Class of 2026 Global Operations Leadership Development Program - Europe (GOLD)

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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Career Programs

Job Sub Function:

Supply Chain LDP

Job Category:

Career Program

All Job Posting Locations:

Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, Breda, Netherlands, Courcelles, Hainaut, Belgium, Geel, Antwerp, Belgium, Gent, East Flanders, Belgium, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, Latina, Italy, Leiden, Netherlands, Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, Limerick, Ireland, Norderstedt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Zug, Switzerland

Job Description:

Duration: 2.5-year program, followed by permanent position 

Start date: Summer 2026 

Application deadline: 5th October 2025  

Interview Timing: Selected candidates will be invited to our virtual GOLD hiring event, which will take place in late-November 2025.  All candidates will be notified of their status by early November.  

At Johnson & Johnson, we use technology and the power of teamwork to discover new ways to prevent and overcome the world’s the most significant healthcare challenges. Our Enterprise, Medical Technology, and Innovative Medicine teams leverage data, real-world insights, and creative minds to make life-changing healthcare products and medicines. We're disrupting outdated healthcare ecosystems and infusing them with transformative ideas to help people thrive throughout every stage of their lives. With a reach of more than a billion people every day, there’s no limit to the impact you can make here. Are you ready to reimagine healthcare?   

Here, your career breakthroughs will change the future of health, in all the best ways. And you’ll change, too. You’ll be inspired, and you’ll inspire people across the world to change how they care for themselves and those they love.   

  

GOLD Program Overview   

The Global Operations Leadership Development (GOLD) Program offers recent university graduates 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 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 healthcare, with premier training and development and career opportunities across a dynamic global environment.   

   

 Program Components   

1. Combine on- the- job experience with business, leadership & personal development training   

2. Rotational assignments across multiple sites throughout the EU and Switzerland that deliver real and impactful business results - please note that we have four different rotational cohorts across EMEA, and all qualified candidates are eligible for each cohort: 

• An Irish domestic cohort where associates will rotate through assignments across our J&J Ireland campuses 
• A Swiss domestic cohort where associates will rotate through assignments across our J&J Switzerland campuses 
• A Belgian domestic cohort where associates will rotate through assignments across our J&J Belgium campuses 
• A Cross-Country cohort where associates will rotate through assignments across our European J&J campuses.

3. Opportunity to expand technical capabilities, leadership skills and business knowledge   

4. Exposure to a broad range of experiences across the global Supply Chain throughout J&am