Production Supervisor – GMP & Lean Manufacturing Leader

6234-Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc. Legal Entity; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Vision is recruiting for a Production Supervisor at its Jacksonville, Florida manufacturing site. The role leads daily manufacturing activities to deliver safe, compliant, high-quality products on schedule and at the required cost, with emphasis on leadership and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate has strong people leadership, operational discipline, and experience driving performance through effective resource coordination and team development in a regulated

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required.
• Minimum of four years of manufacturing experience in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily manufacturing operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and employee-engagement objectives.
• Plan production activities, establish priorities, assign resources, and adjust staffing or workflow to meet the production schedule.
• Provide visible floor leadership by monitoring operations, resolving issues, and ensuring timely escalation of risks and constraints.
• Coach and develop employees through clear expectations, regular feedback, recognition, performance management, and development planning.
• Build an inclusive, accountable team culture that promotes collaboration, ownership, respectful communication, and adherence to company values.
• Ensure compliance with approved procedures, GMP requirements, quality systems, environmental standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Monitor operational performance using throughput, yield, scrap, labor efficiency, downtime, service, and inventory accuracy; implement corrective actions when off plan.
• Investigate safety, quality, and operational issues; support nonconformance resolution, root-cause analysis, and effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Partner with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Materials, Planning, Human Resources, and other functions to resolve production constraints and support business priorities.
• Drive continuous improvement through Lean principles, standard work, visual management, waste reduction, and structured problem-solving.
• Support new product introductions, process transfers, validation, equipment qualification, training, and change implementation activities.
• Maintain accurate operational, training, attendance, performance, and compliance records, and communicate shift results, priorities, and risks to key stakeholders.
• Up to 50% travel in the first 6-9 months.

Skills

Agile Manufacturing

Assembly Operations

Coaching

Controls Compliance

Data Savvy

Developing Others

Efficiency Analysis

GMP

Inclusive Leadership

Leadership

Manufacturing Processes

MSAT

Plant Operations

Predictive Analytics

Predictive Maintenance

Process Oriented

Technologically Savvy

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Business, Operations Management, or a related field

Tools

ERP systems

MRP

Manufacturing software/tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Johnson & Johnson Vision is recruiting for a Production Supervisor at its Jacksonville, Florida manufacturing site. The role leads daily manufacturing activities to deliver safe, compliant, high-quality products on schedule and at the required cost, with emphasis on leadership and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate has strong people leadership, operational discipline, and experience driving performance through effective resource coordination and team development in a regulated