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Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering:

Job Sub Function:

Manufacturing Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Groningen, Netherlands

Job Description:

Engineering Excellence Lead

• Job Description

Job Description:

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

We have an adventurous ambition: to change the trajectory of eye health. That is why, through our operating companies, we have developed solutions for every stage of life—to help people see better, connect better, and live better. We partner with eye care professionals to provide some of the world’s leading products and technologies to address refractive error, cataracts, dry eye, and beyond. We are committed to using our reach and size for good and strive to put quality eye care within reach of everyone, everywhere.

The Engineering Excellence Lead is responsible for the development and implementation of lean strategies and continuous improvement methodologies across the engineering organization. This role focuses on enhancing engineering processes, optimizing resource utilization, and ensuring the delivery of efficiency programs. The Engineering Excellence Lead will collaborate with cross-functional teams to foster a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement that supports the company’s goals.

This role will report to the Vision Engineering Excellence Senior Manager and will be located in Groningen, Netherlands.

Key Responsibilities:

· Lead and facilitate lean and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity and standardize work.

· Analyze current processes, systems, and workflows to identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement.

· Develop and implement training programs for employees on lean principles, methodologies, and best practices.

· Collaborate with engineering teams to identify process inefficiencies, implement solutions, and optimize consolidation of project ideas.

· Lead & Facilitate Kaizen & Problem-Solving Workshops in support of Business Goals.

· Document and standardize processes to ensure effective implementation of lean practices, including creating detailed reports and presentations for management.

· Conduct regular audits and assessments of engineering processes and practices to identify areas for improvement and complete confirmation checks of process and discipline.

· Develop a repository of engineering tools, templates, and resources to support project execution and knowledge sharing to ensure consistent standard of work.

· Support teams in governance meetings by assisting with preparation of content and standardizing presentation formats, fostering more effective conversations, and ensuring consistent feedback.

· Bridge the gap for engineers in transforming ideas into actionable steps to accelerate change and drive productivity within the organization.

Qualifications

Education:

· Bachelors Degree in Engineering or equivalent.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Minimum of 6+ years of experience industry experience.

• Ability to work in an empowered work team environment.

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to oversee multiple projects.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, as well as strong interpersonal and influencing skills.

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Preferred:

· Lean and Continuous Improvement Expertise with using tools and executing projects.

• Experience in project and change management.

• Process Excellence Certification (Lean/Six Sigma Green/Black Belt)

• Project Management Certification (FPX, PMI, or similar)

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well -being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well - being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers. *This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Accelerating, Coaching, Critical Thinking, Facility Management, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Lean Manufacturing Principles, Lean Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Performance Measurement, Product Design, Program Management, Project Engineering, Project Schedule, Risk Compliance, Robotic Automation, Safety-Oriented, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application, Technologically Savvy