Associate Director Logistics Packaging

**Function**
- R&D Operations

**Sub function**
- Clinical Supply Operations

**Category**
- Senior Manager, Clinical Supply Operations (PL8)

**Location**
- Beerse / Belgium

**Date posted**
- Jun 02 2025

**Requisition number**
- R-010967

**Work pattern**
- Hybrid Work

Description

**Job Function**:
R&D Operations
** Job Sub Function**:
Clinical Supply Operations
** Job Category**:
People Leader
** All Job Posting Locations**:
Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium
** Job Description**:
**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 while championing patients every step of the way.

**We are searching for the best talent for Associate Director Logistics P&T to be in Beerse.**

**Purpose**:
This people leader role is accountable for all logistics activities supporting the internal Packaging Plant in Beerse, Belgium and the global distribution activities for our network of Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMO) for all clinical supplies. This role is reporting to the Global Head of Logistics in the Clinical Supply Chain (CSC) at J&J Innovative Medicine R&D.

As a people leader, this individual is responsible for leading all aspects of the Warehouse Operations both internally and externally. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring efficient operations of our warehouse and global distribution, maintaining compliance with industry standards, and upholding the highest standards of quality and safety.

You will be managing a global team (US, EU) of individual contributors, contractors and two people leaders.

You will have overall responsibility for management of the budget for logistics services/consumables and professional services.

You will maintain and develop working relationships within the Clinical Supply Chain, with J&J Deliver, Procurement, Quality, the CMO network and other relevant stakeholders.

**You will be responsible for**:

- Ensure key operational KPI’s and financial targets are being met.
- Identify, lead and execute opportunities to drive the CSC strategy and continuous improvement of the operations ensuring metrics are in place to demonstrate operational performance and improvements.
- Plan and align long term (capital) investments, storage capacity and logistics capabilities in support of the future portfolio and product needs.
- Drive continuous improvement of processes using Lean, 5S or other standard methodologies.
- Ensure that quality compliance and EHS&S requirements are adhered to within all areas of responsibility.
- Drive the strategic workforce plan and people development of team members ensuring pipeline of talents within team.
- Responsible for ensuring personal and Company compliance with all Federal, State, local and Company regulations, policies, and procedures.

**Qualifications / Requirements**:
**Education**:

- A minimum of a University/Bachelor’s degree is required with a focus in engineering, business, or supply chain is preferred
- An MBA/Master's degree as well as other certifications including APICS, Project Management (PMP, FPX), or Lean are preferred
- Experience and Skills:
Required:

- A minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience is required
- Experience in distribution, transportation, and/or logistics is required
- Ability to work in a fast-paced global environment both independently and collaboratively, act with speed, flexibility, and accountability to achieve goals while managing complexity and multiple priorities is required
- Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability for strong collaboration at various levels across the organization and with external service providers is required
- General knowledge of GxP principles is required

Preferred:

- Solid understanding of ambient, cold, frozen and/or deep frozen (cryo) distribution requirements
- Experience in the pharmaceutical or other regulated industry
- Vendor, budget, and/or project management experience
- GxP audit and/or vendor audit experience

Other:

- The role may require up to 10% of travel both internationally and domestically