About the vacancy
Operations
Production
Strategic planning
Production
Strategic planning
Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Quality
Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance
Staff
Project Management
Project Management
About Your Next Job
- Lead the Nijmegen plant safely and compliantly while building the organization, operating system and manufacturing capabilities required for reliable supply, successful scale-up and sustainable growth.
- The Plant Manager is a people leader with end-to-end accountability for the safe, compliant and reliable operation of the Nijmegen site, including manufacturing, supply chain and supporting site functions, ensuring continuous, cost-effective supply against forecasts and inventory goals.
- The role sets the site vision and strategy, translates business priorities into an executable multi-year plan, and leads the cross-functional Site Leadership Team in a matrix environment to deliver results across safety, quality, service, cost, people and growth.
About Your Next Colleagues
- Reports to: Synthetics E2E SC Lead
- Key direct reports: Direct: Senior Operations Manager, PMO Lead, Site Administration. Indirect: full Nijmegen Make site matrix functions
- Partner with and drive supporting functions (Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, HR, Finance, Planning and EHS&S) to ensure execution, compliance and accurate reporting.
- Lead managers and senior individual contributors in a matrix environment, with accountability for career development, regular coaching and feedback, and "ready now" succession plans for key positions.
About Your Tasks and Responsibilities
- Own the site strategic plan, annual business plan, operating priorities, governance and performance rhythm.
- Lead the Site Leadership Team, clarify decision rights and ensure effective cross-functional execution and escalation.
- Ensure full compliance with applicable laws, regulations, quality-system requirements, company policies and Health, Safety and Environmental standards.
- Build and sustain a culture in which product quality, patient safety, data integrity and employee safety are non-negotiable.
- Maintain continuous inspection and audit readiness, with strong oversight of CAPAs, nonconformances, validation, training and remediation commitments.
- Own overall site performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, inventory, productivity and people metrics.
- Ensure reliable production and release through robust planning, tiered accountability, risk management and disciplined problem solving.
- Drive manufacturing excellence, process repeatability, right-first-time execution, yield improvement and sustainable cost performance.
- Lead site readiness for capacity expansion and future volume growth, ensuring facilities, equipment, systems, processes and organization mature together.
- Own the site budget and financial performance, including operating expense, capital investment, productivity and headcount plans.
About Your Skills and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, operations, supply chain or another relevant discipline; an advanced degree is preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in regulated manufacturing, preferably medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology or life sciences, including at least 3 years in senior operations leadership roles.
- Proven experience as the accountable leader of a manufacturing site, operations business unit or complex multi-functional operation, with full profit-and-loss, budget, quality and people responsibility and leadership of managers and senior leaders.
- Strong tenure and career stability, with a history of seeing major programs and organizational changes through to completion.
- Proven record of leading through scale-up, transformation, capacity expansion, technology transfer or significant compliance improvement, with successful and sustained outcomes.
- Demonstrated, measurable performance outcomes, such as an inspection and audit record without critical findings, reliable supply, improved yield and productivity, delivery of cost and capital commitments, and stronger organizational capability.
- Experience interacting with health authorities, notified bodies, inspectors or external auditors is strongly preferred.
- Extensive knowledge of ISO 13485, ISO 14971, EU MDR, FDA 21 CFR Part 820 and MDSAP regulations and standards, including experience with quality-system audits by major regulatory bodies.
- Lean or Six Sigma certification is recommended; proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite and company quality and training systems.
- Fluent written and spoken English. Dutch language capability is an advantage but not essential.
About Your Benefits
- An annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions.
- Vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement.
- Programs for financial, physical and mental health.
- Service anniversary and recognition awards.
- Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans.
- The annual base pay includes an 8% holiday allowance.
Where Molecules Meet Opportunities
- 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.
- 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.
Only apply if...
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, operations, supply chain or another relevant discipline; an advanced degree is preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in regulated manufacturing, preferably medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology or life sciences, including at least 3 years in senior operations leadership roles.
- Proven experience as the accountable leader of a manufacturing site, operations business unit or complex multi-functional operation, with full profit-and-loss, budget, quality and people responsibility and leadership of managers and senior leaders.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
Contact person
Frank Helmus
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 https://www.jnj.com