Global Transportation Summer Intern 2027

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com

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Job Function:

Career Programs

Job Sub Function:

Non-LDP Intern/Co-Op

Job Category:

Career Program

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

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. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

About MedTech

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

We are searching for the best talent for Global Transportation Summer Intern to be in New Brunswick, NJ.

The term is from May to August, 2027.

Full time requirement (40 hours per week).

3 vacancies are currently available.

Purpose:

At Johnson & Johnson, Global Transportation helps move healthcare products around the world to support the customers and patients we serve. In this role, you’ll gain exposure to a global transportation network spanning air, ocean, parcel, and truckload. You’ll collaborate with supply chain teams and explore how logistics, trade operations, data, and digital tools help deliver healthcare products to the people who depend on them.

In the Summer 2027 Internship, you'll use transportation data to uncover trends, support execution, and help modernize how work gets done through hands on operational execution, analytics, process optimization, automation, and technology adoption.

You will be responsible:

• The Supply Chain Internship could be slotted to work in a variety of functional areas and roles across the Global Transportation department including, but not limited to, the following:
• Business Process & Technology
• Lead/Own: Help modernize transportation workflows through process digitization, critical metric/dashboard reporting, and adoption enablement for transportation platforms and tools.
• Learn: How technology and automation improve operations; requirements gathering, user testing/UAT, change management, and what drives successful adoption.
• Deliver: Digital solutions and system enhancements (application development, dashboards, automation, workflow improvements, or documentation/training materials) that reduce manual effort, improve data quality, and create measurable business value.
• International Logistics
• Lead/Own: Help drive end-to-end shipment visibility by monitoring key milestones, flagging risks, and supporting issue resolution with internal teams and logistics partners.
• Learn: How cross-border logistics works; Incoterms awareness, documentation basics, handoffs between partners, and what best-in-class looks like for service and compliance.
• Deliver: Clear status updates and actionable insights (e.g., lane performance, dwell time trends, recurring issues) that help the team improve reliability and reduce delays.
• US Regional Logistics
• Lead/Own: Support day-to-day transportation execution by monitoring shipments, assisting with exceptions, and contributing to service-performance metrics such as on-time delivery, carrier performance, and critical issue management.
• Learn: How Global Transportation and extended teams keep freight moving when plans change; prioritization, problem-solving, and balancing cost, service, and speed.
• Deliver: Practical improvements such as dashboard metrics, enhanced reporting, and documented playbooks or SOP updates that improve consistency and execution efficiency.
• Freight Audit & Pay
• Lead/Own: Support freight invoice validation by researching exceptions (duplicates, accessorials, rate variances), helping resolve disputes, and improving audit accuracy.
• Learn: How transportation spend is managed; rate validation fundamentals, invoice lifecycle, common billing issues, and how controls protect cost and compliance.
• Deliver: Actionable insights that reduce repeat issues (root-cause themes, supplier and carrier trends) plus enhanced exception tracking or process improvements.
• Trade Operations & Compliance
• Lead/Own: Support global trade compliance activities by maintaining compliance tracking tools, monitoring key documentation requirements, assisting with export invoice preparation, and helping ensure transportation processes align with import/export regulations and company policies.
• Learn: How international trade, customs, and transportation compliance work together; export documentation requirements, regulatory controls, global shipping processes, and the critical role compliance plays in enabling reliable supply chains.
• Deliver: Accurate compliance reporting, export documentation support, and process improvements that increase visibility, strengthen controls, reduce compliance risk, and improve operational efficiency.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Completion of Undergraduate Freshman year at an accredited University is required.
• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Finance, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or related fields.
• Have a cumulative GPA of 2.8 or higher, which is reflective of all college coursework.
• You must not have any Summer Internship contract or other employment commitment that could interfere with the contract dates specified for this position.
• Minimum sophomore standing before the co-op start date, with a graduation date after the contract end date.
• Clear communicator who can write concise updates, summarize issues, and present findings in a simple, professional manner.
• Strong collaboration skills and comfort working with cross-functional teams.
• Strong ownership and organizational skills; able to keep work moving, communicate proactively, and deliver on commitments.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to identify trends, troubleshoot issues, and recommend practical improvements.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and adapting to changing priorities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated curiosity and willingness to learn new technologies, Microsoft tools, automation solutions, and global transportation processes.
• Preferred: Comfortable using AI tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot) to create effective prompts, summarize information, and improve productivity.
• Experience with data and analytics tools such as Excel (pivot tables, lookups), Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms.
• Exposure to basic SQL and/or Python for data analysis, reporting, automation, or process improvement.
• Exposure to automation and workflow tools such as Power Automate, Alteryx, VBA, Power Apps, or similar technologies through coursework, projects, or work experience.
• Permanently authorized to work in the U.S., must not require sponsorship of an employment visa (e.g., H-1B or green card) at the time of application or in the future. Students currently on CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT usually requires future sponsorship for long term employment and do not meet the requirements for this program unless eligible for an alternative long-term status that does not require company sponsorship.
• If you are under 18 years of age, you (the candidate) may need to obtain the necessary working papers or other documentation required by state law to start the assignment, as well as get a parent’s consent for the background check.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$23.50/hr to $52.50/hr

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

The expected pay range for this position is between $23.50 per hour and $52.50 per hour but will be based on candidate's program year, discipline, degree and/or experience. Co-Ops/Interns are eligible to participate in Company sponsored employee medical benefits in accordance with the terms of the plan. Co-Ops and Interns are eligible for the following sick time benefits: up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington, up to 56 hours per calendar year.

Co-Ops and Interns are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension). For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits. This job posting is anticipated to close on [11/2/2026]. The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.