Principal NPI Process Excellence Technician

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions 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

Job Function:

Quality

Job Sub Function:

Quality Control

Job Category:

Business Enablement/Support

All Job Posting Locations:

Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Job Description:

About MedTech

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we're developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at

About Cardiovascular

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we're developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at

We are searching for the best talent for Principal NPI Process Excellence Technician to be in Ciudad Juarez.

Purpose: Under supervision of NPI Process Excellence Manager, the Technician will have a key role giving support to engineering teams with capacity studies and continuous improvement for new products.

You will be responsible for:

In accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws/regulations and Corporate Johnson & Johnson, procedures and guidelines, this position:

• Monitor through periodic reviews the proper application of standardized operation procedures based on the usage of lean manufacturing tools.
• Develop improvements oriented to lean manufacturing principles for new processes, and manage changes related to them.
• Report to NPI Process Excellence Manager progress and risk according to the implementation of the new processes' improvements.
• Responsible for communicating business-related issues or opportunities to next management level
• Responsible for following all Company guidelines related to Health, Safety and Environmental practices as applicable.
• For those who supervise or manage a staff, responsible for ensuring that subordinates follow all Company guidelines related to Health, Safety and Environmental practices and that all resources needed to do so are available and in good condition, if applicable
• Responsible for ensuring personal and Company compliance with all Federal, State, local and Company regulations, policies, and procedures
• Performs other duties assigned as needed

• Under minimum supervision, works in complex by nature assignments, in which own judgment, initiative, and problem-solving skills are required, such as operations analysis, processes standardization and implementation of other lean manufacturing tools.

• Reviews in conjunction with other technicians' capacity studies proposals and new lines' balancing.

• Trains associates within department initiatives.

• Gives general advice on the usage of lean manufacturing tools

• Provides information on projects' progress and/or activities to project or area leaders and keeps project plan updated.

• Supports the development and preparation of training material for standard job and other lean manufacturing tools.

• Develops and analyzes graphics, tables, schemes, drawings and presentations.

• Designs layout proposals for production areas' workstations.

• Manages equipment and tools installations within clean room, following applicable procedures.

• Creates line flow simulations using simulations software packaged, such as, but not limited to, FlexSim or Plant Simulator.

• Analyzes process data, such as cycle time, through descriptive statistics.

• Identifies improvement and innovation opportunities focused on optimizing key performance indicators (KPIs) and develops designs of applicable solutions.

• Is the point of contact with suppliers; follows up on quotes and purchase orders and makes sure to follow applicable procedures.

• Prepares protocols and reports for evaluations and process changes as necessary.

• Develops, writes and documents new procedures, or applicable changes, in PLM system.

• In conjunction with MES departments, defines the necessary dynamic or static changes in MES system to realize the new product lines' process and flow designs.

Qualifications / Requirements:

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

• High school diploma or technical degree are minimum required

• From 6 to 8 years. Knowledge in medical products industry preferent.

• English language preferent.

• Knowledge in Lean Manufacturing and/or six sigma tools expected. Grean Lean Belt certification is preferred.

• Proficient using several types of software to create graphics, tables and/or presentations.

• High level of creativity

• Proactive

• Basic knowledge of object-oriented programming (preferent)

• Currently studying last semesters, or graduated, of Professional Degree in Engineering (preferent).

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES and AFFILIATIONS

• Preferent have knowledge in medical products industry and/or 6 sigma or lean manufacturing.
• Bilingual: Spanish/English preferred.
• Skill to use computer packages (e.g., Microsoft Office, Power Point, AutoCAD, Minitab, Flexism, etc.)
• Windchill PLM System (preferent)
• MES Camstar (preferent)
• Knowledge in Lean Manufacturing and/or six sigma tools expected.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Agility Jumps, Compliance Management, Curious Mindset, Customer Centricity, Detail-Oriented, Document Management, Factory Acceptance Test (FAT), Persistence and Tenacity, Process Oriented, Professional Ethics, Quality Control (QC), Quality Standards, Quality Systems Documentation, Regulatory Compliance, Technical Support

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