OPERATIONS SUPPORT LEAD

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Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities This role should act as the center of the strategy development, planning and execution for the Warehouse & Transportation Operations Support area for Deliver J&J Innovative Medicine.
This area works side by side with the logistics operations team in Latin America (11 distribution centers in 9 countries).
Responsibilities will involve organizing demands, needs and projects from different areas and stakeholders, ensuring connection between budget, performance, facilities, systems, and strategic initiatives management.
The position creates & enhance the proper capabilities required to drive the regional & global strategy execution, guaranteeing speed and harmonization for standards roll out in all countries for Janssen LatAm Deliver operations.
·       Ensure proper organization of demands, projects, goals and needs versus workload and capacity of Operational support team.
·       Lead the WH&T and Operational Support team to ask and receive any kind of new capability or project.
·       Act as a focal point for any new capability needed and deploy resolution with the team.
·       Create and rollout operational capabilities and standards through all Latin America countries.
·       Be a benchmark for operational capabilities with deep knowledge of operations and each country specificities.
·       Problem solving mindset with great sense of urgency, using creativity to implement complex and disruptive ideas.
·       Work closely with analytical and IBP team to proper monitor KPIs and develop action plans when needed.
·       Recognize risks and opportunities in all Warehouse & Transportation environment, developing and implementing proper BCPs.
·       Lead and partner with project sponsors, project managers, and cross-functional teams to plan, scope and identify requirements and resources for existing and new initiatives.
·       Identify short and long-range investment requirements to deploy the operational capabilities across the region.
·       Leads governances, communications, and reporting regional operational Leaders and Teams.
·       Identify industry-leading practices and perform external benchmarking as required.
·       Manages multiple priorities and work in a virtual team environment.
·       Adheres to all EHS&S and Compliance procedures.
·       Manage team interdependencies to ensure confirm deliverables are best positioned for completion, avoiding duplication of efforts and disconnected processes / steps driving efficient partnership and synergy amongst all key members of the team.
·       Guarantee the right level of relationship with our stakeholders to deliver the best-in-class URS & partnership from operational team.
Other duties.
·       Identify and champion a talent development strategy (JJSC People Strategy) for high potential and high performing talent for the segment.  ·       Engage both with internal & external sources to drive continuous improvement for the organization and benchmarks.  ·       Drive a CREDO based culture across W&T organization.  ·       Drive a culture of Safety, Compliance & Financial Acumen.
Qualifications Required Minimum Education.
·       Bachelor’s degree is required.
·       Advanced English and Spanish is a must.
·       Other.
Advanced degree like MA and MBA preferred.  ·       Min.
5+ years in end-to-end supply chain related disciplines.
Experience in Logistics (warehouse, transportation, customer service and projects) are preferred.
·       Excellent organization skills, capacity to receive great amount of information, consolidate and pass on.
·       Excellent connection skills, great communication (written and oral) are needed.
·       Capacity to create strategic frameworks, project designs and leadership reports.
·       Proven ability to go from plan to execution.
·       Strategic skills especially in strategic thinking and strategy implementation in a matrix, complex and global environment.
·       Ability to drive process improvement and value creation across the business.
·       A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required; a master’s or additional certification is a plus.
·       Strong leadership skills managing multiple projects simultaneously that involves internal and external stakeholders.
·       Ability to lead by influence as will serve as a focal point for +20 other supervisors and managers.
·       Experience managing timelines, budget, risks for each project, and ability to respond flexibly to changing project priorities and work assignments.
·       Experience with “agile, scrum, FPX, etc.
will be valued.
·       Financial and Compliance Acumen.
·       Availability for travel (up to 30% time)