Director, Partnerships & External Supply, Small Molecule Drug Substance in Antwerp, Belgium

Director, Partnerships & External Supply, Small Molecule Drug Substance – 2406195786W

Description

Director, Partnerships & External Supply, Small Molecule Drug Substance

• Beerse, Belgium; Zug, Switzerland; Cork, Ireland

• Contract Manufacturing

Job Description

We believe good health is the foundation of vibrant lives, thriving communities and forward progress. That’s why for more than 130 years, we have sought to keep people well at every age and every stage of life. Today, as the world’s largest and most broadly based healthcare company, we are committed to using our reach and size for good. We strive to improve access and affordability, build healthier communities, and put a healthy mind, body, and environment within reach of everyone, everywhere. Every day, our more than 130,000 employees across the world are blending heart, science, and resourcefulness to profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity.

Within Partnerships & External Supply (PES) of Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines Supply Chain (Supply Chain), we are excited to recruit this Director role, preferably located in Beerse, Belgium.

At Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, we are working to create a world without disease. Transforming lives by finding new and better ways to prevent, intercept, treat and cure disease inspires us. We bring together the best minds and pursue the most promising science. We collaborate with the world for the health of everyone in it.

If you have the talent and desire to touch the world, Johnson & Johnson has the career opportunities to help make it happen. Thriving on a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our employees and committed to inclusion. Proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

The Role

The PES SM DS Director is responsible for supply of commercial Small Molecule products and leadership of others doing the same. The role leads Drug Substance CMOs and Alliances to ensure reliable supply, provide the highest quality at the optimal total cost of ownership, and achieve maximum relationship value through innovation, continuous improvement and collaboration. The external relationships are highly sophisticated in nature and require extensive interaction with key business partners and senior internal and external leadership. The role coordinates, designs and allocates specific responsibilities across the team. The role handles a spend of approx. $300MM. The role has a broad understanding of external landscape and drives decisions across the platform.

Responsibilities

Strategic leadership

You shape the external network & strategy by providing input on the external landscape related to partners and CMOs. You benchmark companies and industries to identify innovations, continuous improvement, and outstanding processes to support PES and business development initiatives. You have a profound understanding of evolving market opportunities and communicate this throughout the organization.

Operational Leadership

You lead the team and align with stakeholders. You establish and maintain performance metrics and targets with the goal of improving supply, processes, and systems and eliminating inefficiencies. You partner with procurement and finance for budget planning. You define and prioritize requirements, expectations, results, and partner needs.

People Leadership

You lead and develop a team to ensure strong results through effective performance management and development planning. You deploy people at their strengths and coach them to be at their best.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Master degree is required; other advanced degree is preferred.

• 10 years of experience in the areas of both API manufacturing and business management (business development, procurement, value chain management, …).

• 3 years of People Management experience, demonstrated cross-cultural people and team leadership. Strong background in attracting and developing talent & leading cross-functional teams, and building strong team culture.

• Strong relationship management skills

• High level of credibility with internal customers, and within the external manufacturing supply chain community

• Strong influencing skills with ability to see issues from multiple viewpoints, has ‘Executive presence’.

• Broad knowledge of pharmaceutical industry and specifically Small Molecule API manufacturing.

• Proven strategy development.

• Demonstrated knowledge of functions including Quality, Technical Operations, Finance, Planning and Procurement.

• Understanding of end-to-end supply chain considerations and methods of driving continuous improvement.

• Demonstrated flexibility to respond to changing environments.

• Prior success in major change role as architect and/or implementation lead is an asset

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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.

For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com.

Primary Location Europe/Middle East/Africa-Belgium-Antwerp-Beerse

Other Locations Europe/Middle East/Africa-Ireland-Cork-Cork, Europe/Middle East/Africa-Switzerland-Zug-Zug

Organization Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V. (7555)

Job Function Multi-Family Supply Chain Manufacturing

Req ID: 2406195786W