Production Supervisor — Lean Manufacturing Lead

Johnson Johnson; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Vision, a Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, seeks a Production Supervisor for its Jacksonville, FL site to lead daily manufacturing with safety, quality, and cost objectives. The role requires strong leadership, disciplined operations, and teamwork across Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Materials, Planning, and HR.

Ideal candidates bring 4+ years in manufacturing in regulated environments, knowledge of GMP/FDA rules, and proven people development ability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Business, Operations Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of four years of manufacturing experience, including experience in a regulated environment.
• Previous team leadership or supervisory experience preferred.
• Medical device, pharmaceutical, or other highly regulated industry experience preferred.
• Effective English communication and strong leadership, coaching, and team-building skills.
• Knowledge of GMP, quality systems, and applicable FDA requirements; familiarity with ISO 13485 preferred.

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 key metrics such as throughput, yield, scrap, labor efficiency, downtime, service, and inventory accuracy; implement corrective actions when results are 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.

Skills

People leadership

Team leadership

Problem solving

Communication

Operational discipline

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Science/Business/Operations Management

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Manufacturing systems

Job description

Johnson & Johnson Vision, a Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, seeks a Production Supervisor for its Jacksonville, FL site to lead daily manufacturing with safety, quality, and cost objectives. The role requires strong leadership, disciplined operations, and teamwork across Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Materials, Planning, and HR.

Ideal candidates bring 4+ years in manufacturing in regulated environments, knowledge of GMP/FDA rules, and proven people development ability.