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Job Function:

Quality

Job Sub Function:

Digital Quality

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Job Description:

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Lead – Data Quality and Automation

Supply Chain Data Management | Johnson & Johnson

Location: New Jersey

Department: Supply Chain — Data Quality

Hiring Manager: Kriti Bhardwaj, Director, Digital Strategy and Operations

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

MedTech Supply Chain is recruiting for a Lead – Data Quality and Automation to join our Data Team. The position is based out of US/ EMEA/ LATAM.

This role will be responsible for ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and reliability data while driving AI initiatives that streamline day-to-day operations. This role partners across different supply chain teams to gather requirements, identify process gaps, and design scalable, automated data quality solutions that improve operational efficiency and data-driven decision-making. This is a high-impact, multi-functional role that directly enables patient outcomes and operational excellence

Key Responsibilities

Data Quality Management

• Establish, monitor, and implement data quality standards, rules, and governance across supply chain systems
• Proactively identify, investigate, and monitor data discrepancies, anomalies, and root causes affecting master data, transactional data, and reporting.
• Develop and maintain data quality dashboards, scorecards, and Key Performance Indicators to track health, and completeness over time.

Automation & Process Improvement

• Identify manual, repetitive, and error-prone processes and support implementation of automation solutions (e.g., RPA, Power Automate, Python, SQL scripts, ETL pipelines).
• Build, test, and deploy automated workflows that reduce cycle time and improve reliability of day-to-day supply chain operations.
• Continuously evaluate emerging tools and technologies to enhance automation and analytics capabilities.

Multi-functional Engagement

• Engage with multi-functional teams across projects and critical initiatives to capture quality requirements, implement them and supervise for resolution.
• Partner with team members to prioritize initiatives, align on outcomes, and communicate progress and impact.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in supply chain data management, or analytics, with a focus on data quality and process automation.
• Hands-on experience with data tools and automation platforms (SQL, Python, Power BI, Power Automate, RPA, ETL).
• Solid understanding of supply chain processes and master data domains (material, vendor, customer, BOM, inventory).
• Confirmed ability to assemble requirements and collaborate across teams with varied strengths.
• May require up to 10% domestic and/or international travel to other sites and locations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a regulated industry (pharmaceutical, medical devices, or consumer health).
• Familiarity with SAP S/4HANA, data governance frameworks, (MDM) tools.
• Experience with cloud data platforms (Azure, AWS, or Snowflake).
• Lean Six Sigma or project management certification.

Core Competencies

• Analytical competence and problem-solving approach with solid attention to detail.
• Good communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to lead multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Bias for action, continuous improvement, and innovation.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to modernize data quality — through AI and automation — for one of the world's largest and most trusted healthcare supply chains.
• A collaborative, innovation-driven culture committed to improving the lives of patients worldwide.
• Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and professional development opportunities.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Compliance Management, Continuous Improvement, Controls Compliance, Developing Others, Digital Assurance, Digital Governance, Econometric Models, Give Feedback, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Operations Management, Performance Measurement, Process Governance, Quality Control (QC), Quality Management Systems (QMS), Quality Standards, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Team Management, Technologically Savvy