Senior Manager Device Assembly & Packaging (MedTech)

Location: Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium; full-time, onsite manufacturing leadership role.

Base pay: €96,000–€165,025 per year, plus an annual bonus and benefits.

Company

Johnson & Johnson MedTech develops healthcare solutions and medical technologies as part of Johnson & Johnson's global healthcare organization.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day Device Assembly & Packaging operations and deliver production plans aligned with customer demand, quality standards, and regulatory expectations.
• Manage performance across safety, quality, compliance, service, cost, productivity, inventory, OEE, yield, cycle time, throughput, and manufacturing reliability.
• Ensure compliance with cGMP, regulatory requirements, internal standards, and quality procedures; lead deviation, non-conformance, complaint, audit, and CAPA activities.
• Champion SHE performance, investigate safety events, and embed accountability for safe operations.
• Lead, coach, and develop supervisors, operational support staff, operators, and frontline management teams.
• Drive lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, commercialization readiness, resource planning, budgets, capital investments, and cross-functional value-stream initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Life Sciences, Supply Chain, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 10 years of experience in pharmaceutical, medical device, or other regulated manufacturing.
• At least 5 years of people leadership experience.
• Proven experience managing manufacturing operations in a cGMP-regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing, packaging operations, quality systems, lean manufacturing, process excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to work effectively in a matrixed and global organization, with financial acumen in budgeting and cost management.

Nice to have

• Experience with device assembly, combination products, packaging, or related pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge of agile manufacturing, business intelligence, change management, CMC, gap analysis, and process optimization.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment focused on diversity, dignity, collaboration, accountability, innovation, and employee engagement.
• Annual bonus with a target based on pay grade and location and linked to employee and company performance.
• Vacation, parental leave of at least 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, and volunteer leave.
• Well-being reimbursement and programs supporting financial, physical, and mental health.
• Service anniversary and recognition awards, plus eligibility for insurance plans subject to plan terms.