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 **Job Function:** Supply Chain Deliver **Job Sub** **Function:** Transportation Services **Job Category:** Professional **All Job Posting Locations:** Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan **Job Description:** **Key Responsibilities** + Leader for door-door operational management for Johnson & Johnson inter-region transport lanes, ensuring consistent product availability and highest levels of customer experience. + Responsible for the management, driving improvements and reporting of reliability for inter-region transportation lanes. + Lead vendor management process (business reviews, reporting on operational vendor performance) and own the relationship with the vendors in partnership with Global Logistics Procurement. + Partner in inter-region sourcing initiatives providing robust requirements and ensuring timely and successful implementation of new awarded lanes. + Collaborate, lead and be a change agent to drive end to end process improvements to ensure efficient freight hand, seamless regulatory/customs approvals and optimal lead-times for all inter-region supply chain movements, working closely with internal and external supply chain and logistics partners. + Implement best in class process standards and KPI's for inter-region transport and ensure adherence by all inter-region logistics parties. + Lead issue management impacting transport, collaboration and communication of all major events impacting Johnson & Johnson's inter-region transport movements. Proactively surface and resolve key issues with a sense of urgency working in a global and matrix organization. + Partner with J&J Deliver Quality to ensure that transport operations is managed within the appropriate quality framework. + Drive upstream supply chain efficiencies to ensure optimal transportation lead-times by working closely with Plan, Make, Source and Deliver partners Additional responsibilities: + Freight auditing + Budgeting/Finance Support + Lead a global, virtual team of high-performing professionals ensuring a inclusive, collaborative environment with a focus on talent development. **Required Skills/Experiences:** • Minimum of a bachelor’s degree • Experience with Air and/or Sea Freight Importing • Business Level Japanese and English Ability (Speaking and Read/Writing) **Nice to Have Skills/Experiences:** • Experience working in a global organization preferred, but not required • Experience working in the Medical Device preferred, but not required ・If you are Japan employee, please read “Internal Application Guideline” in Ask GS. Especially if you are less than 18 months in your current role, you are required to obtain application approval from your current manager as well as your respective BUHR. If you are Japan’s employee, you are not able to apply for multiple positions at once. ・Once you move to 1st interview stage, please make sure to inform to your current manager. ・For Employee Referral Program (ERP), please read and understand the details of “Employee Referral Program” in Ask GS and make a compliant referral. ・応募の際はAskGS内の社内公募ガイドラインをご一読いただき、応募ください。１８か月未満の方は応募前に上長及び担当BUHRの許可を取ってから応募ください。複数同時応募不可になります。 ・在籍期間に関わらず、書類選考を通して１次面接に進んだ場合は、社内公募に応募し選考に進むことを上司に報告してください。 ・社内紹介を行う場合は、ASK GS上の”Employee Referral Program”の詳細を理解した上で、コンプライアンスを守って紹介したものとみなします。