Senior Manager Category Procurement Im Mops

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson · Pharma · Titusville, NJ +5

This role is responsible for leading the Marketing Operations (MOPS) Procurement category of spend for the Innovative Medicine sector, managing approximately $250MM in external supplier spend. The responsibilities include developing and implementing end-to-end procurement strategies, managing supplier partnerships, leading global strategic negotiations, and collaborating with various internal teams to ensure alignment with business strategies.

What you'd actually do

  1. Determine Innovative Medicines’ business needs & priorities globally for Marketing Operations, and devise Procurement strategies to meet those needs and advance those priorities
  2. Identify industry trends that Procurement must build into its MOPS category strategies to ensure sustainable relevance to the Innovative Medicine business
  3. Responsible for developing & implementing an end-to-end, multi-region and multi-year procurement strategy for MOPS category built on a thorough understanding of category dynamics and clearly defined actions to create/extract value from spends
  4. Develop supplier partnerships with strategic MOPS suppliers to include performance management, improvement of end-to-end value, and bring innovation to the business; Interface directly with suppliers to ensure alignment & achievement of J&J’s SRM objectives including quality, reliability, innovation, and cost. Must consider growing spend with responsible sourcing & sustainable suppliers.
  5. Shape performance targets (such as savings, cash flow, responsible sourcing, etc) for the Innovative Medicine Procurement organization in the role’s areas of responsibility, and ensure target achievement

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Core Procurement skills (supply market analysis, category management, supplier management and performance, operational excellence)
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Business acumen
  • Leadership, influencing and collaboration skills
  • Verbal and written communication skills
  • Project and change management capabilities
  • Learning agility

Nice to have

  • Advanced Analytics
  • Business Data Analysis
  • Business Savvy
  • Category Management

What the JD emphasized

  • Minimum 10 years of work experience
  • High level of proficiency in core Procurement skills
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Strong business acumen
  • Strong leadership, influencing and collaboration skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong project and change management capabilities
  • Demonstrated learning agility