Senior Manager Distribution Engineering & Technology

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:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Automation Engineering

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Ethicon Inc, a member of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies is currently recruiting for a Senior Manager, Distribution Engineering.

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 https://www.jnj.com/

About MedTech

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we are developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Your work will help patients on their journey to wellness.

Position Purpose

The Senior Manager, Distribution Engineering & Technology – Americas Deliver Excellence provides strategic leadership, governance, and technical oversight for the end-to-end distribution engineering and technology ecosystem across an integrated network of third-party logistics (3PL) and J&J-operated distribution sites in North America and Latin America. The scope includes distribution process engineering; Warehouse Management Systems (WMS/EWM); Warehouse Control and Execution Systems (WCS/WES); operational technology (OT), controls and interfaces; material handling equipment (MHE); automation; and supporting distribution technologies.

The role serves as the regional engineering authority within an asset-light operating model. It establishes standards, advises and challenges providers, and assures that facilities, critical infrastructure, technology, equipment, and provider-designed, provider-owned, or provider-operated solutions meet J&J requirements for safety, quality, validation, reliability, cybersecurity, scalability, capacity, service, cost, resilience, and business continuity. The position influences solution architecture, technology selection, process design, investment decisions, implementation, qualification, lifecycle performance, continuous improvement, and remediation across the network.

The leader will also supervise, coach, and develop a team of two regional Engineering Managers.

Core Responsibilities & Duties

• Regional Distribution Engineering & Technology Strategy and Governance

• Define and govern the Americas distribution engineering and technology strategy across an integrated 3PL and J&J-operated network, aligning priorities with service, capacity, cost, resilience, growth, and digital strategy objectives.
• Act as the senior regional engineering authority and primary escalation point for distribution processes, facilities, infrastructure, WMS/WCS/WES, OT and controls, MHE, automation, and related technologies.
• Establish governance, decision rights, technical review cadences, performance expectations, and escalation pathways across J&J, 3PLs, landlords, OEMs, integrators, and other engineering partners.
• Advise business and site leaders on process and technology choices, the appropriate operating and ownership model, investment sequencing, and mitigation of technical and operational risks.
• Develop and maintain a regional roadmap and prioritized portfolio of engineering, technology, infrastructure, and continuous improvement initiatives.

2. End-to-End Solution Architecture, Design and Technical Assurance

• Lead technical due diligence and challenge 3PL and partner concepts, proposals, business cases, layouts, process designs, controls architecture, systems integration, and lifecycle support models before J&J endorsement or investment.

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