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LATAM Transportation Manager
Johnson & Johnson. Lead, develop, and engage direct and matrixed teams; set priorities, assess performance, and build succession and capability plans .
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in outbound transportation execution, supplier management, and performance optimization within the MedTech sector. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage budgets, and ensure compliance with transportation regulations and quality standards.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Outbound Transportation LeadershipSupplier Performance ManagementBudget Planning and ForecastingTransportation Management SystemsLean/Six Sigma Methodologies
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Hard Skills
Supply Chain ManagementTransportation OperationsCarrier Contracts ManagementOperational KPIsIncident ResponseData AnalysisProcess ImprovementQuality ManagementForecastingRemediation Planning
Soft Skills
People LeadershipStakeholder InfluenceCross-Functional CollaborationProblem-SolvingCommunication
Tools & Technologies
Warehouse Management SystemsERP PlatformsBusiness-Intelligence ToolsTransportation AnalyticsData Quality Tools
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor’s DegreeMaster’s Degree or MBA (Preferred)
Industry Keywords
MedTechGDP/GxPMedical Device DistributionTransportation Quality ManagementHighly-Regulated Products
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesERP
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead, develop, and engage direct and matrixed teams; set priorities, assess performance, and build succession and capability plans
- Own end-to-end regional outbound transportation execution, service recovery, escalation management, crisis response, and business continuity
- Serve as the primary outbound transportation leader for MedTech businesses, establishing governance, service expectations, decision rights, and executive reporting
- Partner with Procurement on supplier RFPs and contracting, evaluate suppliers, identify required capabilities, monitor supplier performance, and execute remediation plans
- Lead carrier governance, including SLAs, KPIs, business reviews, corrective actions, capacity, contracts, and sourcing implementation
- Own service, customer, patient, quality, and cost performance, including OTIF-D, claims, premium freight, accessorials, and remediation plans
- Partner with Quality on claims, OS&D investigations, quality events, SOP compliance, audit readiness, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions
- Own budget planning, forecasting, accruals, variance and savings delivery, freight-payment controls, invoice exceptions, and billing disputes
- Partner with transportation technology, data quality, reporting and analytics, and IT teams to drive regional capabilities and support transformation initiatives
- Drive lane, mode, carrier, and network optimization; lead transportation workstreams for site transitions and strategic supply-chain programs
- Standardize regional processes, SOPs, escalation protocols, and controls using structured problem-solving and continuous improvement
- Monitor transportation regulations, trade requirements, market conditions, and carrier-network changes; implement required controls
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s Degree required; engineering, finance or supply chain management preferred
- Master’s Degree or MBA preferred
- Minimum eight years of supply chain or operations experience, including significant transportation operations responsibility
- Demonstrated people leadership and ability to influence senior stakeholders across regional and global matrixed organizations
- Experience with carrier contracts, material freight budgets, forecasting, savings, operational KPIs, and incident response
- Experience with warehouse and transportation management systems, ERP platforms, business-intelligence tools, and transportation analytics
- English proficiency required
- Preferred: experience managing multi-country carrier networks across parcel, LTL, truckload, air, ocean, courier, and temperature-controlled services
- Preferred: knowledge of GDP/GxP, medical device distribution, transportation quality management, and Lean/Six Sigma or comparable process efficiency frameworks
- Preferred: project and change-management experience supporting network, process, technology, or organizational transformation
- Preferred: experience in a company distributing highly-regulated products such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, life science
- Role is office-based and administrative in nature
- Up to 20% travel may be required
Benefits
Comp & perks- Inclusive work environment
- Up to 20% travel may be required