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GOLD Program Overview
The 2026 Global Operations Leadership Development Program offers recent university graduates and early in career professionals the opportunity to accelerate their career growth through a structured framework that combines challenging work rotations with classroom and online training over a two-and-a-half-year period. The goal of the program is to craft the next generation of leaders across the end-to-end global supply chain functions within Johnson & Johnson. Functional areas within the program include, but are not limited to, operations, procurement, quality, planning, customer and logistics services, project and process engineering, facilities engineering and quality technical support. The combination of multi-functional work assignments, a comprehensive virtual curriculum, and action learning helps to develop the skills and capabilities needed to build your career path towards leadership.
Participants will learn to drive their careers in small-company environments that support the ambitious spirit, nurture collaboration and partnership, and recognize their individual contributions. At the same time, associates benefit from the big-company impact of a global leader in health care, with premier training and development and career opportunities across a dynamic global environment.
Program Components
- Combine on- the- job experience with business, leadership & personal development training
- Rotational assignments across multiple US sites that deliver real and impactful business results
- Opportunity to expand technical capabilities, leadership skills and business knowledge
- Exposure to a broad range of experiences across the global Supply Chain throughout J&J's business segments (Innovative Medicine, MedTech & Enterprise)
- Global networking, in-person residencies, and virtual collaboration with fellow associates around the world
- Building technical skills in many areas, including:
- Project management
- Supply chain management (planning, manufacturing & procurement)
- Quality and regulatory compliance
- Manufacturing operations
- Customer, and logistics services (distribution, transportation, and warehousing)
- Product and process analysis & improvement methodologies (six sigma, lean, design excellence)
You will be responsible for:
During your participation in the program, you are responsible for demonstrating a working knowledge of how the different global supply chain functions of Johnson & Johnson connect to support our business and our customers around the world. Associates will gain valuable experiences across the global end-to-end supply chain while:
- Participating in the planning, production and distribution of products and services
- Maintaining or improving manufacturing operational cost, efficiency, capacity, and compliance
- Collaborating with internal customers and external vendors to drive key business decisions and outcomes
- Learning about designing or redesigning new products
- Maintaining quality and regulatory compliance
- Understanding the impact of the business on the customer experience
- Keeping the Customer in the center of everything we do
Qualifications / Requirements:
- Permanent (now and in the future) US work authorization (The company does not provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g. H1-B status). Students currently in the country on CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT require future sponsorship for long term employment.)
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university/college in a supply chain, business administration, business management, data science or engineering- with the bachelor’s degree earned between December 2021 – June 2026.
- Academic achievement as proven by an overall cumulative GPA of 3.4 or higher
- An interest in exploring multifunctional assignments across a global supply chain
- A minimum of 4 months professional experience in a relevant business area by December 31, 2025. Inclusive of co-op, internship, post-graduate and military employment. Areas include but are not limited to supply chain, operations, logistics, engineering, quality, data analytics, information systems, R&D, or another directly related field
- US Geographic flexibility over the course of the GOLD Program, up to and including final placement upon graduation from the program. Please note that Relocation Packages will be provided if you are requested to move more than 50 miles
- You are eligible to begin full-time employment with Johnson & Johnson no later than June 2026 to align with the start of the GOLD program each year. Please note that depending on business needs, we may offer optional start dates between February-April 2026 to applicants who have already earned a bachelor’s degree by December 2025
