Director, Procurement Categories

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson · Pharma · New Brunswick, NJ +8

This role is for a Director of Procurement Categories at Johnson & Johnson, focusing on Business Services and IT categories globally. The position involves developing and implementing procurement strategies, managing supplier performance, and leading a global team. The role requires strong stakeholder management and collaboration with various business functions to ensure efficient sourcing, contracting, and payment processes. The company is undergoing a separation of its Orthopaedics business, which may impact employment terms.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop the vision, strategy, and implementation plan for the Business Services categories to meet long-range business requirements and deliver maximum value.
  2. Translate business and sector strategies into integrated, multi-year category roadmaps supported by market intelligence, demand analytics, and total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling.
  3. Identify industry and workforce trends that should be embedded into category strategies to strengthen capability, resilience, and employee experience.
  4. Develop and execute procurement strategies aligned to business and sector needs; ensure clear value cases, stakeholder alignment, and disciplined execution.
  5. Ensure end-to-end execution of category strategies including sourcing, competitive bidding, negotiations, contracting, implementation, and supplier transition/change management.

Skills

Required

  • Global category ownership
  • Procurement strategy development
  • Sourcing execution
  • Supplier performance management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Change leadership
  • Negotiations
  • Contracting

Nice to have

  • International Markets Engagement
  • Fleet, Travel & Meetings procurement
  • Human Resource Services procurement
  • Corporate Services procurement
  • Professional Education & Access procurement
  • Information Technology procurement