Sr Manager Warehouse and Logistics

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Supply Chain Manufacturing

Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Process Operations

Professional

Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America

About Innovative Medicine Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science‑based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life. Learn more at  Learn more and apply to this exciting new role! As part of a newly established team, this role offers an outstanding opportunity to help build a greenfield Drug Product facility from the ground up. You will work in close partnership with parenteral DP sites across the J&J network, providing leadership in crafting the organization, culture, and capabilities while driving the recruitment ramp‑up to support project timelines and budget.

This role will transition from a single contributor role into a Senior Manager role with responsibility for the warehouse and logistics team.

• Serve as the warehouse and logistics Subject Matter Authority for the design, start‑up, commissioning, qualification, and routine operation of an aseptic Drug Product manufacturing facility
• Provide technical and operational leadership to ensure warehouse and logistics processes, equipment, and systems follow cGMP and global regulatory expectations.
• Author, review, and approve User Requirement Specifications (URS) and ensure alignment with logistics and warehouse strategy
• Review and approve engineering results across project phases, including but not limited to Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), P&IDs, functional design specifications, equipment specifications, automation strategies, and process descriptions
• Provide critical input to warehouse design, including material and personnel flows, environmental controls, segregation, cold chain storage and shipment strategies, and contamination prevention measures related to warehousing
• Collaborate closely with other JNJ sites, engineering partners, other site functions, and global cold chain operations to ensure harmonization, best‑practice adoption, and successful project delivery
• Hire and develop the warehouse staff
• Develop and implement operator training strategies, including qualification plans, technical training, and knowledge transfer.
• Writing and/or review of Process Support Operational documentation (SOP’s, WI’s)
• Ensure timely and accurate responses to information requests, regulatory questions, and audit inquiries.
• Complete all responsibilities within approved project timelines and budgets, proactively identifying risks and mitigation strategies to support timely facility start‑up and commercialization readiness.

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Logistics, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or Engineering is required; a Master’s degree is preferred.

• A minimum 8 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with proven people leadership in warehousing and logistics
• A minimum 3 years of hands‑on experience serving as a subject matter authority in warehousing and logistics
• Strong expertise in automated warehouses (ASRS - Automated Storage and Retrieval…