Manufacturing Execution System

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Job Function: Project/Program Management Group Job Sub Function: Technology Program/Portfolio Management Job Category: Professional All Job Posting Locations: Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium Job Description:

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions are personal.Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the site project team to deliver the major site transformation project in implementing a Manufacturing Execution System for the manufacturing operations in Beerse using new integrated technologies called Next Gen Manufacturing platform. This will be a phased project involving conversion of all manufacturing batch information/records from a document-based system to a full integrated digital system with workflow management. The system will be integrated to multiple key systems (e.g. Manufacturing equipment, SAP, LIMS, Truvault etc.).

ROLE: Lead & deliver MES Project for Beerse site Primary contact between project team, sponsor and steering committee Ensure project team representation is aligned with project objectives and delivers integrated MES solution for Schaffhausen business Project expert and project manager for the Beerse site Champion for project execution

• Own overall execution and program delivery within scope, schedule, budget and quality/regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for verifying planned changes and gaps with local stakeholders / users
• Responsible for project Risk Mitigation planning
• Maintain a strong relationship with DOTS, to drive E2E deployment excellence for systems, and JJT, to co-develop new technical capabilities into Next gen Manufacturing platform
• Confirm, monitor and deliver all Final Project Objectives (FPO’s)
• Overall accountability and responsibility for successful and on time and in budget execution of deployment, across all work streams and functions
• Manage the deployment to ensure timely/high quality deliverables
• Own project planning, resourcing, monitoring and adherence to plan
• Maintain and control project budget
• Work with Cross Deployment Leader to provide clear and consistent communications to Steering Committee and Project Sponsor & escalations
• Ensures conformance to the Global Template and deployment methodology
• Partner with the Business Lead to ensure that the end‑state, integrated, solution meets business needs across all impacted functions (end‑to‑end)
• Strongly collaborate with the Next Gen MES Deployment Lead and Excellence Lead in DOTS to define and execute deployment standards
• In alignment with Deployment Excellence lead setup concepts to efficiently and effectively deliver the MES execution with highest RFT
• Manage template changes/ customization in response to business statutory & regulatory needs
• Ensure integration of functional experts and business SME’s, in order to establish a holistic project execution team
• Provide proactive communications about project activities to key stakeholders, managing internal (Site) and external (global organization) stakeholders
• In strong partnership with Business Lead, drive change management to align the organization with new business capabilities

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in science-based discipline is required.
• A Bachelor’s or higher degree in Life Sciences discipline, Pharmacy or Chemical Engineering is preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in operations and project management in Pharmaceuticals.
• Knowledge of the applicable regulations and regulatory processes.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Good Manufacturing Pr