Senior Manager, Global Customer Solutions South

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson · Pharma · Pomezia, Roma, Italy +2

This role is for a Senior Manager, Global Customer Solutions South at Johnson & Johnson MedTech. The primary focus is on leading end-to-end customer service operations, driving operational excellence, and managing a multi-tiered team to deliver high-quality customer experiences. The role involves managing order management, returns, critical issues, and SLA performance, building relationships with commercial partners, and sponsoring transformation initiatives including AI solutions. While AI solutions are mentioned as an area to sponsor, the core of the role is customer service operations management, not AI/ML development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead end-to-end customer service operations across Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece, leading all aspects of order management, returns, critical issues, and SLA performance; serve as the senior escalation point for the South region.
  2. Build and sustain strong relationships with key commercial partners and strategic customer accounts; represent Customer Solutions in commercial and supply chain engagements and support high priority customer critical issues.
  3. Drive operational excellence by standardizing processes, reducing manual touchpoints, and improving interaction and transaction efficiency to elevate the customer experience.
  4. Ensure consistent application of policies, controls and regulatory requirements (including SOX where relevant); own functional governance, risk controls, and operational continuity planning.
  5. Lead people management for the Customer Solutions team: recruit, coach, and develop front line leaders; run performance conversations, career development planning, retention initiatives, and succession readiness.

Skills

Required

  • Minimum 8–10 years of relevant professional experience
  • Minimum 2 years of people management experience
  • Strong operational leadership with a track record of meeting service, quality and cost targets in complex contact centers or customer operations.
  • Demonstrated experience in continuous improvement/Lean methodologies and driving process improvements.
  • Experienced in identifying digital solutions and implementing AI into the world of Customer Service
  • Excellent communication and partner leadership skills; comfortable interacting with commercial leaders and cross‑functional partners.
  • Solid analytical skills and comfort with metrics, reporting and basic data analysis tools (MS Excel, PowerPoint).

Nice to have

  • experience managing distributed or remote teams preferred.
  • Experience in customer service operations or supply chain in a multi-country environment, familiarity with contact center platforms, CRM systems and EDI/API customer channels.
  • Direct experience working in relevant EMEA markets with knowledge of local and regional regulatory and commercial environments
  • Background in MedTech, healthcare, or life sciences
  • Prior experience leading site-level transformations and multi-site collaboration.
  • Local language knowledge added value

What the JD emphasized

  • AI solutions