Senior Director, Category

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Job Function:

Procurement

Job Sub Function:

Category

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine ("JJIM") is recruiting for a Senior Director to lead our New Product Development and Supply category in R&D Procurement globally. This role can be located in Titusville, NJ, Raritan, NJ, New Brunswick, NJ, Horsham, PA, Spring House, PA.

This role is accountable for assessing the external market, understanding our business priorities and setting the strategic direction for approximately $800M in annual spend. This spend is critical to J&J Innovative Medicine achieving our goals in meeting the needs of patients around the world and leading where medicine is going. Are you interested in applying your business and financial savvy to impact the lives of patients?

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand JJIM business needs globally in the categories, and devise Procurement strategies to advance those priorities
• Identify industry trends that Procurement must build into its category strategies to ensure sustainable relevance to the JJIM business
• Lead and develop the category team of 9 FTEs, responsible for global category strategy development and implementation, and key supplier management, for the relevant categories
• Lead major strategic negotiations for owned categories on behalf of the JJIM business
• Be the Business Engagement Leader with key functional heads and senior business leaders, to ensure alignment with regional business strategies
• Participate in the JJIM R&D Procurement Leadership Team to provide leadership to the function regionally in the achievement of business objectives
• Shape performance targets for the JJIM Procurement organization in the role’s areas of responsibility, and ensure target achievement
• At times, sponsor JJIM Procurement initiatives to deliver standardized process and value across the organization as a member of the JJIM Extended Leadership Team (ELT).

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelors Degree is required, MBA or further advanced degree is desirable

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Strong business insight– the ability to understand challenges through the eyes of the regional business leaders
• Influencing skills – the ability to persuade others to change behavior in pursuit of a common goal
• Strong leadership and collaboration at the senior executive level, as well as with peers
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to confidently present complex information to senior executives
• Broad-based understanding of core procurement areas of focus (spend management, category management and supplier management)
• Strong project management and organizational change leadership capabilities
• Demonstrated learning agility, and the ability to improve both yourself and the people around you

Preferred:

• Ability to present to large audiences
• Proven track record in attracting and developing talent
• Ability to inspire an organization to achieve stretch goals
• High level of credibility with internal customers, and with the supplier community, based on broad experience
• Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams and driving significant change programs
• Multi-country and Multi-industry experience with experience across geographies of varied sizes and businesses
• Demonstrated flexibility and desire to respond to changes in the external environment, while ensuring the organization is able to effectively and efficiently move through transitions

The expected base pay range for this position is $174,000 to $275,000.

Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for participation in this program in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs such as health insurance, savings plan, pension plan, disability plan, vacation pay, sick time, holiday pay, and work, personal and family time off in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans. Additional information can be found through the link below.

Information on benefits can be viewed by following this link: https://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.

Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company.

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 (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Business Data Analysis, Business Savvy, Category Management Strategy, Compliance Management, Contract Management, Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), Critical Thinking, Developing Others, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Negotiation, Risk Management, Spend Analysis, Strategic Thinking, Succession Planning, Supplier Collaboration, Sustainable Procurement, Vendor Selection

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

174000-300000

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