Director Supply Chain Services (Transportation & CCFS)

Johnson & Johnson; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global healthcare company is seeking a Supply Chain Services Leader to shape and execute procurement strategies in the APAC region. This role will focus on supplier management, relationship building, and ensuring measurable value in supply chain services. Candidates should possess strong procurement expertise and be able to lead a high-performing team, supporting key business priorities and operational goals.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated global expertise in Procurement and/or Transportation Operations.
• Strong business acumen, able to understand challenges from business leaders' perspective.
• Influencing skills to change behavior for a common goal.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute global sourcing and supplier management strategies.
• Develop and implement regional procurement strategies.
• Build strong relationships with APAC business partners.

Skills

Global expertise in Procurement

Strong business acumen

Influencing skills

Leadership and collaboration skills

Strong verbal and written communication

Understanding of procurement areas

Project and change management

Learning agility

Education

Bachelor's Degree

MBA or further advanced degree

Job description

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

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations

Singapore, Singapore

Job Description

The Supply Chain Services Leader for APAC will be responsible for shaping and executing global sourcing and supplier management strategies across the Transportation and Capital Construction Facilities Services (CCFS) Procurement categories. This role partners closely with regional business teams—including Deliver and GTTO—to ensure effective supplier selection, contract management, and alignment with go-to-market initiatives.

Additionally, this leader will champion working capital improvement initiatives and drive category and spend performance strategies by leveraging tools and capabilities such as category strategy, market intelligence, and advanced sourcing.

A key focus of the role is to build strong relationships with APAC business partners, deeply understand their needs, and ensure supply chain services deliver measurable value. The leader will also provide direct oversight and support to local CCFS team members, fostering a high-performing regional Supply Chain Services team.

Key Responsibilities

• Shape and execute global sourcing and supplier management strategies across Transportation and CCFS Procurement categories in APAC.

• Partner closely with regional business teams—including Deliver and GTTO—to ensure effective supplier selection, contract management, and alignment with go-to-market initiatives.

• Build strong relationships with APAC business partners, understand their needs, and ensure supply chain services deliver measurable value.

• Provide direct leadership and support to local CCFS team members, fostering a high-performing regional Supply Chain Services team.

• Develop and implement regional procurement strategies aligned with business priorities across Transportation and CCFS categories.

• Monitor industry trends and integrate insights into category strategies to support workforce and operational goals.

• Lead a global category team in strategy development, execution, and supplier relationship management.

• Collaborate with Deliver Operations and GTTO to support go-to-market events, including supplier identification and contracting.

• Champion working capital improvements and optimize spend performance using advanced sourcing tools and analytics.

• Utilize market intelligence, category excellence, and strategic sourcing to enhance supplier performance and value delivery.

• Provide procurement leadership for capital, growth, and asset-related initiatives across the region.

• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to ensure sourcing strategies deliver speed, reliability, and cost efficiency.

• Lead cost improvement and avoidance initiatives through strategic sourcing, SRM, and innovation.

• Support sustainability and emissions reduction goals through procurement practices.

• Oversee transportation procurement operations, including policy development, process optimization, and technology enablement.

• Negotiate service agreements with transportation providers, ensuring quality, transit time, and cost targets are met.

• Resolve complex supplier issues and drive continuous improvement in procurement processes.

• Strategize, select, manage, align, and implement global sourcing and supplier management strategies for Transportation Procurement categories in the APAC region.

• Co‑lead and provide procurement subject‑matter expertise to Deliver Operations and GTTO for go‑to‑market events, focusing on identifying and contracting partners.

• Drive working capital improvement initiatives and provide teams with insights and access to centralized analytics capabilities to achieve tangible improvement.

• Develop and shape category and spend performance strategies, utilizing available capabilities and tools like category excellence, advanced sourcing, and market intelligence.

• Provide procurement leadership and support stakeholders and business partners in progressing and delivering key capital, growth, and asset‑related projects.

• Collaborate with project teams and external partners to design and execute sourcing, supplier selection, and supplier relationships, ensuring speed, reliability, and cost efficiency.

• Create and implement cost improvement and avoidance initiatives through category strategies, sourcing, supplier relationship management (SRM), and innovation.

• Contribute to sustainability and emissions reduction efforts aligned with organizational goals.

• Oversee transportation procurement services operations, develop policies, standards, guidelines, technology, and procedures in the assigned area.

• Negotiate service agreements and contracts with transportation companies, ensuring supplier quality, transit time, and cost performance goals are met.

• Drive the resolution of complex supplier quality problems, improve business processes, and facilitate effective remediation techniques.

Required Minimum Education

Bachelor s Degree , MBA or further advanced degree is desirable

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated global expertise in Procurement and/ or Transportation Operations

• Strong business acumen – the ability to understand challenges through the eyes of the business leaders

• Influencing skills – the ability to persuade others to change behavior in pursuit of a common goal

• Strong leadership and collaboration skills at the senior executive level, as well as with peers

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to confidently present complex information to senior executives

• Broad-based understanding of core procurement areas of focus (spend management, category management and supplier management)

• Strong project and change management capabilities

• Demonstrated learning agility, and the ability to improve both yourself and the people around you

Required Skills

Distribution Management, Import Export Compliance, Import Export Management, Operational Excellence, Strategic Supply Chain Management

Preferred Skills

Business Alignment, Developing Others, Distribution Management, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Operational Excellence, Order Management, Performance Measurement, Resource Management, Safety‑Oriented, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Succession Planning, Tactical Planning, Technologically Savvy, Trade Import, Transportation Management, Transportation Management Systems (TMS), Transport Management Trends, Transport Networks