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Job Function:

Supply Chain Deliver

Job Sub Function:

Warehouse & Distribution

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Latina, Italy, Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. The role contributes to developing and delivering the medicines of tomorrow while championing patients every step of the way.

About Transcend

Transcend is a global business transformation program modernizing foundational transactional processes and harmonizing them into one clean ERP. The program standardizes processes and establishes a fit-for-purpose digital backbone that enables operational agility, scalability, risk reduction, and long-term sustainability.

Role Purpose

The Deploy Experienced Analyst - Transportation Management provides advanced functional execution and subject-matter expertise to support deployment and adoption of global Transportation Management capabilities within the Transcend SAP S/4HANA program. The role independently drives complex work across solution confirmation, design validation, testing, deployment, and hypercare while helping transition decentralized transportation processes to a harmonized SAP TM-enabled operating model. The role connects business stakeholders, logistics operations, functional deployment teams, and technology partners to improve transportation standardization, compliance, visibility, and operational performance.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

Transportation Management Functional Expertise

Support deployment and adoption of SAP Transportation Management capabilities aligned with global process standards, design decisions, and SAP Clean Core principles.

Provide functional expertise across transportation planning and execution, carrier and service selection, freight order management, carrier onboarding, freight audit and settlement, and transportation master data governance.

Support integrations across SAP S/4HANA, SAP EWM, XPS, 4PL/Gateway solutions, external carriers, RateCube, AuditCube, CDL, Transportation Cockpit, and reporting or visibility platforms.

Perform transportation data validation, integration readiness assessments, process validation, carrier-connectivity checks, and issue-resolution analysis.

Support Fit-to-Template assessments and document business requirements, process decisions, design gaps, and deployment dependencies.

Testing, Deployment & Hypercare

Prepare and execute Functional Testing, SIT, Business Simulation Testing, UAT, regression, and end-to-end transportation scenarios.

Develop and maintain transportation test scripts, expected results, evidence, and business-process validation documentation.

Lead or support defect triage, root-cause analysis, resolution validation, retesting, and closure.

Execute deployment-readiness activities including transportation master-data validation, carrier readiness, cutover support, and operational handoffs.

Provide functional support during deployment and hypercare to stabilize transportation operations and protect business continuity.

Stakeholder Partnership

Collaborate with Deployment Leads, Product Owners, Solution Architects, Business SMEs, Logistics Operations, Finance, Quality, Data, JJT, and external transportation partners.

Drive standardization across regions and business units while clearly documenting justified local or regulatory requirements.

Share functional knowledge, support business adoption, and contribute lessons learned to future releases and Advanced TM capability growth.

Qualifications

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

Minimum four (4) years of relevant professional experience in transportation management, logistics operations, SAP/ERP deployment, freight operations, or a related field.

Functional knowledge of SAP Transportation Management, SAP S/4HANA Logistics, transportation planning and execution, carrier management, freight settlement, and transportation master data.

Experience with transportation interfaces or partner connectivity, such as XPS, 4PL/Gateway, carrier integrations, freight-audit platforms, or transportation-visibility tools.

Experience executing testing, defect management, data readiness, deployment, or hypercare activities.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, communication, and stakeholder-management capabilities.

Experience in a regulated environment and understanding of compliant transportation or distribution requirements.

Preferred

Experience supporting SAP TM implementations or global SAP S/4HANA transformation programs.

Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, advanced therapy, life sciences, cold-chain, or other regulated supply networks.

Knowledge of freight rate validation, accruals, cost allocation, carrier performance, transportation analytics, and visibility platforms.

Experience supporting global process harmonization, multi-region carrier onboarding, or Advanced TM capability development.

APICS, Lean, Six Sigma, FPX, PMP, or comparable certification.

Other

May require up to 20% domestic and/or international travel to sites, logistics partners, and program locations.

Fluent English communication skills are required.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Cost Management, Demand Forecasting, Detail-Oriented, Distribution Management, Distribution Resource Planning (DRP), Efficiency Analysis, Expense Controls, Inventory Optimization, Order Management, Organizing, Problem Solving, Process Oriented, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Transportation Management, Warehouse Management

The anticipated pay range for this position, in the primary posting location, is:

€64.000,00 - €103.040,00

The anticipated pay ranges for additional locations are:

Ireland - The anticipated base pay range for this position is 63.300,00 - 101.315,00
Italy - The anticipated base pay range for this position is 48.600,00 - 77.395,00

Benefits:

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.