Commercial Operations Site Lead - New Orleans, Louisiana

Johnson & Johnson•New Orleans, LA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a Commercial Operations Site Lead in New Orleans, Louisiana, within Johnson & Johnson's Orthopaedics division. The position focuses on leading and coordinating the internal sales office team to achieve sales growth objectives. This involves developing and deploying strategies in collaboration with field sales, ensuring appropriate resource availability, and applying advanced analytics for optimal inventory efficiency. The role also supports field sales management and collaborates with various J&J E2E supply chain partners.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent degree, required.
A minimum 8 years of work experience.
Experience required within any of the following areas: distribution, manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, customer service, healthcare.
SAP knowledge.
Proficiency in MS Office Suite proficiency preferred, including (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
Knowledge of Warehouse Management Systems.
Demonstrated initiative, creativity, assertiveness, and proactive communication.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
10% domestic travel to other sites as needed is required.

Nice To Haves

Kaizen/Greenbelt, LEAN Certification.
Validated understanding of enterprise resource platforms and warehouse management systems.
Experience building reports with visualization programs, e.g., PowerBI and/or Tableau.
Experience Working in highly regulated industries.
Ability and capability to lead or support projects.
Process Excellence training and/or certification or APICS certification.
Project Management Certification/Experience.
Sales or Sales support role experience.
Inventory Management experience, sterile processing, OR support or clinical experience in a hospital environment.
Warehouse Management System (WMS) and/or Transportation systems (TMS) experience.
Kaizen/Greenbelt, LEAN Certification.

Responsibilities

Lead, coordinate and delegate all responsibilities to the internal sales office team to support all goals.
Inbound and systematically process all local inventory from field return authorizations utilizing system mapping and verification accuracy.
Partner with local field sales organization to deliver successful non-revenue activity completion through communication and visibility.
Inventory put away, replenishment and expiry management of all sales office assets.
Monitor day-to-day outbound metrics (OTS, OTC) and report to leadership at regular intervals.
Drive strategic, technical, and tactical initiatives to improve efficiency and effectiveness across outbound operations.
Collaborate across J&J E2E supply chain partners; Distribution Excellence, Planning, Transportation, Customer Service, Sales.
Coordinating support for final mile support thru pick, pack and shipping tools.
Benchmarking and implementing activities related to inventory par levels based on supply chain recommendations.
Check and maintain appropriate inventory of on hand to support local sales territory as well as completing inventory transfers for disposition or redeployment as needed.
Apply Lean initiatives to ensure continuous improvement by eliminating waste and improving bottom-line.
Lead the local onsite team to provide best in class service to our key customer partners by providing single point of contact for PO collection, AR365 and resolution of pricing discrepancies or other customer needed solutions.
Process warranty item returns and replacement, complete all necessary paperwork.
Initiate and control all expired exchanges of inventory from national sales office retrograde location.
Coordinate additional sales activities through use of National Loaner requests and returns.
Coordinate on site team to order equipment for training activities using education logistics, tracking and facilitating receipt, as needed.
Responsible for initiating and completing ongoing cycle counts and annual audits for all sales office inventory.
Manage battery life cycles for all Bluetooth tags for Project Invisible and provide timely replacement of tags for FSO.
Ongoing thorough inspection of instrument and implant sets to ensure quality standards and patient safety requirements are met.
Maintain relationships with freight forwarder, receiving parties, and internal partners.
Responsible for GDP (Good documentation practices) and adhering to SOPs.
Coordinates all regulatory inspections and performs safety and quality audits.
Adherence to training requirements, and health and safety regulations.
Wear and implement all wearing of protective clothing and equipment as required.
Implement schedule/policies/ and group guidelines.
Lead and/or support projects as required.
Flexible to other tasks as priorities shift.

Benefits

Employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year