Senior Site Lead, External Manufacturing_

Fort Washington

Senior Site Lead, External Manufacturing - 2407022097W

**Description**

Kenvue is currently recruiting for:

**Senior Site Lead, External Manufacturing**

This position reports to the Director, External Manufacturing – North America Self Care, and will be based in Skillman, NJ, or Fort Washington, PA.

**Who we are**

At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we’re the house of iconic brands - including NEUTROGENA, AVEENO, TYLENOL, LISTERINE, JOHNSON’S and BAND-AID that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent. Our global team is made by 22,000 diverse and brilliant people, passionate about insights, innovation and committed to deliver the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means to have the power to impact life of millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future and yours. For more information, click here (outube.com/watch?v=XhsbOsBiX\_M) .

**Role reports to:** Director, External Manufacturing – North America Self Care

**Location:** Kenvue’s corporate headquarters is currently located in Skillman NJ, but is scheduled to move to Summit, NJ in or around early 2025.

**Travel %:** 25-50% (depending on EM sites this role will be responsible for)

**Pay:** Annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from **$113,000** to **$195,500** **.** This takes into account a number of factors including work location, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level & other job-related factors.

**What you will do**

The Self Care External Manufacturing (EM) team manages external suppliers who manufacture and package products such as Tylenol, Motrin, and Zyrtec across several technology platforms including solids, liquids, and specialty formulations.

The Senior Site Lead is an acting General Manager, and is responsible for all aspects of manufacturing operations at assigned sites in the areas of customer service, cost, quality and compliance. Critical responsibilities include supply attainment, capabilities assessment, maintaining high standards of Quality, cost management, and financial goal attainment for ingestible FDA regulated OTC and BTC (over the counter and behind the counter) products.

Other responsibilities include but not limited to leading cross functional teams for issue resolution, facilitate execution of legally binding supply agreements, review and approve quality documentation, ensure long and short term capacity, identify and deliver cost improvement projects (CIPs), develop and lead manufacturing strategies to improve site performance, coordinate new product launches, and ensure customer commitments for product availability are met.

The Senior Site Lead must be able to manage at a strategic level to deliver business impact, interact and present at an executive level, and influence people and teams to deliver business improvements, including:

+ Challenging status quo

+ Strong expertise in managing multiple complex operations or sites,

+ Be a key participant or leader for due diligences or site start-ups,

+ Deliver and lead high visibility projects including cross-sector or global initiatives, and demonstrate strong communication skills with senior management

+ Strong and self-directed financial and negotiation expertise,

+ Strong understanding of P&L drivers for your business and the company.

+ Ability to effectively manage a team including other site leads or technical writers.

+ Self-initiate, identify, and implement solutions or projects that have a high impact to EM Operations and critical company initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

+ Operate at both strategic and tactical levels by developing/deploying strategies with managed sites to proactively improve site performance and drive company value including use of process excellence tools.

+ Responsible to assure with the planning organization on appropriate EM supply forecasts, planning assumptions, and supply schedules to assure product supply. Assure proper communication to the sites.

+ Demonstrate strong compliance and quality mindset and collaboration with Quality groups. Responsible to review and approve change controls, investigations and other GMP documentation as required by the Selfcare quality system. Must stay in compliance for all training requirements.

+ Responsible for self-identifying site gaps and risks, then working with cross function team and leadership to develop, execute and maintain action plans and site strategies. This includes but is not limited to capacity, materials, costs, quality, EH&S, business continuity plans (BCP) and company strategic initiatives.

+ Participate and influence EM network strategies, lead cross-functional teams including across groups and sectors, and be the operations lead for larger or complex projects including new site start-ups and/or multi-region projects. Good communication skills to multiple levels a management is also required.

+ Must demonstrate strong financial acumen and will be responsible for site spend, EM and project budgets, and accounts payable. This includes delivering on CIPs or projects to manage and reduce site and budget spending to hit company spend reduction goals. Must develop and present business case for network strategy projects.

+ Responsible to negotiate with Sourcing new agreements, maintain supplier compliance with Supply agreements including cost management, and work with sourcing where needed for new/expiring contracts.

+ Have a sense of urgency and lead multi-disciplined teams for issue resolution to ensure compliant continuity of product supply.

+ The site lead must be a self-starter for all activities including pro-actively identifying opportunities or risks at sites or within J&J processes. This includes being the project manager or utilizing process excellence skills for opportunities approved at the appropriate governance forums.

+ Promote and maintain professional communication standards to those inside and outside of the organization. Interaction with suppliers is critical to this role.

+ Develop and manage direct reports to ensure they have the training and skillset to perform their roles, assure meaningful development plans are in place, promote an environment of employee involvement in the workplace, and assure your team’s compliance to all training and other company procedures.

**Qualifications**

**What we are looking for**

Required Qualifications

+ A BA/BS in Engineering, Business, or other technical degree. MA/MS/MBA desirable.

+ A minimum of 10 years of related supply chain experience is required, FDA regulated environment preferable.

+ A minimum of 3-5 years experience as a people manager is required, or experience managing cross-functional teams as a team leader.

+ A strong operations background is required to enable the Senior Site Lead to effectively manage production at an EM site.

+ Must have in-depth knowledge of managing OTC ingestible products including monograph and NDA products. Knowledge of other regulatory classifications such as medical device/combination products also a plus.

+ Strong analytical skills and leadership skills to provide solid business and product focused conclusions and recommendations are required.

+ Additional background in one or more areas required including planning, QA, project management, sourcing, process excellence and/or technical operations.

+ Prior experience establishing and monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Supply agreement requirements for critical vendors is required.

+ Demonstrated effectiveness in establishing and maintaining meaningful relationships with internal and external business partners including executive management to meet tactical and strategic business needs is required.

+ Demonstrated effectiveness in leading and influencing cross-functional project teams is required.

+ Prior knowledge of Advanced planning systems such as ERP, MRP, and/or SAP is required.

+ Physical Demands: Office environment with 10-25% travel required. Travel to external manufacturing sites is required as needed and can range from one day to as long as one week per trip (domestic and international).

**What’s in it for you**

+ Annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from **$113,000** to **$195,500** **.** This takes into account a number of factors including work location, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level & other job-related factors.

+ Competitive Total Rewards Package

* + Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time, Flexible Ways of Working & More!

+ Learning & Development Opportunities

+ Employee Resource Groups

* Note: Total Rewards at Kenvue include salary, bonus (if applicable) and benefits. Your Talent Access Partner will be able to share more about our total rewards offerings and the specific salary range for the relevant location(s) during the recruitment & hiring process.

Kenvue is proud to be 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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**Primary Location** NA-US-New Jersey-Skillman

**Other Locations** NA-US-Pennsylvania-Fort Washington

**Travel** Yes, 25 % of the Time

**Job Function** Contract Manufacturing

**Req ID:** 2407022097W