Manager, Cost Engineering/DTV
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Johnson & Johnson in New Jersey is seeking a Manager, Cost Engineering/Design to Value to lead a team delivering should-cost models and supplier cost analytics across Pharmaceuticals and MedTech businesses.
You will partner with Supply Chain Procurement leadership to drive cost transparency, negotiate terms, and enable data-driven decisions across global sourcing while ensuring compliance with company policies.
Qualifications
- 8+ years in engineering, manufacturing, procurement, cost engineering, or a related technical field with leadership experience
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological sciences, or a related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred
- Extensive experience in manufacturing precision plastics and/or packaging, preferably in pharma/medical devices
- Knowledge of clean room operations and utility systems supporting manufacturing
- Experience leading a team of engineers or technical staff and managing priorities
- Strong analytical skills to identify gaps, root causes, and practical solutions
- Ability to influence decision-makers and embed cost engineering best practices
Responsibilities
- Lead cost-modeling pipeline with Procurement leadership alignment
- Manage engineers (internal/contract) and develop training
- Collaborate with MSAT/PES to obtain specs for should-cost modeling and review reports
- Develop cost-gap analyses to identify negotiation opportunities
- Support supplier relationship managers with price-increase analysis
- Design supplier questionnaires and cost-transparency templates for bids
- Refine material and product cost structures for forecasting and disruption analysis
- Provide negotiation-ready cost insights to category teams
- Deliver training on should-cost principles and supplier cost transparency
- Perform related duties and maintain policy compliance
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Job description
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 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: Procurement
Job Sub Function: Strategic Sourcing
Job Category: People Leader
All Job Posting Locations: Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America
About Innovative Medicine:
Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.
Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way!
Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine
We are searching for the best talent for a Manager, Cost Engineering/DTV to join our Team! This is an onsite/hybrid role. Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to align with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):
- Titusville, NJ, USA - Requisition Number: R-095819
- Italy, Ireland, Belgium & Netherlands - Requisition Number: R-096763
- Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-096765
Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.
The Manager, Procurement Cost Engineering/Design to Value (DTV), leads a team of engineers responsible for developing robust cost-engineering benchmarks, delivering detailed supplier price and cost analytics, and enabling fact-based negotiation strategies across Supply Chain Procurement. The role focuses on precision plastics, including drug-delivery systems and single-use technologies, and/or packaging.
Partner with Supply Chain Procurement leadership to build, prioritize, and maintain the cost-modeling pipeline, ensuring alignment with business needs and category strategies.
Leading a team of engineers (internal and/or contract) to on-board, train, manage priorities, and ensure continuous alignment to standard methods.
Collaborate with technical partners, including MSAT and PES, to obtain the material and process specifications required for should-cost modeling. Translate these inputs into clear requirements for cost-modeling engineers, then review and present completed cost-model reports to Supply Chain category and technical teams.
Develop cost-gap analyses comparing should-cost models with supplier cost transparency to identify negotiation opportunities and prioritize continuous-improvement initiatives.
Supporting Supplier Relationship Managers through ad hoc analysis of price increase requests and contract terms.
Support market-engagement events by designing supplier questionnaires and cost-transparency templates and by conducting detailed bid analyses to inform sourcing decisions.
Develop and refine material and product cost structures to support market-movement forecasting, budgeting, and supply-disruption analysis.
Equip Procurement category teams with fact-based negotiation strategies, cost insights, and supporting analysis for supplier discussions.
Build cost-engineering capability across Supply Chain Procurement and business partners by delivering training on should-cost principles, supplier cost transparency, supplier financial analysis, and related negotiation applications.
Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor.
Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures.
Required:
A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in engineering, manufacturing, procurement, cost engineering, or a related technical field is required, including demonstrated experience leading technical teams or complex cross-functional programs.
Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological sciences, or a related technical discipline is required; an advanced degree is preferred.
Extensive and varied experience in manufacturing precision plastics and/or packaging, preferably in a pharmaceutical or medical device environment:
- Detailed understanding of manufacturing process flows, cycle times, and yields
- Experience specifying, purchasing, validating/commissioning, and supporting manufacturing equipment and process lines
- Knowledge of clean room operations
- Knowledge of utility systems in support of manufacturing
- Experience with material types such as precision plastics; elastomers; laminates; glass; and polymer-, foil- and/or paper-based packaging
- Experience leading a team of engineers or other technical staff and managing priorities and workloads, with demonstrated people-leadership and facilitation skills
- Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to identify gaps and root causes, challenge assumptions and methods, and develop practical solutions to complex problems
- Demonstrated ability to influence decision-makers and value-chain partners and to embed best practices in cost engineering, analytics, supplier transparency, and negotiation
Preferred:
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt preferred
- Strong project and program management skills
- Strong financial/accounting and analytical skills
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt quickly to changing requirements
- Ability to work within a matrix organization
- Excellent interpersonal skills, as well as professional demeanor, to align with value chain stakeholders/partners and interact with external suppliers
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively organize and communicate detailed models and data analysis to internal and external customers
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience using collaborative engineering, analytics, or cost-modeling platforms
- Strong ability to read and analyze engineering specifications and drawings
- Project management certification a plus
Occasional travel required.
Proven ability to lead technical teams, influence stakeholders, and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and excellence.
Competitive salary and benefits inclusive of performance-based incentives.
Opportunities for professional growth within a collaborative work environment.
A commitment to diversity and inclusion in our hiring and workplace practices.
Join us to strengthen fact-based procurement decisions, unlock sustainable value, and support the delivery of innovative medicines to patients worldwide.
Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
If you are under 18 years of age, you (the candidate) may need to obtain the necessary working papers or other documentation required by state law to start the assignment, as well as get a parent’s consent for the background check.
Business Data Analysis, Business Savvy, Category Management Strategy, Compliance Management, Cost Management, Developing Others, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Market Savvy, Negotiation, Operational Excellence, RFx Management, Risk Management, Spend Analysis, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Collaboration, Team Management, Vendor Management, Vendor Selection
Business Data Analysis, Business Savvy, Category Management Strategy, Compliance Management, Cost Management, Developing Others, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Market Savvy, Negotiation, Operational Excellence, RFx Management, Risk Management, Spend Analysis, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Collaboration, Team Management, Vendor Management, Vendor Selection
The anticipated base pay range for this position is : $102,000.00 - $177,100.00
Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
- Vacation - 120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado -48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington -56 hours per calendar year
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays - 13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
- Parental Leave - 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
- Bereavement Leave - 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
- Caregiver Leave - 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period 10 days
- Volunteer Leave - 32 hours per calendar year
- Military Spouse Time-Off - 80 hours per calendar year
Additional information can be found through the link below.
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits
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