Transcend Deployment Analyst – Transportation Management

Job description

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 As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. Job Function: Supply Chain Planning Job Sub Function: Supply Network Planning Job Category: Professional All Job Posting Locations: Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, 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 https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine Learn more and apply to this exciting new role! 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. The program will simplify the Pharmaceutical ERP landscape from seven systems to one, standardizing processes to create a cost-effective, fit-for-purpose digital backbone that enables agility and scalability across the business. Additionally, Transcend will remediate end-of-life system exposure expected toward the end of this decade, reducing risk while enabling long-term sustainability. This position will possess knowledge of transportation operations within regulated pharmaceutical and life sciences environments, with expertise spanning global transportation management, cold-chain logistics, carrier management, transportation master data governance, freight auditing, settlement processes, and transportation analytics. The role serves as a critical bridge between business stakeholders, functional deployment teams, logistics operations, and technology teams to drive standardization, compliance, operational excellence, and transportation transparency across the global supply network. Key Responsibilities: Support the deployment of SAP Transportation Management (TM) capabilities within the Transcend program, ensuring alignment with global transportation process standards and design decisions. Lead and support the harmonization of transportation processes across multiple business units, regions, and SAP landscapes through standardized SAP TM-enabled transportation capabilities. Provide subject matter expertise in transportation master data governance. Support the adoption of SAP Transportation Management as the strategic future-state platform for global transportation execution and planning. Assist with carrier onboarding and new carrier enablement activities, including carrier setup, connectivity validation, and transportation master data readiness. Support freight audit and settlement processes through carrier connectivity, freight rate validation, RateCube integration, AuditCube integration, issue resolution workflows, invoice validation, and cost allocation processes. Participate in solution confirmation workshops by documenting business requirements, reviewing solution designs, supporting Fit-to-Template assessments, and validating adherence to SAP best practices and Clean Core principles. Support SAP TM integration activities across: SAP S/4HANA SAP EWM XPS Transportation Platform 4PL/Gateway Solutions External Carriers Freight Audit Platforms CDL and Reporting Solutions Testing, Deployment & Hypercare Support Prepare and implement Functional Testing, Business Simulation Testing (BST), Integration Testing, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities. Develop and maintain transportation test scripts, test scenarios, and business process validation documentation. Support defect triage, root cause analysis, resolution validation, and retesting activities. Implement deployment readiness activities, including transportation master data validation and cutover support. Provide functional support during deployment and hypercare periods to ensure successful business adoption and operational continuity. Collaborate with Deployment Leads, Product Owners, Solution Architects, Business SMEs, and Logistics Operations teams to resolve transportation process issues and drive continuous improvement. Qualifications Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related discipline. Experience and Skills: Required: A minimum 4 years of related experience in Transportation Management processes within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, advanced therapy, or regulated life sciences environments. Hands-on experience working within GxP-regulated environments and understanding of GDP-compliant transportation and distribution requirements. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder leadership skills. Experience in the Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences industry. Functional knowledge of: SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) SAP / SAP S/4HANA Logistics Transportation Planning and Execution Freight Settlement Carrier Management Transportation Master Data Governance. XPS / 4PL/Gateway Integration Preferred: Experience supporting SAP TM implementations or global SAP S/4HANA transformation programs. Experience leading transportation processes within pharmaceutical, cell & gene therapy, biologics, or cold-chain supply chain environments. Familiarity with transportation cost allocation, freight accruals, carrier performance management and transportation visibility, Experience supporting global transformation, deployment, or ERP implementation programs. Knowledge in Freight Audit Solutions / Transportation Visibility Platforms / Transportation Reporting and Analytics / Transportation Performance Metrics. Other: Ability to travel up to 10% of the time; domestic For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com.] If you are under 18 years of age, you (the candidate) may need to obtain the necessary working papers or other documentation required by state law to start the assignment, as well as get a parent’s consent for the background check. 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 https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers, internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource. Required Skills: Preferred Skills: Administrative Support, Analytical Reasoning, Business Behavior, Commu