Johnson & Johnson is a global healthcare company working across pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer health. Its research and product development activities include medicines and therapies for oncology, immunology, neuroscience, and cardiopulmonary conditions, alongside MedTech solutions for cardiovascular care, orthopaedics, surgery, and vision. The company’s wider work also includes health and wellness education, large-scale manufacturing, investor activities, and global social-impact initiatives, creating opportunities across scientific, clinical, engineering, manufacturing, commercial, and corporate functions.
Technology Director, ERP Supply Chain and Plan-to-Manufacture
Lead global SAP S/4HANA Plan-to-Manufacture capabilities for DePuy Synthes, guiding ERP modernization across regulated medical device manufacturing. Own the manufacturing technology template and partner across business and technology teams to improve operations.
United States
Florida
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pennsylvania$102,000 – $204,000 / year
RemoteFull-timeLeadEnglish RequiredSupply ChainDescription
- Set the strategy, design, and implementation approach for global ERP applications supporting Plan-to-Manufacture.
- Own the global SAP S/4HANA manufacturing template as its technology product lead.
- Direct ERP consolidation into the global SAP S/4 Plan-to-Manufacture template across manufacturing, quality, warehousing, planning, product lifecycle, and data platforms.
- Ensure solutions enable production scheduling, materials availability, manufacturing execution, inventory accuracy, product costing, traceability, and operational reporting.
- Work with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, and Technology stakeholders to turn requirements into roadmaps and solution designs.
- Connect processes and maintain consistent data across planning, procurement, manufacturing, quality, warehousing, order fulfillment, and finance.
- Resolve complex cross-functional design choices, process gaps, integration challenges, and competing business needs.
- Lead, mentor, and develop technology teams and system integration partners.
- Advance continuous improvement through standardization, automation, data insights, and responsible AI-enabled capabilities.
- Track SAP and manufacturing technology developments and assess opportunities to improve scalability, resilience, compliance, user experience, and business results.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related discipline.
- At least 10 years of experience planning, architecting, estimating, and implementing global SAP S/4 planning and manufacturing solutions.
- Background leading SAP S/4HANA solution design and delivery for Plan-to-Manufacture or related manufacturing processes.
- In-depth SAP S/4HANA Production Planning knowledge and working familiarity with Materials Management, Quality Management, Extended Warehouse Management, and Controlling.
- Experience integrating SAP with manufacturing execution systems, advanced planning platforms, product lifecycle management solutions, laboratory or quality systems, and warehouse technologies.
- Strong grasp of production planning, manufacturing orders, materials requirements planning, materials management, inventory movements, and manufacturing master data.
- Experience designing and delivering ERP integrations with manufacturing, quality, warehouse, planning, product lifecycle, data, or finance platforms.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end manufacturing and supply chain operations.
- Experience managing global template adoption, site deployments, localization needs, data migration, and organizational change.
- Experience supporting discrete manufacturing, configure-to-order, engineer-to-order, make-to-stock, or make-to-order models.
- Experience leading large cross-functional initiatives with business and technology teams, system integrators, and software vendors.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders, resolve complex design choices, and explain technical topics in clear business language.
- Experience in regulated operations requiring controls, traceability, data integrity, validation, and audit readiness.
- Capabilities in people leadership, team development, vendor management, and financial management.
- English proficiency.
- Willingness to travel domestically 10–20% and occasionally internationally.
- A master’s degree, MBA, or other advanced degree is preferred.
- Experience in medical devices, life sciences, or another highly regulated manufacturing sector is preferred.
- Experience planning and executing divestitures and separations is preferred.
- Experience with manufacturing analytics, operational reporting, automation, and AI-enabled solutions is preferred.
- SAP or relevant manufacturing, supply chain, product management, or program management certifications are preferred.
Benefits
- Retirement pension plan
- 401(k) savings plan
- 120 hours of vacation per calendar year
- 40 hours of sick time per calendar year; 48 hours for Colorado residents and 56 hours for Washington residents
- 13 days of holiday pay, including floating holidays, per calendar year
- Up to 40 hours of work, personal, and family time per calendar year
- 480 hours of parental leave within one year of a child’s birth, adoption, or foster care placement
- Bereavement leave per calendar year: 240 hours for an immediate family member or 40 hours for an extended family member
- 80 hours of caregiver leave in a rolling 52-week period
- 32 hours of volunteer leave per calendar year
- 80 hours of military spouse time off per calendar year
- Inclusive interviews and disability accommodations