Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Manager, Chemicals Category! This position will be (onsite/hybrid) in Titusville, New Jersey.
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Procurement is key enabler in driving and supporting Johnson & Johnson’s growth. As part of the Procurement organization's Chemicals Category, the Manager is responsible for driving and/or supporting all aspects of spend performance such as reliability, innovation, costs, supply network readiness, and corporate citizenship goals. They will also c ollaborate with the wider procurement and supply chain community. The Manager will support the J&J Innovative Medicine division and will report to Senior Manager, Chemicals Category who is based in Latina, Italy. Incumbent in the role will be primarily responsible for category management activities for defined sub-category spend.
Key Responsibilities:
Sourcing
- Lead or support sourcing initiatives to identify the right supplier partners and build adequate material capacities to support business
- Develop spend analysis and gather market intelligence in alignment with business goals
- Influence business decision making to deliver ongoing value improvements and drive competitive advantage
Category Strategy Development
- Develop / Support category sourcing strategy for defined spend portfolio through Business needs assessment, Market intelligence, Supplier evaluations and sourcing choices
- Maintain a deep understanding of the business needs and external market trends to support the development of robust sub- category strategies
- Proactively engage business partners and/or category managers to identify their needs and incorporate those needs into sub-category strategies
- Develop and drive robust implementation of strategy and communication plan with defined buying channels and contracting strategies
- Establish compliance reporting capabilities and supervise business compliance to strategies
Supplier Management
- Develop and lead supplier partnerships / external manufacturing partnerships to drive performance delivery, risk mitigation, and value through supplier enabled innovation
- Cultivate and use strategic relationships with key business partners (e.g., Internal business partners, supplier leadership, SRM/category leaders) to shape, optimize, and diversify the supply base
- Measure supplier performance through defined critical metrics and implement improvement with underperforming suppliers
- Develop innovative and sustainable solutions to identify and mitigate risk, drive long-term, end-to-end value, and achieve unmet business needs, as well as identify and pursue opportunities to develop supplier capabilities
Contracting
- Mitigate business risk through the understanding of commercial, legal, and regulatory requirements and the use of efficient contracting channels, using standard processes and technology
- Negotiate long term contacts with managed supplier, securing achievement of financial and reliability targets
- Use procurement expertise and global business understanding to monitor the negotiation and execution of contracts
- Ensure contract execution meets with business expectations and in full alignment with stakeholders and the organization’s overall procurement and business strategy
Agile Project Support
- Lead, support, or engage as procurement expert in the projects ranging from contracting, supply reliability, innovation, and new product development
- Act as procurement SME in support to cross-material category specific or cross-category or franchise initiatives
- Represent procurement in end-to-end supply chain initiatives of manufacturing network, digital tools/ technology adoption, and resiliency
