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**Job Function: **
Project/Program Management Group
**Job Sub Function: **
Project/Program Management
Job Category:
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia, Durango (Any City), Las Condes, Santiago,, Region Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile, São Paulo, Brazil
Job Description:
DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a SC Capabilities & Excellence Manager, located in Bogotá, Colombia.
Job Overview
This role leads to capability building, process excellence, digitalization, analytics, and financial discipline across the end-to-end supply chain. This role is responsible for improving planning, logistics, customer service, and related data and systems process to deliver stronger service, resilience, productivity, and cost performance. The Manager translates strategy into scalable operating practices, drives standardization and continuous improvement, and partners across Supply Chain, IT, Finance, Quality, and Commercial teams to enable a more connected, data-driven, and high-performing supply chain organization.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and execute the supply chain capabilities and excellence roadmap aligned to business priorities, service goals, and functional transformation objectives.
Lead end-to-end process improvement initiatives across demand planning, supply planning, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, warehousing, transportation, and customer fulfillment.
Drive digitalization of supply chain processes by identifying, prioritizing, and implementing enabling technologies, automation, workflow improvements, and scalable system solutions.
Partner with IT and systems teams to deploy and optimize supply chain tools such as ERP, advanced planning systems, master data solutions, reporting platforms, and workflow automation capabilities.
Build and enhance analytics capabilities by defining KPIs, dashboards, scorecards, and insight generation routines that improve operational visibility and decision making.
Translate supply chain data into actionable insights through trend analysis, root-cause problem solving, scenario modeling, and performance reviews.
Establish governance for process standards, data quality, controls, and compliance to ensure consistent execution across teams and sites.
Benchmark internal capabilities and external best practices to identify gaps, improvement opportunities, and innovation priorities.
Support the design and implementation of end-to-end planning and execution processes that improve responsiveness, visibility, and resilience.
Champion continuous improvement methodologies and embed a culture of operational discipline, capability development, and fact-based decision making.
Manage operational aspects of the team, including prioritization, performance, budget adherence, compliance, and delivery of goals within established timelines.
Qualifications
Education
Required: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or a related field.
Preferred: Master’s degree (MBA or equivalent).
Experience and Skills
Required:
5+ years of experience in project management within supply chain, operations, or manufacturing environments.
Demonstrated ability to manage cross‑functional, multi‑country projects.
Experience with risk management, issue resolution, and change control.
Proficiency with project management tools and reporting methodologies.
Preferred:
Experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, or other regulated industries.
Exposure to supply chain transformation initiatives (ERP, planning systems, network changes).
Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies.
Strong planning, organization, and stakeholder management skills.
Other
Languages: English required; Spanish strongly preferred.
Travel: Up to 20–30%, primarily international (OUS).
Certifications (Preferred): PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification.
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Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.
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**Required Skills: **
Preferred Skills:
Agile Decision Making, Agility Jumps, Analytics Insights, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Expectation Management, Leadership, Organizational Project Management, Organizing, Process Improvements, Program Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Tools, Project Reporting, Quality Assurance (QA), Statement of Work (SOW), Technical Credibility