Process Improvement Specialist

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The pharmaceutical world is going through a period of important technological transformations, where the needs of the patient and the quality of the work performed are predominant.

Janssen is looking for a **Process Improvement Specialist** for the **Latina (LT) **plant to hire with **fixed term contract of 1 year**.

Process Improvement team in Janssen deals with activities and projects aimed at increasing quality, productivity and efficiency to meet long-term cost targets and improve the availability of production equipment in all the areas implementing technological and organizational cutting-edge solutions and problem-solving activities that ensure a flawless safety, quality and efficiency of production.

In this specific role you will have the chance to
- Assure that shop floor events are promptly reported and managed in accordance with company procedures with a focus on identifying the root cause and the proper effective CPA
- Lead Lean Manufacturing Projects and identify opportunities of efficiency and cost improvements
- Collaborate with other Department Leaders to provide a quick support to the organization to evaluate the impact, solve the issues, detail them accurately and identify the appropriate corrective actions
- Challenge the status quo through the increasingly in-depth use of all the data collected by the available systems to make holistic analyses during the investigations that help to have an end-to-end understanding of the shop-floor issues.
- Support the Operations group to ensure that the culture of quality is an integral part of the systematic approach to processes.
- Ensure the implementation of effective corrective and preventive actions to avoid the potential re-occurrence of shop floor problems, through monitoring with specific KPIs, in order to achieve production objectives and reduce Quality and Compliance problems.
- Contribute to the definition and implementation of the procedures and flows that arise as corrective / preventive actions from the investigations.

**Qualifications**
We want to hear from YOU if you have:

- Master’s Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics or similar
- 6 months’ minimum experience in a regulated production plant in related roles
- A minimum experience in one of these areas: maintenance, engineering, production, automation, planning
- Ability in problem-solving and decision-making
- Knowledge of data analytics, basic statistics tools
- Ability to experiment with models
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, partnership, and organization skills
- Proficiency in English (B1 level and above)

Other qualifications that will be considered as a plus:

- Knowledge of basis of GMP regulations
- Knowledge of MS Excel is considered preferred requirement
- Knowledge of SAP is considered preferred requirement
- Usage of data aggregation software’s like MS Power BI or Tableau are considered a nice to have

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**Primary Location**
Italy-Lazio-Latina
- **Organization**
Janssen-Cilag S.p.A. (7175)

**Job Function**
Operations

**Requisition ID**
2206062570W