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Transportation Quality Specialist – APAC, Japan
Johnson & Johnson. Provide operational quality oversight for inter-regional transportation activities impacting APAC and Japan.
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in transportation quality oversight, regulatory compliance, and supplier quality coordination within the healthcare industry. Proficient in metrics reporting, risk assessment, and cross-functional collaboration to drive quality improvements and operational excellence.
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Transportation Quality ManagementRegulatory ComplianceSupplier Quality CoordinationMetrics ReportingQuality Auditing
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Hard Skills
Transportation QualificationChange ControlsCAPAsTrend AnalysisTemperature-Controlled TransportationLane MappingRisk AssessmentQuality Management SystemsGood Distribution PracticesLogistics Provider Oversight
Soft Skills
Analytical SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsCommunication SkillsCollaboration SkillsInfluencing Skills
Tools & Technologies
Transportation Quality MetricsDashboardsScorecardsDocumentation Management
Certifications & Qualifications
Lean CertificationSix Sigma CertificationProject Management Certification
Industry Keywords
Healthcare IndustryMedical DevicesPharmaceuticalsDiagnosticsQuality Improvement Activities
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Provide operational quality oversight for inter-regional transportation activities impacting APAC and Japan.
- Partner with Commercial Quality, Transportation Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, carriers, control towers and logistics providers.
- Lead or support transportation-related investigations, nonconformances, CAPAs, deviations, change controls, complaints, product-impact assessments and effectiveness checks through timely closure.
- Assess and coordinate resolution of transportation incidents, temperature excursions, damage, contamination, losses, mis-deliveries, seal issues and service failures; escalate material risks.
- Support transportation supplier quality activities, including carrier qualification, quality agreements, supplier audits, performance reviews and corrective-action follow-up.
- Support transportation lane and route qualification, lane mapping, shipping-route verification, transportation risk assessments, temperature-control qualification and network changes.
- Provide quality support for new product introductions, transfers, business-continuity activities and projects changing transportation routes, providers, systems or processes.
- Build, maintain and report transportation quality metrics, dashboards, scorecards and trend analyses; identify emerging risks and improvement opportunities.
- Maintain documentation and evidence packages for internal audits, supplier audits, health authority inspections and notified-body assessments.
- Contribute to process simplification, harmonization, training, communications and capability-building initiatives.
- Prepare and validate Vision-specific transportation quality data, metrics, trends, risks and investigation insights for governance meetings and management reviews.
- Provide Vision-specific information and subject-matter input for governance requests.
- Support occasional cross-segment transportation investigations with MedTech and Innovative Medicine colleagues.
- Provide technical quality guidance and support workflow execution; no direct supervisory responsibility.
Requirements
What you’ll need- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required.
- Degree concentration in Life Science, Engineering, Technical Business, Quality, Regulatory Compliance, Supply Chain, Logistics or a related discipline is preferred.
- Minimum five years of experience in a regulated healthcare industry, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals and/or diagnostics, with quality, regulatory compliance, distribution, supplier quality coordination, transportation or supply chain quality experience.
- Experience supporting transportation quality operations, investigations, CAPAs, quality events, change controls, metrics reporting, trend analysis and cross-functional project activities.
- Demonstrated knowledge of applicable global regulations and experience collaborating with professionals in a matrixed environment.
- Experience supporting transportation qualification, supplier quality activities, new product introductions, network changes, remediation and/or quality improvement activities is preferred.
- Experience preparing accurate operational quality data, metrics, trends and risk information for governance or management review, and collaborating across functions on shared investigations or issue resolution.
- Previous experience supporting audits or interfacing with regulatory agencies and notified bodies is preferred.
- Working knowledge of transportation quality management, Good Distribution Practices, quality management systems, supplier quality coordination, carrier performance, qualification activities, issue escalation and compliant logistics operations.
- Knowledge of lane and route qualification, lane mapping, temperature-controlled transportation, temperature excursion management, transportation risk assessment and logistics-provider oversight.
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with Transportation Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, APAC and Japan regional Commercial Quality teams and external suppliers in a matrixed environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to use metrics, scorecards and trends to identify risk and drive action.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, influencing and presentation skills, with the ability to build trust and credibility across Quality and Compliance, Supply Chain, Commercial and external partner organizations.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, make complex topics clear and operate effectively in an ambiguous environment.
- Ability to prepare clear, accurate and decision-ready Vision-specific data for governance review and collaborate effectively with MedTech and Innovative Medicine colleagues.
- Fluent English and Japanese language capability are required.
- Quality auditing, GDP, project management, supply chain, logistics, Lean or Six Sigma certification is desirable.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Hybrid Work
- Opportunity to work across a global, cross-functional and multicultural organization
- Professional collaboration and capability-building initiatives
- Approximately 15–25% business travel, including regional meetings, supplier or carrier engagements, audits, qualification activities, project support and site visits