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 .

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...

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