Senior Manager, External Manufacturing MSM Operations

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 MedTech, 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 more at jnj.com As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. Job Function: Supply Chain Manufacturing Job Sub Function: Plant Management Job Category: People Leader All Job Posting Locations: Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States of America, Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Irvine, California, United States of America, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America, Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Milpitas, California, United States of America, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Somerset, New Jersey, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America Job Description: Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Senior Manager, External Manufacturing MSM Operations. This position is primarily based in Irvine, California. Candidates may also be considered for employment at select Johnson & Johnson locations in New Jersey (Bridgewater, Raritan, Titusville, New Brunswick, Piscataway, Princeton, Somerset), Pennsylvania (West Chester, Horsham, Malvern), Florida (Jacksonville), California (Milpitas), or Limerick, Ireland. 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): US - Requisition Number: R-091737 Limerick, Ireland - Requisition Number: R-094126 Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission. About Vision 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 on the possibilities of vision treatments? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life. Our products and services address these needs – from the pediatric to aging eye – in a patient’s lifetime. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech The Senior Manager, External Manufacturing MSM Operations a key member of the Surgical Vision Supply Chain team, responsible for leading productivity initiatives, materials management, and supply continuity efforts across the end-to-end Surgical Vision supply chain. This role ensures continuity of supply and customer service by proactively identifying opportunities to improve cost, service, inventory, and materials flow while resolving critical supply disruptions through strong cross-functional leadership. This position requires a strong understanding of the business segment and end-to-end supply chain, along with the ability to collaborate effectively across Plan, Make, Engineering, Source, Deliver, IT, Quality, Regulatory, and External Manufacturing to strengthen strategic reliability and risk management processes. Reporting to the External Manufacturing Director, the Senior Manager Material Supply Management and Productivity Lead will be responsible for managing the J&J Vision External Manufacturing Raw Material Network and delivering on productivity targets in strong collaboration with all functions that constitute E2E Supply Chain. Accountabilities: People Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop a materials supply management and productivity-focused team, setting clear priorities, building capability, and driving accountability for business outcomes. People Leadership: Foster a high-performing, collaborative culture across internal teams and external manufacturing partners, ensuring strong engagement, communication, and execution discipline. Productivity and Cost Improvement: Lead supply chain productivity initiatives to deliver cost improvement targets across the Surgical Vision external manufacturing network, including value stream opportunities, supplier productivity, inventory optimization, and process improvements. Productivity and Cost Improvement: Partner with Source, Plan, Make, Finance, Quality, Engineering, and External Manufacturing to identify, prioritize, and execute cost improvement projects that improve service, cost, cash, and operational efficiency. Materials Supply Management: Manage the external manufacturing raw material supply network to ensure continuity of supply, reliable materials flow, and alignment with business demand and production requirements. Materials Supply Management: Drive governance and issue resolution for material constraints, supplier performance challenges, inventory risks, and capacity-related concerns impacting external manufacturing operations. Risk Mitigation: Identify, assess, prioritize, and mitigate supplier, material, external manufacturing, and end-to-end supply chain risks; maintain risk visibility and drive timely mitigation actions. Risk Mitigation: Lead cross-functional escalation and rapid response activities to minimize business disruption, customer impact, and compliance risk while ensuring effective root cause resolution and preventive actions. PMO and Project Management Support: Support project management office activities for strategic supply chain projects related to service, compliance, productivity, risk mitigation, and materials reliability. PMO and Project Management Support: Develop project plans, dashboards, governance updates, executive communications, and performance tracking to ensure cross-functional alignment, transparency, and delivery against milestones. Qualifications: A min