Sr Manager Warehouse and Logistics

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 Manufacturing

Job Sub Function:

Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Process Operations

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Wilson, North Carolina, 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.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Learn more and apply to this exciting new role!

As part of a newly established team, this role offers an outstanding opportunity to help build a greenfield Drug Product facility from the ground up. You will work in close partnership with parenteral DP sites across the J&J network, providing leadership in crafting the organization, culture, and capabilities while driving the recruitment ramp‑up to support project timelines and budget. This role will transition from a single contributor role into a Senior Manager role with responsibility for the warehouse and logistics team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the warehouse and logistics Subject Matter Authority for the design, start‑up, commissioning, qualification, and routine operation of an aseptic Drug Product manufacturing facility

• Provide technical and operational leadership to ensure warehouse and logistics processes, equipment, and systems follow cGMP and global regulatory expectations.

• Author, review, and approve User Requirement Specifications (URS) and ensure alignment with logistics and warehouse strategy

• Review and approve engineering results across project phases, including but not limited to Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), P&IDs, functional design specifications, equipment specifications, automation strategies, and process descriptions

• Provide critical input to warehouse design, including material and personnel flows, environmental controls, segregation, cold chain storage and shipment strategies, and contamination prevention measures related to warehousing

• Collaborate closely with other JNJ sites, engineering partners, other site functions, and global cold chain operations to ensure harmonization, best‑practice adoption, and successful project delivery

• Hire and develop the warehouse staff

• Develop and implement operator training strategies, including qualification plans, technical training, and knowledge transfer.

• Writing and/or review of Process Support Operational documentation (SOP’s, WI’s)

• Ensure timely and accurate responses to information requests, regulatory questions, and audit inquiries.

• Complete all responsibilities within approved project timelines and budgets, proactively identifying risks and mitigation strategies to support timely facility start‑up and commercialization readiness.

Qualifications

Education:

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Logistics, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or Engineering is required; a Master's degree is preferred.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• A minimum 8 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with proven people leadership in warehousing and logistics

• A minimum 3 years of hands-on experience serving as a subject matter authority in warehousing and logistics

• Strong expertise in automated warehouses (ASRS - Automated Storage and Retrieval System) and cold chain handling / shipment

• Experience applying and maintaining cGMP compliance, including participation in regulatory inspections and audit readiness activities

• Proficiency with automated, digital, and robotic logistics systems (AGVs and AMRs).

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a track record of identifying and implementing practical solutions in sophisticated manufacturing environments

• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence partners such as operations, engineering, quality, automation, MSAT, and supply chain organization

Preferred:

• Lean/Six Sigma certifications

Other:

• This position will be located in Wilson, North Carolina, and will require full time on-site support. However, the design of the facility will occur at an Engineering firm with frequent travel (> 75%) required until the project shifts to the plant site of Wilson, NC.

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Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Agile Manufacturing, Business Intelligence (BI), Change Management, Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Control (CMC), Competitive Landscape Analysis, Consulting, Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), Developing Others, Gap Analysis, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Industry Analysis, Manufacturing Standards, Operational Excellence, Organizational Knowledge, Organizing, Plant Operations, Process Optimization, Program Management, Technical Credibility