Director, Value Chain Excellence

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine • Horsham, PA

23h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, Value Chain Excellence (VCEx) is responsible for driving continuous improvement and advanced analytics adoption across key Value Chain Management (VCM) and end‑to‑end (E2E) Supply Chain processes within Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine. This role enables measurable improvements in agility, responsiveness, reliability, and cost competitiveness across the JSC product portfolio throughout the product lifecycle. The Director acts as a change leader and analytics advocate, ensuring E2E processes are aligned, standardized, digitally enabled, and optimized to deliver sustainable business value.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s/University or equivalent degree is required
• Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience
• Supply Chain experience, preferably within pharmaceutical, life sciences, or related industries
• Strong expertise in advanced analytics and its application to supply chain and business decision-making
• Demonstrated experience deploying Continuous Improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma, Kepner‑Tregoe) with measurable results
• Strong systems and process thinking, with the ability to link strategy, outcomes, drivers, and processes
• Proven ability to influence without direct authority in a complex, matrixed, global environment
• Strong collaboration, stakeholder management, and consensus‑building skills
• Requires proficiency in English (excellent written and verbal communication skills) to communicate effectively and professionally

Nice To Haves

• Master’s or MBA degree preferred
• Continuous Improvement certification (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma, Kepner-Tregoe, black belt, etc.) is desirable
• Experience driving digital supply chain and analytics capabilities, including data and systems enablement
• Strong business acumen with an understanding of E2E value creation and key performance levers
• Demonstrated global leadership experience and ability to coach high‑performing teams

Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end supply chain improvement initiatives, including facilitating cross‑functional workshops and driving implementation in partnership with Functions and Value Chain Leaders (VCLs)
• Assess process maturity, define improvement roadmaps, and ensure disciplined execution and follow‑up
• Ensure E2E process alignment and connectivity to optimize overall value chain performance, including cycle time, inventory, agility, and cost
• Leverage advanced analytics to identify, prioritize, and quantify improvement opportunities and measure sustainable outcomes
• Embed analytics and insight generation into VCM processes to support operational and strategic decision making
• Drive digitalization of E2E supply chain processes, including application of digital twin, process mining, control tower concepts, and resilience and performance management enablers
• Role‑model the use of advanced analytics and modeling to enable fact‑based trade‑off decisions
• Support the design and deployment of best‑in‑class Value Chain Management processes, including maintaining and evolving standard design and optimization toolkits
• Document and govern proven practices to enable standardization, knowledge sharing, and sustainability
• Partner with Value Chain Teams to support strategic product and supply chain roadmaps
• Lead, coach, and mentor teams using Business Process Management and Continuous Improvement methodologies
• Drive adoption of one common language, standards, and ways of working across VCM

Benefits

• Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - 40 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees