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Job Function:
Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function:
Planning Strategy & Capabilities

Job Category:
People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:
Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:
About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at

Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional processes and harmonize them into one "clean" ERP as a standardized platform for growth and efficiency gains.

This program will simplify the Pharmaceutical ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes to have a cost-effective, fit-for-purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Pharmaceutical business with agility. Additionally, the program will remediate the end-of-life system exposure that we risk towards the end of this decade.

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

United States - Requisition Number: R-05821

Ireland- Requisition Number: R-059503

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

We are searching for the best talent for a Transcend: Senior Manager, Supply Chain Collaboration Global Template Owner! This hybrid position will be located in Titusville, New Jersey (USE). Alternate hybrid locations may be considered at other Innovative Medicine Supply Chain hubs such as Dublin, Ireland; Galway, Ireland; Limerick, Ireland; Cork, Ireland; or Mayo, Ireland.

An internal pre-identified candidate for consideration has been identified. However, all applications will be considered.

The Sr. Manager, Global Template Owner for Supply Chain Collaboration (SCC) is accountable for defining, designing, harmonizing, and governing the global SCC template within Transcend. The role ensures global standardization of supplier collaboration processes across the IM Supply Chain, including raw material suppliers, CMOs, and logistics/manufacturing partners. The GTO leads design, build, test, and deployment of end-to-end SCC capabilities in SAP S/4HANA and integrated collaboration platforms, working across Plan, Source, Make, Quality, MD, Data & Analytics, and Integration workstreams.

This position plays a critical leadership role in Transcend, bridging business process owners, solution integrators, Transcend product teams, and regional/site teams to enable a scalable, harmonized, and future-ready collaboration ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the global template leader and SME for SCC capabilities, driving harmonized design across the IM Supply Chain by facilitating cross-functional design sessions, confirming standardized process flows, user stories, acceptance criteria, and data standards, and challenging legacy practices to eliminate unnecessary customizations and ensure a unified global template.
• Lead the end-to-end SCC design, build, and test lifecycle across program increments, partnering with the Product Line Owner to shape sprint priorities and maintain a healthy backlog, collaborating with Integration, Data, MD, and Tech teams to ensure full solution readiness, and defining the test strategy with comprehensive SIT/E2E/UAT coverage while driving issue resolution throughout testing.
• Support the development and evolution of the multi-year supplier onboarding strategy-including segmentation tiers, onboarding waves, and global rollout plans-while providing leadership updates on SCC readiness, risks, and interdependencies across Transcend, Source, and Plan forums, and ensuring alignment between supplier engagement plans and the ERP deployment roadmap.
• Lead SCC deployment readiness, including cutover planning, staging activities, and supplier-facing preparation; serve as the escalation point for all deployment and hypercare issues; and partner with Training & Change teams to develop global training materials and deliver training across regions and sites.
• Establish SCC master and transactional data quality standards, partner with Master Data, Data & Analytics, and B2B/EDI teams to ensure accurate and harmonized data flows, and maintain governance over process updates, SOPs/WIs, and template version control across deployment waves.
• Influence stakeholders at all organizational levels- from technical teams to senior leadership-by building strong, trusted relationships with business SMEs, supply chain leaders, SI partners, and regional/site deployment teams.

Qualifications

Education:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's/University or equivalent degree is required

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience
• A minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in leadership roles within Operations, Supply Chain, or large transformation programs
• A minimum of 3 years of Plan or Source business experience
• A minimum 1 years of business process design, engineering, or optimization.
• Expertise in the Plan/Source functional space
• Strong understanding of SAP systems.
• Outstanding business and digital acumen, including ERP expertise
• Experience working in a complex, multi-ERP / system environment

Preferred:

• Knowledge in OMP supply chain planning solution
• Strong communication and change management
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate optimally and expertly with internal partners to develop ideas, find opportunities, and influence outcomes
• Prioritization and handling changing priorities in a fast- paced environment
• Knowledge in deploying standardized work processes, tools, and templates
• Skilled at engaging and building relationships with senior business stakeholders

Other:

• Certification in areas of expertise (e.g., PMP, APICS, Lean/Six Sigma /Process Excellence, etc.)
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time, domestics and international

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Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:
Agility Jumps, Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Business Storytelling, Data Reporting, Demand Planning, Developing Others, Fact-Based Decision Making, Green Manufacturing, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Lean Manufacturing Principles, Lean Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Flow Management, Operational Excellence, Organizational Project Management, Process Improvements, Stakeholder Engagement, Supply Planning, Team Management

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$122,000.00 - $212,750.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

This position is eligible to participate in the Company's long-term incentive program.

Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

Vacation -120 hours per calendar year

Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado -48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington -56 hours per calendar year

Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays -13 days per calendar year

Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

Parental Leave - 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child

Bereavement Leave - 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year

Caregiver Leave - 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days

Volunteer Leave - 32 hours per calendar year

Military Spouse Time-Off - 80 hours per calendar year

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