Senior Manager, Plan Value Stream Lead

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine•Raritan, NJ

1d•Remote

About The Position

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. Ethicon, a member of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies is currently hiring a Senior Manager, Plan Value Stream Lead to join its dynamic team. Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company for US based candidates. 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/. 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. This program will simplify the Med Tech ERP landscape, standardizing processes to have a cost-effective, fit-for-purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the MedTech business with agility. We are seeking a Senior Manager, Plan Value Stream Lead to play a critical role in ensuring the pre-defined global Transcend Order‑to‑Cash (OTC) template effectively supports the North America Plan business processes. This role partners with functional and cross‑functional teams to represent Plan requirements, validate template build decisions, and ensure solutions are practical, scalable, and adoption‑ready for end users. The role champions the Transcend solution within Plan, guiding process alignment, testing, and change enablement to ensure readiness, consistency, and successful deployment The position will directly lead a team comprise of process leads and Plan SMES representing the various business units in scope for North America.

Requirements

A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent University degree is required; An advanced degree, Master’s is preferred.
Minimum eight (8) years of relevant professional experience.
Experience in Supply Chain or Order to Cash Processes
Subject‑matter expertise in Plan and Order‑to‑Cash capabilities within an SAP environment
Ability to drive timely decision‑making and execution against defined plans while managing risk and dependencies
Strong self‑leadership, with the ability to operate effectively in ambiguity, manage competing demands, and demonstrate resilience during transformation
Ability to balance and align diverse stakeholder priorities to enable consistent process adoption and business readiness
Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills to assess current‑state processes, identify gaps and inefficiencies, and drive continuous improvement
Familiarity with CSV, SDLC, GXP.
Proficiency with SAP including modules relevant to the Value Stream, (i.e. Sales and Distribution, Inventory Management), Fiori, or Solution Manager.
Ability to travel up to 50% of the time both domestically and internationally.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the MedTech industry.

Responsibilities

Lead Plan participation in solution confirmation workshops, ensuring alignment to order management and customer service requirements
Serve as a senior Plan business representative, providing guidance on global, local, and specialized process requirements and resolving functional questions
Drive Plan change impact assessment and readiness planning across the O2C deployment
Represent Plan in system demos and design reviews, providing structured, strategic feedback
Oversee Plan data readiness, including data cleansing, validation, and deployment preparedness
Define and govern Plan test scenarios to support end‑to‑end O2C validation
Lead validation activities for the Plan workstream through coordinated testing and business simulations
Assess and communicate solution impacts to Plan KPIs, service levels, and customer experience
Ensure Plan SOPs are updated, completed, and approved prior to deployment
Provide leadership support for cutover planning, training execution, post‑go‑live deployment, and early‑life stabilization activities

Benefits

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.
Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
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 period10 days
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits