Associate Director, Transcend R&D BPO Logistics and Global Trade

• Job title Associate Director, Transcend R&D BPO Logistics and Global Trade
• Function R&D Operations
• Sub function Clinical Supply Operations
• Category Senior Manager, Clinical Supply Operations (P8)
• Location Beerse / Belgium
• Date posted Aug 25 2026
• Requisition number R-093831
• Work pattern Hybrid Work

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.

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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

We are searching for the best talent for an Associate Director, Transcend R&D BPO Logistics and Global Trade based in Beerse, Belgium.

Please note that this role is also 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):

Malvern, PA, Horsham, PA, or Titusville, NJ - Requisition Number: R-095593

Beerse, Belgium - Requisition Number: R-093831

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

Purpose:
The R&D Transcend Business Process Owner Logistics & Global Trade is accountable for defining, evolving, and governing the future-state, value-driven end-to-end processes within R&D in scope of Transcend. This role operates at associate director level, partnering with R&D leadership, key stakeholders, and cross-functional partners to identify business value, to shape capability roadmaps, and influence prioritization decisions. The BPO Logistics and Global Trade anticipates business change, ensures alignment to the global template, and regulatory expectations, and elevates the stakeholder experience by providing strategic decision support, and measurable value realization.

You will be responsible to:

• Translate R&D business strategies (scope inbound & outbound, warehouse management, transportation management, global trade) into an enterprise capability roadmap aligned with the Transcend template, design authority decisions, and long-term value outcomes.
• Articulate business value, and guide prioritization decisions through a senior stakeholder lens.
• Drive cross-functional convergence across Innovation Medicine Supply Chain, R&D, and other partner functions, aligning teams on what the future process must become, why it creates value, and how value will be realized (scope logistics and global trade).
• Partner with R&D logistic functions and sites to shape strategy, accelerate standardization, manage readiness, and resolve escalations at the appropriate leadership level.
• Drive continuous improvement post go-live, using performance insights, stakeholder feedback, and value metrics to enhance process adoption and business outcomes.
• Approximate Percentage of Time & Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities:
  • 40% Global process ownership and governance
  • 30% Strategy, value alignment, and readiness
  • 20% Continuous improvement
  • 10% Compliance and audits

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Education:

• Minimum of a Master’s degree is required

Required:

• Minimum of 8 of relevant experience in logistic or global trade function within a complex global environment.
• Proven global / regional business process ownership, or transformation leadership experience with responsibility for capability roadmaps, governance, and process re-engineering.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, facilitate executive-level decisions, and align cross-functional teams around enterprise priorities.
• Experience in value realization, benefit tracking, and performance measurement, with the ability to connect process decisions to measurable business impact.
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to translate business strategy into practical capability roadmaps based on current and future template capabilities.
• Excellent communication, storytelling, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and create clarity for diverse audiences.
• International travel up to 15%, defined by business needs.

Preferred:

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA transformation programs (scope: deliver, logistics, warehouse or transportation management, Global Trade Systems), global template deployment, or large-scale ERP-enabled supply chain business transformation.
• Experience operating in a global template model, including design governance, process standardization, change impact management, and adoption enablement.
• Good understanding of regulated environments, compliance expectations, and quality-by-design ways of working.

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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.