Transcend Deployment Analyst – Transportation Management

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 innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions to deliver breakthroughs that profoundly impact health for humanity.

About the role

The Transcend program is a global business transformation initiative modernizing foundational transactional processes into a single, standardized ERP platform. This role will focus on transportation operations within regulated pharmaceutical and life sciences environments, bridging business stakeholders, functional deployment teams, logistics operations, and technology teams to drive standardization, compliance, operational excellence, and transportation transparency across the global supply network.

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
• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• A minimum of 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 Qualifications

• 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 of Freight Audit Solutions, Transportation Visibility Platforms, Transportation Reporting and Analytics, and Transportation Performance Metrics.

Other

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time; domestic.

Pay

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $79,000.00 - $127,650.00.

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Time off benefits including:
  • Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year
  • Sick time – 40 hours per calendar year (48 hours for Colorado residents, 56 hours for Washington residents)
  • Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – 13 days per calendar year
  • Work, Personal and Family Time – up to 40 hours per calendar year
  • Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
  • Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member, 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
  • Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
  • 10 days Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
  • Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
• Eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.