Sr Anlst Transcend OTC

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; Beerse; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Senior Analyst in Supply Chain Planning to lead global PLAN process validation and release adoption across Transcend EMEA-OTC releases. You will collaborate with Transcend project teams and local business partners to ensure successful release cut-over while aligning with the SAP S/4HANA transition.

The role focuses on operational ownership of release lifecycle, process standardization across Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, and Data, and serving as the business process

Qualifications

• Experience in supply chain planning and testing processes.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional partners across regions.

Responsibilities

• Drive PLAN process scoping and testing strategy for EMEA OTC processes through Transcend Rel 4.
• Support solution exploration/design workshops with stakeholders.
• Guide quality decision-making by evaluating gaps and trade-offs in processes.
• Ensure readiness and compliance via governance and SOP oversight.
• Coordinate testing strategies and cycles (BST, UAT, regression) and verify acceptance criteria.
• Organize testing resources including Key Users and ERP test coverage.
• Review defects and country-specific exceptions and coordinate resolutions.
• Support hyper-care, post-go-live adoption, stabilization and value realization.
• Monitor adoption performance and address major issues and risks.

Skills

Administrative Support

Analytical Reasoning

Communication

Cost Management

Data Reporting

Demand Planning

Logistics Optimization

Manufacturing Flow Management

Negotiation

Organizing

Problem Solving

Quality Assurance (QA)

SOP

Strategic Sourcing

Supply Chain Resilience

Supply Planning

Sustainable Procurement

Job description

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions 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.

Job Function:

Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function:

Supply Network Planning

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, Madrid, Spain, Paris, Île-de-France, France, Zug, Switzerland

Job Description:

Job Description:

Position Summary

Senior Analyst, accountable for the global PLAN business process validation and release adoption activities across the Transcend EMEA-OTC releases. Collaborates with both Transcend project team and local business partners to ensure successful release cut-over. Combines design input and process delivery with operational ownership through release lifecycle and serves as the business process single point of contact for PLAN stakeholders..

IM Transcend is a multi-year global business transformation initiative that will modernize our end-to-end Supply Chain digital capabilities by harmonizing our disparate ecosystem of 7+ major global PHARM ERP systems, standardizing our core business processes and products [across Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Quality, and Data], and enabling our integrated data strategy through a single SAP S/4 HANA instance.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

• Drive PLAN process scoping and testing strategy, in particular for EMEA OTC processes through Transcend Rel 4.
• Support solution exploration/design workshops - aligning peers and stakeholders and ensuring business engagement and support.
• Drive quality decision-making by reviewing process gaps, design trade-offs, and escalating cross-functional risks and dependencies
• Ensure operational readiness and compliance through status governance, user access management coordination, and oversight of SOPs and work instructions
• Support testing strategy and quality assurance with hands-on coordination and execution of various test cycles (BST, UAT, regression), confirming outcomes meet business acceptance criteria, and escape critical issue resolution
• Orchestrate testing resource strategy by ensuring identification, onboarding, and deployment of required support—including Key Users, surge capacity, and ecosystem/ERP test coverage
• Review major defects, process gaps, and country-specific exceptions, and facilitate tactical resolution or elevate leadership decision on fundamental design principles
• Support hyper-care, post-go-live adoption, stabilization and sustained value realization
• Monitor adoption performance and address major issues, mitigate risks, and prioritize continuous process improvements

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Administrative Support, Analytical Reasoning, Communication, Compliant Spend, Cost Management, Data Reporting, Demand Planning, Logistics Optimization, Manufacturing Flow Management, Negotiation, Organizing, Problem Solving, Quality Assurance (QA), Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Resilience, Supply Planning, Sustainable Procurement