Director Facility Management EMEA South

Director Facility Management EMEA South

Johnson & Johnson Med
Tech

Job Locations

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium; Issy-les-Moulineaux, France; Latina, Italy; Lisbon, Portugal; Madrid, Spain; Milano, Italy; Pomezia, Roma, Italy; Schaffhausen, Switzerland; Zug, Switzerland

Job Description

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Director Facility Management EMEA South reporting to the Sr. Director EMEA FM. The Director FM EMEA South is accountable for driving FM capabilities and providing oversight of FM South EMEA site teams. This role covers soft services, globally standardized and consistent FM services, workplace experience, and service manager experts alongside our external partners in FM. The incumbent will work with FM global functions, regional FM leadership, Commercial and R&D business,
- level FM resources, outsourced vendors, and key partners such as Quality, Finance, IT, HR, EHS, Employee Health and Wellbeing, and Procurement.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

• Champion the delivery of standardized,
  - quality FM hard and soft services across our sites in EMEA South, ensuring global consistency through collaboration with regional and global peers.
• Drive integration and alignment across global functions, regional FM roles, and outsourced providers to enable seamless service delivery and strategic execution.
• Cultivate and sustain strategic partnerships between EMEA South leadership to align facilities strategy with business objectives and operational priorities.
• Own vendor relationships, ensuring performance, issue resolution, and alignment with EMEA South site needs.
• Act as the senior escalation point for FM hard and soft services, standards, programs, and processes, ensuring resolution and continuous improvement across EMEA South sites.
• Lead, develop, and empower Facility Leads, fostering a
  - performance culture and ensuring operational excellence across EMEA South locations.
• Ensure robust business continuity and infrastructure management programs are in place, tested, and aligned with enterprise risk frameworks.
• Provide strategic FM input into capital and operational projects, serving as the escalation point to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and site needs.
• Chair and contribute to governance and customer forums, representing FM interests and driving strategic alignment across stakeholders.
• Ensure regulatory compliance across all FM and Commercial South sites, proactively managing risk and maintaining audit readiness.
• Lead the deployment of FM and E&PS strategies, translating global initiatives into actionable regional plans with measurable outcomes.
• Own the integrity of EMEA South data, ensuring accuracy to support global performance metrics, reporting, and strategic
  - making.
• Champion and deliver FM Global and E&PS strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with EMEA South operational goals and
  - term vision.
• Monitor and enforce compliance with mandatory training requirements, ensuring workforce readiness and regulatory adherence.
• Ensure accountability for accurate occupancy, utilization, and spatial data, enabling strategic space planning and optimization.
• Provide fiduciary oversight of operating and capital budgets, ensuring financial stewardship and performance accountability.
• Lead and support Crisis Management Team (CMT) operations for EMEA South, ensuring structured
  - making,
  - time information gathering, and timely updates to Regional and Global leadership to maintain operational continuity.
• Act as a strategic advisor in regional escalation protocols, participate in Local CMTs, and collaborate with Regional SMEs to address critical issues effectively, driving continuous improvement through After-Action Reviews and
  - functional collaboration to enhance crisis response and readiness.

Requirements

• University/Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering, Business, Architecture or similar degree required. Master’s degree in engineering, Business, Architecture or similar preferred.
• A minimum of ten to twelve (10‑12) years of related work experience.
• Strong proven experience in facilities and/or supply chain engineering & maintenance function.
• Strong management and technical skills.
• Experience related to risk management, quality, safety, and compliance.
• Knowledge of business strategy and projected business unit requirements for the workplace, infrastructure, real property, and facilities, including impact on the portfolio plan.
• Ability to make decisions across business units with authority.

Other

• Experience working with and socializing strategies within a complex regionally driven organization.
• Experience leading a facilities function at multinational enterprise in a manufacturing site or experience as General Manager of a manufacturing site or experience as engineering lead of a manufacturing site.

Percentage Traveled

>25%

Required Skills

Facility Engineering, Facility Maintenance, Facility Maintenance Management, Facility Management

Preferred Skills

Budget Management, Business Case Modeling, Collaborating, Developing Others, EHS Compliance, Facility Management, Facility Management Software, Fact-Based Decision Making, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Program Management, Risk Management, Security Program Development, Vendor Management, Vendor Selection, Workplace Accessibility

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Management and Manufacturing

Industries

Hospitals and Health Care