Partnerships & External Supply Site Lead

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Are you passionate about crafting a world without disease? Do you have expertise in Health Economics and Market Access? At the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, we use heart, science and creativity to discover groundbreaking medicines. Transforming lives by finding new and better ways to prevent, intercept, treat and cure disease encourages us. We bring together the best minds and pursue the most promising science.

We are looking for a highly committed:

 Partnerships & External Supply Site Lead based in Zug

(Permanent)

Overview

Position is responsible for commercial readiness and external supply of commercial Advanced Therapies, specifically gene therapy.   Role leads either Drug Substance CMOs, Drug Product CMOs, or Supply Chain Licensing Alliances to ensure that products are available to meet customer needs, provide the highest quality at the lowest total cost of ownership, and achieve maximum relationship value through accelerated innovation, supplier integration, process improvement, and collaboration. 

The external relationships are complex in nature and require extensive interaction with key business stakeholders, critical supplier leadership, and other segment/functional leadership.  The role acts as Virtual GM for assigned relationships, providing oversight for all activities and leads virtual management teams (VMT) including Quality, MS&T, Procurement, Planning and Finance to drive high performing sites.

Further responsibilities and duties are

• STRATEGY: Shape external network & strategy, influence, and support JSC strategy by providing input on the external landscape related to partners and CMOs.  Benchmark other J&J and partner companies and industries to identify innovations, continuous improvement, and best in class processes to support New Modalities and business development initiatives. Deeply understand and communicate evolving market opportunities

• PARTNER ASSESSMENT: Assess partners’ capacity and capabilities to support JSC sourcing initiatives.  Lead partner assessment and new product implementation in coordination with quartet functions, including site

• PARTNER MANAGEMENT: Serve as Virtual General Manager with external partners and lead Virtual Management Team (VMT) in partner management, providing oversight of all activities and financials.  Establish and maintain performance metrics and targets with the goal of improving supply, processes, and systems and eliminating redundancies regarding supply, compliance, finance, and strategy.  Partner with procurement in agreement negotiations and ensure proper functional inputs.  Align quartet to manage compliance to agreements, as well as overall cost management including seeking cost reduction opportunities.  Develop and manage Account Plans and manage quartet in delivering on all objectives.  Define and establish priorities, requirements, expectations, results, and partner needs between JSC functions and partners by negotiated agreements.

• TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT: Project manage implementation of new product launches at partners to ensure timely product availability.  Manage plans related to implementation of product changes.  Serve as Virtual GM related to partner and determine appropriate actions when key issue remain unresolved.