the right solution

* Collaborate effectively with all functions/groups within the organization

* MS Office knowledge

* Excels in a team environment while continually and constructively challenging the status quo

* Excellent interpersonal skills. Knows how to use escalation paths appropriately.

* Knowledge of Medical device supply chain/operations preferred

* Willingness to travel up to 15% internationally and domestically

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…