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Job Function:
Technology Product & Platform ManagementJob Sub Function:
AgileJob Category:
People LeaderAll Job Posting Locations:
Beerse, Antwerp, BelgiumJob Description:
Johnson & Johnson is currently recruiting for a Manager Procurement IM RD Agile, for our Innovative Medicine Research & Development BU Procurement team! This role may be based in 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 & Responsibilities
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 the broader function.
Contributing to and 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 IM R&D priorities and partner with Procurement Category Leaders to devise strategies that advance those priorities
Collaborate with the business to ensure Procurement strategies meet their needs, and are adopted.
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 in the role’s areas of responsibility and ensure target achievement
Qualifications
Education:
A Bachelor’s degree is required
An MBA or further advance degree is preferred
Experience and Skills:
Required:
Minimum 5 years related experience is required
Strong business acumen - Understanding challenges through the eyes of business leaders
Influencing skills - 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, with the ability to confidently 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 Supply Chain
Demonstrated agile behaviors
High level of credibility with internal customers, and with the supplier community, based on broad experience
Proven track record in cross-functional teams and implementing significant change programs
Multi-category experience with experience across geographies of varied sizes and businesses
Flexibility and willingness to respond to changes in the external environment
Other:
10% travel requirement - 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):
Raritan, NJ & Titusville, NJ- Requisition Number: R-021470
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.
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