Manager, Agile 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:

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function:

Agile

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies is recruiting for a Manager, Agile Procurement, for our Innovative Medicine Research & Development Procurement team! The location is United States (Titusville PA, Spring House PA, Raritan NJ) or Beerse, Belgium.

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/

Position Overview

This role is accountable for two primary objectives:

• Ensuring that the Procurement organization delivers results in support of the Janssen R&D strategy and objectives. The role works directly with the business, category leaders, and broader function.
• Leading the operational execution of prioritized category strategy implementations, complex business projects, and other critical functional activities.

Are you passionate about providing better outcomes for patients? Are you motivated to join a newly formed agile team?

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand the Janssen R&D priorities and partner with Procurement Category Leaders to devise strategies that advance those priorities
• Collaborate with business leaders to ensure Procurement strategies meet the business needs, and are adopted within the business
• Identify industry trends that Procurement must incorporate in its category strategies to ensure sustainable relevance to the business
• Lead strategic sourcing events and negotiations
• Deliver against performance targets for the Janssen Procurement organization

Qualifications

Required:

• A Bachelors Degree is required, and an MBA or other advanced degree is desirable.
• Minimum 5 years related experience is required
• Understanding challenges through the eyes of business leaders
• Able to persuade others to change behavior in pursuit of a common goal
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills at the senior executive level, as well as with peers
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, able to expertly present complex information to senior executives
• Broad-based understanding of core procurement areas of focus including spend management, source-to-pay.

• Strong project and change management capabilities

• Proven learning agility, improving both yourself and the people around you

Preferred:

• Preferred experience in Life Sciences, Med Technology or FMCG sectors
• Demonstrated agile behaviors
• High level of credibility with internal customers, and with the supplier community, based on broad experience
• Track record in leading cross-functional teams and driving significant change programs
• Multi-category experience across varying geographies and businesses
• Flexibility and willingness to respond to changes in the external environment

Other:

• 10% travel requirement - international and US domestic (if applicable)

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

Beerse, Belgium- Requisition Number: R-045125

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

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 & 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, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers . internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Agile Methodology, Agile Product Development, Agile Software Development, Agile Workforce, Change Control Management, Coaching, Compliance Management, Developing Others, Diplomacy, Emotional Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Inclusive Leadership, Job Scheduling Software, Leadership, Organizational Design, Process Optimization, Software Development Management, Team Management

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$100,000-$172,500

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis. Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Additional information can be found through the link below. http://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.