Engineering Portfolio Manager

Job title: Engineering Manager- Portfolio & Innovation

GCF: 30

Location: Global- Depuy Synthes Site

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About this role:

DePuy Synthes (DPS) is recruiting for an Engineering Innovation Manager within the Joints Engineering Supply Chain team.   This role will be located in Raynham, MA; Warsaw, IN; Cork, Ireland; Suzhou, China; Blackpool/ Leeds, UK.  Additional locations within commutable distance of a US Johnson and Johnson DePuy-Synthes (DPS) facility may be considered. 

DePuy Synthes, the Orthopaedics Company of Johnson & Johnson provides one of the most comprehensive orthopedics portfolios in the world. DePuy Synthes solutions, in specialties including joint reconstruction, trauma, craniomaxillofacial, spinal surgery and sports medicine, are designed to advance patient care while delivering clinical and economic value to health care systems worldwide. For more information, visit www.depuysynthes.com .

This role involves overall responsibilities as a Global IM LT member and Global responsibility for IM for the JOINTS, which includes:

• Support the management and development of the DePuy Synthes MAKE Supply Chain Portfolio
• Partner closely with key End-2-End and functional supply chain leaders to ensure execution to key strategic programs and projects
• Drive the development, education & training of portfolio prioritization activities
• Elevate portfolio, program, and project management capabilities across the DePuy Synthes Supply Chain
• Deploy data visualization solutions to drive greater portfolio transparency and execution to strategic priorities. Use project/portfolio data to ensure optimal deployment of capital and resource management
• Lead global management, development, deployment, and integration of the Continuous Improvement and Innovation (CI2) process, which provides a structured framework to generate and transform ideas into executable projects.
• Planisware adoption and maintenance for managing project and portfolio data, providing a management tracking and reporting system, enabling data mining and report generation.
• Execute monthly reporting and consolidation of project financial performance with a focus on ensuring financial targets are met
• Global responsibility for managing capital spend and attainment of value improvement targets for the Manufacturing organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the JOINTS Innovation Management team and drive a high performing team through the development of exceptional talent, enhancement of core technical skills and knowledge to support future growth
• Develop compelling career progression paths & development plans for each team member.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and a clear identifiable work ethos within the team.
• Develop both team and individual goals and objectives and measure actual performance against them, to ensure delivery of exceptional performance to internal and external customers.
• Support the performance management process and completion of appraisals, mid-year reviews and development conversations in a timely manner. Provide timely and honest feedback on performance even in difficult situations.
• Establish plans for talent development, diversification, and professional development for team.
• Global IM Workstream Leader and Core Team member for IM key strategic projects.
• Global owner of innovation management metrics, including capital spend and value improvement pipeline performance.
• Global deployment and management of CI2 tools, templates and methodology.
• Global l adoption of feasibility process, project prioritization process, risk assessment and resource management.
• Global-level implementation and support of CI2 Innovation Management governance.
• Global owner of CI2 idea generation events to create a pipeline to drive innovation and improvements including documentation process.
• Ensure consistent Global adoption of Planisware for management of projects and portfolio data.
• Responsible for the Global deployment and integration of FPX project management methodology to support the execution of projects across the innovation lifecycle.
• Identification of opportunities to enhance the CI2 process through leveraging current systems and harnessing networks across the cluster and J&J.
• Adoption of Technology Road mapping in support of strategic planning initiatives.
• Support training and advocacy to drive system adoption at Global level to ensure appropriate Data Accuracy and transparency. e.g. Instantis, Ci2 dashboard, Innovate etc.