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**Job Function: **
Supply Chain Planning
**Job Sub Function: **
Multi-Family Supply Chain Planning
Job Category:
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations:
Wokingham, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Job Description:
Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Global Separation PMO, Orthopaedics to be located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Tampa, FL; New Jersey; Zug, Switzerland; Wokingham, UK; Brussels, Belgium; Costa Rica; or Bogota, Colombia. This is a duration-based role expected to last through 2027.
This Leader will lead the planning, governance, and execution of the DePuy Synthes separation program across warehousing, transportation, distribution, customer service, and enabling functions for the US, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC markets. This role establishes a single, integrated global program plan, drives consistent delivery discipline across regions and workstreams, and ensures strong alignment between the separation roadmap and interdependent transformation initiatives for the standalone company. The Program Leader owns rigorous program and financial management and executive decision support, working closely with regional PMO offices, Finance, Supply Chain/Operations, IT, Quality/Regulatory, HR, Procurement, and external partners. Success is measured by on-time, on-scope execution of separation milestones while maintaining continuity of supply, compliance, and operational / network readiness. This is a full-time, project-based assignment aligned to separation milestones.
Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):
US - Requisition Number: R-071401
Zug, Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-072339
Wokingham, UK - Requisition Number: R-072347
Costa Rica & Bogota - Requisition Number: R-072351
Brussels, Belgium - Requisition Number: R-072342
Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.
On October 14, 2025, Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals.
_It is anticipated following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes, and your employment would be governed by Orthopaedics employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. Details of any planned changes would be provided to you by Orthopaedics at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes _
Key Responsibilities
Lead the global GDCL PMO for the separation program across the US, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC, ensuring consistent planning, governance, and execution cadence across regions and sites.
Build and maintain an integrated, end-to-end separation master plan (critical path, interdependencies, and decision gates), consolidating regional plans into a single source of truth.
Define network separation strategy as key a enabler to the separation roadmap, including scope, governance, analytical approach, and decision gates for end-to-end warehousing, transportation, and distribution network separation across regions.
Drive execution of network separation initiatives (footprint and flow changes, carrier and lane strategy, inventory positioning, service-level trade-offs), ensuring implementation plans, change impacts, and savings/benefits realization are tracked through to closure.
Establish and run global governance routines (steering committees, workstream reviews, stage gates), ensuring documentation accuracy, timely decisions, and disciplined follow-through.
Define, align, and drive implementation of the Target Operating Model for the stand-alone organization (processes, governance, service model, org design, RACI, controls, and performance management), ensuring regional adoption and readiness by key milestones.
Drive separation agreement development and execution (e.g., TSAs/MSAs/SLAs as applicable), coordinating scope, service levels, exit plans, and operational readiness across regions.
Ensure operating model readiness for TSA/service exits by coordinating cutover plans, stabilization criteria, training, and handover to run teams, with clear acceptance metrics and post-cutover follow-up.
Lead cross-functional and cross-regional review cycles for cost models, continuity-of-supply requirements, and separation assumptions; ensure alignment to the Target Operating Model and key milestones.
Oversee transition execution planning (supply changes, tech transfers where applicable, systems/data separation, and process readiness), ensuring clear ownership, resourcing, and deliverable quality.
Own global financial management for separation: baseline budgets, forecasts, actuals, accruals, and variance analysis; ensure timely reconciliation and audit-ready traceability.
Drive cost outcomes by identifying efficiencies, challenging assumptions, tracking savings/avoidance, and ensuring benefits realization is embedded in scope and execution decisions.
Prepare leadership-ready dashboards, executive readouts, and decision memos that clearly communicate progress, financial position, risks, and critical path impacts across regions.
Maintain and actively manage global risk, issue, decision, and dependency logs; drive mitigation plans, enforce action closure, and escalate proactively to protect scope, timeline, and cost.
Qualifications
Required
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Operations, or related discipline (Master’s/MBA a plus).
10+ years of experience leading complex, cross-functional programs (PMO, transformation, separation/carve-out, integration, or large-scale operations initiatives).
Demonstrated success driving multi-region execution across time zones, with senior stakeholder management and strong governance discipline.
Strong planning, organizational, and analytical skills, including critical path management and integrated dependency planning.
Proven ability to translate complex program data into clear executive communication and decision support.
Strong collaboration and influencing skills across functions, regions, cultures, and external counterpart organizations.
Preferred
Experience leading separation/carve-out programs, including TSA/MSA/SLA development, service exit planning, and operational readiness.
Experience driving cost outcomes
and benefits realization (savings tracking, cost-to-serve, working capital, or footprint optimization).
Knowledge of regulated manufacturing environments (medical device, pharmaceutical, or other regulated industries) and implications for continuity, validation, and compliance during transitions.
Program/Project management certification (PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, Agile, SAFe, or equivalent).
Competencies
Global Program & Portfolio Management
Cross-Functional & Cross-Regional Leadership
Financial Acumen, Cost Optimization & Benefits Realization
Executive Communication & Decision Support
Stakeholder Influence & Negotiation (Internal/External)
Risk, Issue, Dependency & Change Management
Strategic Thinking & Operating Model Design
Execution Rigor, Accountability & Continuous Improvement
Location & Assignment Duration
This role is based in the United States with global scope and regular engagement across EMEA, LATAM, and APAC time zones. Travel may be required based on program phase and site needs. Assignment duration aligns to separation milestones (currently expected through 2027).
Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
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**Required Skills: **
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