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Associate Manufacturing Operator

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About the vacancy

Operations
Production
Starter Vocational Training (MBO) Permanent Full time €36,300.00 - €51,865.00 Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands

About Your Next Job

  • Execute daily production tasks to help the team meet targets, following established SOPs and GMP.
  • Keep accurate records of activities, materials and deviations, and escalate issues to leaders when needed.
  • Follow standardized work and activity flowcharts to deliver consistent, compliant outcomes.
  • Support processing of ingredients and (new) pharmaceutical products with care for safety and quality.
  • Own your training: complete required courses on time and use them to perform tasks reliably.
  • Suggest and apply basic process‑improvement ideas that enhance safety, quality, reliability, cost, or scheduling.

About Your Next Colleagues

  • You will join a team in Leiden working on Innovative Medicine projects.
  • Reports to production leaders and works under supervision in a shift-based environment.

About Your Tasks and Responsibilities

  • Execute daily production tasks to help the team meet targets, following established SOPs and GMP.
  • Keep accurate records of activities, materials and deviations, and escalate issues to leaders when needed.
  • Follow standardized work and activity flowcharts to deliver consistent, compliant outcomes.
  • Support processing of ingredients and (new) pharmaceutical products with care for safety and quality.
  • Own your training: complete required courses on time and use them to perform tasks reliably.
  • Suggest and apply basic process‑improvement ideas that enhance safety, quality, reliability, cost, or scheduling.

About Your Skills and Experience

  • MBO‑2 diploma with at least 18 months’ relevant experience, or non‑relevant MBO‑2 with at least 3 years’ meaningful experience.
  • Dutch or English at B1 level.
  • Basic MS Office skills and entry‑level ability with business applications.
  • Quality‑oriented, precise, and comfortable following clear procedures.
  • Flexible, positive attitude and able to work well in a team under supervision.
  • Willing and able to work on a shift roster.

About Your Benefits

  • Annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, based on performance of the previous calendar year.
  • Vacation days, parental leave (minimum 12 weeks), bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave.
  • Well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health.
  • Service anniversary and recognition awards.
  • Insurance plans (subject to terms and conditions).
  • Salary includes 8% holiday allowance.

Where Molecules Meet Opportunities

  • Johnson & Johnson’s mission: health is everything, empowering innovation to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured.
  • Focus on Innovative Medicine and MedTech, innovating across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions.
  • Work is guided by Our Credo, with an inclusive work environment respecting diversity and dignity.
  • Teams develop treatments, find cures, and pioneer the path from lab to life while championing patients.

Only apply if...

  • MBO‑2 diploma with at least 18 months’ relevant experience, or non‑relevant MBO‑2 with at least 3 years’ meaningful experience.
  • Dutch or English at B1 level.

Contact person

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At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com



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