Supply Chain Collaboration (SCC) Manager, Solutions Enablement

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine•Santa Clara, CA

1d•$105,000 - $209,300

About The Position

Ethicon, part of Johnson & Johnson, is hiring a Manager, Supply Chain Collaboration (SCC) Solutions Enablement for the Transcend Business Transformation & Supply Chain Solutions organization’s Forecast-to-Stock Solutions Enablement Team. The role owns the global template for the Supply Chain Collaboration capability and drives supplier enablement and onboarding for deployments on the roadmap. It partners with business process owners, buyers and planners, Supplier Relationship Managers, deployment leads, product owners, architects, and supplier enablement teams to identify suppliers, map global-template capabilities to their needs, surface global and local requirements, and deploy solutions. The position also leads resources through deployment and sustainment activities. The manager develops the capability in response to industry trends and the SAP roadmap, including enabling AI capabilities to digitize and automate collaboration transactions and improve decision-making. The intended outcomes include greater efficiency, optimized inventory, fewer or eliminated back orders, improved visibility, reduced variability, and increased velocity. The role presents capability overviews to business-unit leadership, educates buyers, planners, and supplier users, and supports end users as part of ongoing base business operations. Remote work may be considered case by case and requires company approval for US-based candidates. The position may require up to 25% domestic and/or international travel.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent university degree.
At least six years of relevant professional work experience.
Supply Chain business experience or exposure to large transformation programs.
Project management or coordination experience.
Strong focus on internal and external customers, including developing and managing business partners.
Familiarity with GxP and SOX requirements and regulations.
Innovative skills, especially applying AI capabilities to challenges in a fast-paced, changing global environment.
Ability to build consensus and consider organizational trade-off decisions.
Experience delivering to project timelines and results in complex business environments.
Strong communication and organizational change skills.
Strong relationship development, conflict resolution, and team-building instincts, with the ability to build partnerships and collaborate internally and externally.
Experience working in a complex, global environment.

Nice To Haves

A focused degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field.
Master’s degree.
Experience deploying supplier collaboration platforms such as SAP Business Network SCC, E2Open, or One Network.
Strong business and digital savvy, including Supply Chain or ERP expertise with S/4HANA or BTP.
Certification in an area of expertise, such as APICS/ASCM, PMI, Lean/Six Sigma, or Process Excellence.

Responsibilities

Own and lead Supply Chain Collaboration deployments, including discrete purchase order collaboration, Vendor Managed Inventory, consignment, subcontracting, multi-tier collaboration, AI capabilities, and business-to-business integration for large strategic suppliers.
Integrate Supply Chain Collaboration with S/4HANA and expand capabilities on the next-generation BTP-based platform, including AI-driven use cases.
Lead solution confirmation workshops and processes; translate business requirements and assess fit and gaps against the global template.
Identify gaps and local requirements and work with Solution Architecture to address needed solutions and capabilities.
Partner with solution architects, JJT TTDLs, consulting and integration architects, deployment workstream leads, and subject-matter experts during solution confirmation.
Evaluate requests using standard-versus-customization principles and ensure requirements and KDDs/RICEFs follow program methodology and are approved through governance, compliance, and audit forums.
Plan and execute supplier enablement and onboarding during deployments and post-deployment base business, including identifying suppliers, scoping, setting onboarding timelines and waves, and defining collaboration, integration, and rollout plans.
Conduct supplier kickoffs, process and system walkthroughs, process mapping, and change-impact identification; coordinate enablement activities with the SAP SCC supplier enablement team.
Coordinate testing with J&J and supplier users as required and ensure supplier-user access is provisioned.
Lead process and system training for J&J buyer/planner users and supplier users on the SAP Ariba SCC platform; provide ongoing knowledge transfer and support.
Coordinate cutover activities to begin supplier collaboration on established launch dates.
Provide business ramp-up and hypercare support, including monitoring batch jobs, resolving exceptions, conducting lessons learned, and optimizing supplier collaboration processes and relationships.
Present capability overviews to business-unit leadership and educate and support end users, buyers, planners, and supplier users.
Coordinate with Procure to Pay, Source Manager, business-unit buyers/planners, Supplier Relationship Managers, deployment project teams, and the SAP Ariba Supplier Enablement Lead.
Use established supplier enablement methodology, templates, tools, approaches, controls, and cadence for deployment-based and ongoing enablement.
Leverage AI tools to automate and deliver work efficiently; use data and business value to guide decisions and seek opportunities to scale solutions globally.

Benefits

Company consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)), subject to plan terms.
Eligibility to participate in the long-term incentive program.
Vacation: 120 hours per calendar year, subject to policy and date of hire.
Sick time: 40 hours per calendar year, with different amounts for eligible residents of Colorado and Washington.
Holiday pay, including floating holidays: 13 days per calendar year.
Work, Personal and Family Time: up to 40 hours per calendar year.
Parental leave: 480 hours within one year of the birth, adoption, or foster care of a child.
Bereavement leave: up to 240 hours for an immediate family member and 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year.
Caregiver leave: 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period.
Volunteer leave: 32 hours per calendar year.
Military spouse time-off: 80 hours per calendar year.
Long-term incentive program.