Patrick Labuz Email & Phone Number

Montgomery, NJ, US

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

I lead all Research category activities focused on the Surgical and the Vision care franchises. I partner closely with the business engagement lead team and business partners to lead tailored, agile sourcing strategies, and ensure robust device development category strategies are established.

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

• As a Global Procurement Category Associate, I was responsible for managing / coordinating Supplier Relationship and Category Management activities across Johnson & Johnson’s Med Tech and Janssen businesses on a global.
• I led the Exhibits and Booth RFP and established a world class, sourcing strategy for exhibits and booths across our North America MedTech businesses where we currently exhibit at over 220 conferences nationwide
• I supported the Launch of the Reimagine the Future of Meetings (RFM) global initiative and am currently leading the Post Launch Change and Communication global team
• Enhanced supplier & category excellence with the execution of a governance framework to drive growth from supplier partnerships focusing on specific service level agreements (SLA).
• I was responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and reporting on the categories activities and ability to deliver against targets for financial performance, quality, service, and compliance adherence.

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

• As a Category Associate, I was responsible for supporting the Professional Education & Access and Affordability category by developing category strategies and facilitating supplier relationship management activities.
• I led the Sales & Commercial Training RFP to develop a preferred supplier list for the commodity and instituted innovative and diverse suppliers within the space. (Savings of $500K). I also created a Standard Playbook.
• As the category’s Spend and Savings Champion, I supported the delivery of the Enterprise Business Planning savings target of $1.7B. For the Prof Ed & Access category I helped deliver savings of $21.3MM inclusive of.
• As the category’s Diversity Champion, I supported Marketing and Business Services achieve their goals around supplier diversity. The Enterprise achieved its commitment of $3.8B of impact spend including $2B of Tier 1..

Skillman, NJ

• Managed the Inbound and Outbound Raw Materials and Finished Goods for multiple sites both domestic and international. Maintained open dialogue and strategy development with Planning, TPM, and 3PLs. Was responsible for.
• Responsible for all the transportation of raw material and finished goods into and out of the Neutrogena business, the entire Wound Care business, and multiple Global External Manufacturing Sites.
• Serve as liaison between Regional Transportation Organization (RTO) and the supporting Operating Company(s) as needed.
• Provide input and analyze strategic business transportation supply chain requirements.
• Manage important metrics owned by Transportation such as on time delivery, cost improvement programs (CIPs), freight spend performance vs. budget, security infraction rates, and quality deliverables.
• Manage the multiple operating company’s transportation network and ensure optimal service including tactical issues, supporting new product launches, and the creation of new ocean, air, and trucking lanes.

Irvine, California

• Member of the Global Operation Leadership Development (GOLD) ProgramWas directly responsible for Advance Sterilization Product’s (ASP) maintenance department and the maintaining of the manufacturing equipment; which.
• Certified in Manufacturing Asset Management, a JJSC Academy Continuous Improvement Methodology
• Organized ASP’s first Manufacturing Equipment Excellence (ME2) Assessment and led the result actions to get the site ready for Johnson & Johnson Production System (JJPS) deployment
• Challenged the status quo by implementing key operational and strategic business improvements to the maintenance structure and increased maintenance reporting to a weekly basis in order to push continuous follow-up.
• Analyzed the sites Operational Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for our ACAM II and Booster Machines and helped increase performance from a 65% reporting to a 75% - 80%, J&J best in class target.
• Increased inspection readiness and sustained a compliance culture, post lifting of ASP’s warning letter, by introducing a Standard Work Audit system to the site’s manufacturing floor.

Piscataway, NJ

• Member of the Global Operation Leadership Development (GOLD) ProgramWorked on a fast paced, dynamic team, collaborating with J&J associates from all regions to create and drive new capabilities for Customer & Logistics.
• Organized the CLS initiative to standardize metrics by documenting current state of On Time Ship and In Full for all segments, including, Definition, Calculation, Inclusions, and Exclusions in order to bring awareness.
• Led a global team to execute a gap assessment from current state to the global standard for On Time as well as the In Full metric to drive improvements and exceed customer expectations.
• Supported the management of global metrics and dashboard for CLS (Global CLS Strategic Imperative Dashboard, Perfect Order Index Reporting, and CLS Performance Dashboard)
• Contributed with Project Portfolio Management and brought all the major CLS projects and their descriptions, scopes, benefits, potential risks, assumptions, finances, timelines, etc. to Instantis, J&J’s management /.
• Certified in Johnson & Johnson's Process Excellence, Yellow Belt

Raynham, MA

• Member of the Global Operation Leadership Development (GOLD) Program.Served as a quality engineer for Codman & Shurtleff, Inc. and Depuy Synthes Orthopedics and worked on projects that focused on patient safety.
• Worked with medical devices infused with pharmaceutical drugs (COMBO products). Was part of a cross-functional group to bring 100% compliance of CFR 21 part 4 to the Raynham and Medos sites.
• Introduced a Risk management/Alert system to the Raynham site. The tool measures the performance of the quality system before it starts to follow a trend in order to highlight areas more likely to see quality issues.
• Worked with the distribution site’s manager and created a process flow for HP Re-allocation (when doctor’s trade in tooling kits for the newer version and the old ones are restocked, sterilized, and shipped to third.
• Developed a gage NC best practice sheet, focusing on Do it Right, to reduce the time to complete NCs by eliminating common errors.
• Participated in audit preparations, supported the conducted audits, and participated/led result actions

Providence, Rhode Island

New Brunswick, NJ

• Assisted with $17MM+ Housekeeping contract to implement governance structure at all three levels of the business (Site, program, and executive); integral lead on negotiating Enterprise strategy to potentially harmonize.
• Enhanced the governance models with major strategic suppliers of J&J to include Johnson Controls for outsourced maintenance and Compass for Food Service by developing and leading governance meetings at both the site.
• Conducted data analysis of survey information from various branches of J&J to provide leadership with scorecard updates and metric reporting
• Trained in FPX (Flawless Project Execution), J&J’s project management program to deliver new products, processes and technologies most effectively in J&J’s complex and matrixed business environment

King Of Prussia, PA

Responsible for in process inspection for Dental Floss Products (Crest White Strips, Threader Floss) to ensure products met compliance with FDA regulations. Project management included effective collaboration with cross functional partners including Quality, Compliance, and Package Engineering.