Data Quality & Automation Specialist (US)
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Summary
This role will be responsible for ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and reliability of supply chain data while driving AI and automation 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, cross-functional role that directly enables better patient outcomes and operational excellence.
Job description
About the Role
This role will be responsible for ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and reliability of supply chain data while driving AI and automation 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, cross-functional role that directly enables better patient outcomes and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
Data Quality Management
- Establish, monitor, and enforce 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, completeness, and accuracy 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
Cross-Functional Engagement
- Engage with multi-functional teams across projects and critical initiatives to gather quality requirements, implement them and monitor for resolution
- Partner with stakeholders to prioritize initiatives, align on outcomes, and communicate progress and impact
Requirements
- 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)
- Strong knowledge of supply chain processes and master data domains (material, vendor, customer, BOM, inventory)
- Proven ability to capture requirements and collaborate across diverse teams
- Experience in a regulated industry (pharmaceutical, medical devices, or consumer health)
- Familiarity with SAP S/4HANA, data governance frameworks, and master data management (MDM) tools
- Experience with cloud data platforms (Azure, AWS, or Snowflake)
- Lean Six Sigma or project management certification
- Analytical competence and problem-solving approach with strong attention to detail
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational environment
- Bias for action, continuous improvement, and innovation
Benefits
- Pension plan
- 401(k) savings plan
- Long-term incentive program
- Vacation
- Sick time
- Holiday pay
- Floating holidays
- Parental leave
- Bereavement leave
- Caregiver leave
- Volunteer leave
- Military spouse time-off
Company overview
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is the pharmaceutical division of Johnson & Johnson, leading the way in medical innovation with a relentless focus on bringing transformational treatments to patients worldwide. The company applies rigorous science and compassion to address the most complex diseases of our time, developing groundbreaking medicines across key therapeutic areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, and cardiopulmonary medicine. With deep expertise and global reach, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine reimagines how devastating diseases are treated and cured, delivering hope and better care for millions of patients and their families. The organization pioneers the path from laboratory research to clinical application, championing patients every step of the way while maintaining an unwavering commitment to scientific excellence and patient-centered innovation.