Senior Manufacturing Supervisor CoE – Process Engineering DSP

Biopharma Careers; Leiden; Remote; EUR 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson in Leiden, Netherlands seeks a Senior Manufacturing Supervisor – Process Engineering DSP to lead the DSP Process Engineering team and drive robust, compliant downstream processes. You will provide technical support to routine manufacturing, investigate deviations and push continuous improvements.

You will coach engineers, prioritize work, and partner with Manufacturing, MSAT, Quality, Equipment Engineering and Automation to translate data and scientific findings into actionable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant scientific/engineering discipline.
• 9+ years (or 7+) of relevant pharmaceutical manufacturing experience.
• English language proficiency at B2 level or above.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the DSP Process Engineering team.
• Provide technical support to routine manufacturing and investigations.
• Drive structured process improvements and change-controls.
• Perform root-cause analyses for deviations and issues.
• Collaborate with MSAT, Quality and Manufacturing for process verification.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

English (B2)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering

Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

Johnson & JohnsonPosted October 16, 2026# Senior Manufacturing Supervisor CoE – Process Engineering DSPLeiden, Netherlands Full timeManufacturing & CMC SeniorNotify me about similar jobsView Full Job & Apply at Johnson & JohnsonJohnson & Johnson is the source of truth for this posting and owns the application process. We surface normalized context and market comparison you won't find on the original listing.## About this opportunityAt 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 jnj.com .As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.**Job Function:**Supply Chain Engineering**Job Sub Function:**Process Engineering**Job Category:**People Leader**All Job Posting Locations:**Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands**Job Description:**We offer an initial 12-month contract with the intention to convert to a permanent contract.**Position Summary**The Senior Manufacturing Supervisor – Process Engineering DSP leads the DSP Process Engineering team within the Center of Expertise.The role is responsible for building and maintaining strong process engineering capability to ensure safe, compliant, robust and continuously improving downstream manufacturing processes. The supervisor leads a team of Process Engineers who provide technical support to routine manufacturing, investigate process-related issues, drive process improvements and maintain strong process understanding throughout the product lifecycle.Working closely with Manufacturing, Quality, MSAT, Equipment Engineering, Automation, NPI and other technical functions, the supervisor ensures that scientific and engineering knowledge is translated into practical solutions that improve process performance, product quality, reliability and manufacturing efficiency.**Specific Responsibilities – Process Engineering**Lead, coach and develop the DSP Process Engineering team, creating clear priorities, ownership and accountability.Ensure strong technical ownership and process understanding across DSP manufacturing processes.Provide direction and prioritization for routine manufacturing support, investigations, change controls, process improvements and technical projects.Ensure timely and effective technical support to Manufacturing, particularly for process deviations, unexpected trends and complex operational issues.Drive structured problem solving and robust root-cause analysis for process-related deviations, non-conformances and recurring manufacturing issues.Ensure technical investigations move beyond identifying what happened to establishing why it happened and how recurrence can be prevented.Use process data, trends and scientific knowledge to proactively identify emerging risks and improvement opportunities.Drive continuous improvement of process robustness, capability, consistency and manufacturing efficiency.Support assessment and implementation of process changes through appropriate GMP change-control processes.Ensure appropriate technical input into deviations, CAPAs, risk assessments and other quality-system activities.Support maintenance of the validated state and continued process verification activities in collaboration with MSAT and Quality.Strengthen understanding of CPPs, CQAs, process controls and their relationship to manufacturing performance and product quality.Ensure Process Engineers maintain strong shop-floor presence through Gemba and close collaboration with Manufacturing.Translate complex process data and technical findings into clear recommendations and actions for Manufacturing and leadership.Partner closely with Equipment Engineering and Automation where process performance depends on equipment or control-system capability.Collaborate with NPI and MSAT to ensure knowledge from new-product introductions and process changes is effectively transferred into routine manufacturing.Promote standardization, knowledge sharing and consistent engineering approaches across products and processes.Build technical capability within Manufacturing by coaching and sharing process knowledge with operational teams.Foster a culture where Process Engineers are proactive technical owners rather than reactive problem solvers.**Additional Responsibilities**Assess current and future process-engineering capability needs and develop the technical competencies of the team.Establish priorities across operational support, compliance commitments, process improvements and longer-term technical initiatives.Identify recurring manufacturing challenges and develop improvement roadmaps to address systemic process issues.Propose and lead projects that improve process robustness, quality, reliability, capacity or manufacturing efficiency.Support development of business cases and secure resources for technical improvement initiatives.Drive adoption of data analytics and digital tools to improve process monitoring, troubleshooting and decision-making.Benchmark and introduce relevant scientific, engineering and operational best practices.**Minimum Qualifications**Relevant Bachelor’s and/or Master's degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Process Engineering or another relevant scientific/engineering discipline with at least 9 and/or 7 years of relevant experience respectively.Experience within pharmaceutical, biotechnology or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.Experience in process engineering, manufacturing sciences, manufacturing support or a comparable technical role.Demonstrated experience solving complex technical or manufacturing problems.Understanding of GMP manufacturing and pharmaceutical quality systems.Demonstrated ability to lead people, projects or multidisciplinary technical teams.English language proficiency at B2 level or above.Strong communication, collaboration and stakeholder-management skills.**Preferred Qualifications**Biopharmaceutical downstream processing, including chromatography, filtration, UF/DF/TFF, viral clearance, buffer preparation or bulk/formulation operations.Process characterization and process validation.Continued Process Verification and process trending.Deviations, CAPAs, change controls and technical investigations.Structured root-cause analysis and risk-management methodologies.Statistical process analysis, data analytics and process monitoring.MES, DeltaV or other digital manufacturing/process-control systems.Lean, Six Sigma or Operational Excellence.Technology transfer or New Product Introduction.Previous formal people-leadership experience.**What Makes You Successful**We’re looking for someone who: