Tara K. RAMSEY

Tara K. Ramsey
Director, Transportation Sourcing
Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc.

Tara Ramsey is the Director, Johnson & Johnson North America Transportation Sourcing. Tara is responsible for the sourcing and supplier selection for the NA transportation network, including the Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Device businesses for both domestic and international freight. 

Tara began her career at Johnson & Johnson in 2002 at the Consumer Products Company, supporting Marketing and Sales Procurement. Tara relocated to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Europe in 2005, creating the first Indirect Procurement organization which consolidated spend across the region, driving drove multi-million dollar cost reduction projects. 

After 2 years overseas, Tara’s career led her to Jacksonville, FL where she was promoted to Commodity Manager, Packaging and Resins, and then to Group Manager for Direct Materials Sourcing and Supplier Engineering for Vision Care. While in Procurement, Tara led cross-sector and global teams focused on vendor negotiations, drove down raw material inventory numbers, and improved Customer Service levels to manufacturing areas. 

In 2011 Tara joined Customer and Logistics Services, where she managed the North American Distribution and Warehouse. Tara focused her team on being a key competitive advantage by serving our customers more efficiently and effectively, ensuring an overall quality experience. In 2015, Tara and her family relocated to New Jersey.
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Tara holds a BA in Political Science from Saint Peter’s University and recently finished her MBA at Liberty University. Tara and her husband Daniel live in East Amwell, NJ with their three young children, raising chickens, growing fruit trees, and doing Crossfit as much as possible!