Manager, Supply Chain Procurement

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:

Procurement

Job Sub Function:

Strategic Sourcing

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Vision is recruiting a Manager, Supply Chain Procurement to be located in Jacksonville, FL.

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

Are you passionate about improving and expanding on the possibilities of vision treatments? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life. Our products and services address these needs – from the pediatric to aging eye – in a patient’s lifetime.

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

The Manager Vision Care SCP will be responsible for ~50MM in spend for Vision Care Specialty Materials. This spend is high complexity in nature and requires a collaboration with key stakeholders within the business to execute. This individual will identify, develop and direct the implementation of Procurement goals and strategies. Will report directly into the Senior Manager, VC SCP. The manager will provide global leadership for developing end-to-end sub-category leadership such as category strategy development, fostering key relationships within the Business and managing key supplier relationships. The position must shape, connect and lead resources to deliver on key strategies, priorities and projects.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and drive the Procurement vision for, with and through the stakeholder community.

• Develop the vision, strategy and implementation plan for the assigned VisionCare spend that will effectively meet the long-range requirements of the business partners and deliver the maximum value for J&J

• Interface directly with CEO’s and other supplier leadership to assure alignment of JNJ’s objectives are met, including quality, reliability, innovation and cost.

• Understand operational considerations. Identifies business demand requirements and partners with Business Unit Procurement Leaders to deliver annual value improvements and drives competitive advantage.

• Understand long range requirements of the business partners and engage in strategic planning and partnering to ensure alignment

• Deliver on financial, service, reliability, quality, innovation, and growth commitments

• Build and maintain relationships throughout JNJ that results in dynamic interactive dialogue on a broad range of perspectives and information critical to the development of optimal approaches and solutions for the Category

• Develop deep supplier relationships with strategic suppliers to include performance management and development, improvement of end-to-end value and delivery of innovation to the Business

• Identify, develop and direct the implementation of Procurements goals and category strategies, based on deep subject matter expertise and a strong understanding of industry/market dynamics

• Escalate issues that may impact the Global Procurement organization

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Science is required. A Masters Degree is preferred.

• Minimum 6 years of relevant work experience is required.

• Experience preferably inside and outside Procurement and similar sectors or industries

• Deep strategic procurement experience (at least 6 years), and a commendable broad-based understanding of supply-chain and business operations and processes

• Strong leadership, clear communication, strong influencing & collaboration skills will be crucial to deliver successfully in the role

• Ability to build sound, fact-based recommendations that are compelling and provides the right motivation for action

• Clarity in terms of thought and strong critical reasoning skills to enable meaningful discussions with internal stakeholders and suppliers

• Strong verbal and written communication skill with ability to confidently present complex information

• Ability to go beyond the day-to-day operational cycle of purchasing and truly approaching procurement in a strategic and intelligent manner

• Business-focused and oriented, and being able to translate business needs into tangible procurement goals and strategies

• Excellent ability to synthesize large amount of data to draw meaningful insights and to drive valuable discussions with internal stakeholders and suppliers

• Ability to travel up to 10% is required

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center  ([email protected]) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Business Data Analysis, Business Savvy, Category Management Strategy, Consulting, Cost Management, Due Diligence, Market Savvy, Negotiation, Problem Solving, Process Improvements, RFx Management, Risk Assessments, Risk Management, Spend Analysis, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Collaboration, Technical Credibility, Vendor Management, Vendor Selection