Logistics Deployment Process Lead

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 jnj.com

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Job Function:

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function:

Technical Product Management

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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 https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine.

The Transcend Logistics Deployment Process Lead will support the successful deployment of the Transcend program by driving logistics process readiness across SAP S/4HANA and associated business processes.

The role will work closely with Deployment, Business Process Owners, IT, site teams, and cross-functional partners to translate the global design into executable site processes, identify and resolve gaps, support testing, and prepare the business for implementation.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on problem solver who can understand how materials, inventory, transactions, and data move end-to-end, rather than focusing solely on project tracking.

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)

Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company.

Canada - Requisition Number: R-107511

Ireland, Netherlands & Italy - Requisition Number : R-107866

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

Key Responsibilities:

Logistics Process & Solution Readiness

• Support end-to-end logistics process design and deployment across:
  • SAP EWM / Warehouse Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Production Logistics
  • Transportation Management
  • 3PL / external warehouse integration
• Review business processes and identify gaps between global design and deployment/site requirements.
• Trace material and system transactions across Logistics, Source, Make, Quality, and other interconnected processes.

Process Design & Requirements

• Support review and completion of:
  • Business Process Structures / BPS
  • L4 process flows
  • Business User Stories
  • Functional design requirements
  • Key Design Decisions
  • FIT/GAP assessments
• Translate complex system requirements into clear business-process impacts.
• Escalate unresolved process or ownership gaps.

Testing & Defect Management

• Support SIT, BST/UAT, and E2E testing preparation and execution.
• Ensure logistics scenarios adequately represent real business processes.
• Assist with defect investigation and root-cause assessment.
• Coordinate with business and technical SMEs to drive defects through resolution.
• Identify business scenarios and unhappy paths that require additional testing.

End-to-End Integration

• Work across functional boundaries to understand dependencies between:
• Partner with functional teams to ensure handoffs, system transactions, master data, and material movements align across the E2E solution.

Deployment & Business Readiness

• Support site readiness assessments.
• Track logistics deployment risks, actions, issues, and dependencies.
• Support SOP/work-instruction impact assessments.
• Contribute to cutover and hypercare preparation.
• Help ensure process, system, data, and business readiness are aligned before deployment.

Core Experience

Required

• Experience working within SAP S/4HANA logistics or supply-chain processes.
• Strong understanding of warehouse and inventory processes.
• Experience with SAP EWM, IM, Production Logistics, or TM.
• Experience supporting complex system implementations, deployments, or transformations.
• Ability to understand E2E material and transaction flows.
• Experience with requirements, testing, defect resolution, or process design.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills.
• Ability to work through ambiguity and drive issues toward resolution.

Preferred

• Pharmaceutical, medical device, or life-sciences experience.
• Experience in regulated / GxP environments.
• SAP EWM and S/4 integration experience.
• Experience with manufacturing and MES integration.
• Exposure to 3PL or external warehouse integration.
• Experience with global ERP deployments.
• Knowledge of batch-managed materials, inventory movements, warehouse execution, production staging, and transportation.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Business Process Design, Compliance Management, Cost Management, Data Savvy, Demand Planning, Developing Others, Distribution Resource Planning (DRP), Financial Competence, Inclusive Leadership, Inventory Management, Inventory Optimization, Inventory Turnover, Leadership, Logistics Optimization, Manufacturing Flow Management, Motivating People, Organizing, Resource Allocation, Supply Planning, Team Management

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

76,000.00 CAD - 123,050.00 CAD

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

The Company uses AI in its assessment of applicants.

This job posting is for an existing position.