About the Role
DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Global Distribution and Customer Logistics Manager, located in Shefayim Area, Israel.
Global Distribution and Customer Logistics (GDCL) combines the strategic supply chain pillars (asset management, consignment & loaner management) with the operational areas of Customer Service and Warehousing, Distribution and Transportation.
The Supply Chain Manager, GDCL oUS (Israel) plays a critical leadership role in ensuring reliable, compliant, and cost-effective distribution and customer logistics operations across the Israel Orthopaedics market. This role leads local GDCL strategy execution, working closely with the cluster and region and partners closely with Commercial, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, and external logistics partners, and ensures seamless order-to-customer performance.
This is an exciting opportunity to shape regional logistics strategy, lead teams through change, and directly impact customer satisfaction, service levels, and business continuity during a period of organizational transformation.
Key Responsibilities
•Provide strategic and operational leadership for GDCL activities across Israel, ensuring alignment with regional and global objectives.
•Lead and develop local GDCL teams, fostering accountability, talent development, and a culture of continuous improvement.
•Lead and finalize the local aspects of the Legal Entity Separation (LES) resulting into the set-up of an independent and sustainable DePuy Synthes Supply Chain organization.
•Own order-to-cash logistics performance, including order fulfillment, distribution, warehousing, transportation, and customer delivery metrics.
•Partner with Commercial, Customer Service, Quality, Regulatory, and Finance to ensure service excellence, compliance, and financial discipline.
•Manage and optimize third-party logistics (3PL) partners, including contract performance, service levels, and cost management.
•Ensure compliance with GDP, regulatory, and quality standards, addressing risks and leading corrective actions where required.
•Drive process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, reduce cost-to-serve, and improve customer experience.
•Lead regional change initiatives from a supply chain perspective, including system enhancements, network optimization, and business transformation projects.
•Manage and optimize local and in-field consignment inventory, including instrument investment utilization, loaner management and optimization.
Qualifications
Education
•Bachelor's degree required (Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering, or related field)
•Master's degree or MBA preferred
Experience and Skills — Required
•Typically 5+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, logistics, customer logistics, or distribution operations.
•Demonstrated people leadership experience, including managing supervisors and/or senior individual contributors.
•Strong experience in order fulfillment, distribution, and customer logistics within a regulated environment (e.g., MedTech, Pharma, Healthcare).
•Proven ability to manage external logistics partners and complex vendor relationships.
•Experience in licensed import and distribution activities.
•Experience driving process improvement, operational excellence, and cost optimization initiatives.
•Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience and Skills — Preferred
•Experience supporting multi-country or regional EMEA operations.
•Familiarity with SAP or similar ERP systems and logistics performance dashboards.
•Experience operating in a matrixed, global organization.
•Background in medical devices or healthcare supply chains.
•Background in Lean Management is a plus.
Other
•Languages: Fluent in English and Hebrew required.
•Travel: Up to ~20% regional/international travel.
•Certifications: Lean, Six Sigma, APICS, or similar certifications preferred.
Preferred Skills: Analytical Reasoning, Customer Centricity, Demand Forecasting, Developing Others, Distribution Management, Distribution Resource Planning (DRP), Financial Competence, Global Market, Inclusive Leadership, Inventory Optimization, Leadership, Materials Handling, Order Management, Organizing, Procurement Policies, Productivity Planning, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Team Management
Additional Information
In October 2025, Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate its Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone Orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.
