Sr Analyst Agile R&D 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

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Johnson & Johnson is currently recruiting for a Senior Analyst Procurement R&D Agile role. This role may be based in Beerse.

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:

1. Ensuring that the Procurement organization delivers results in support of the Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine R&D business strategy and objectives. The role works directly with the business, category leaders, and broader function.

2. Contributing to and leading operational execution of prioritized category strategy implementations, business projects, and other critical functional activities and deployments.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and negotiates subcontract specifications, work statement, and terms and conditions for the procurement of specialized material, equipment, and services.

• Prepares and analyzes complex bid packages and uses decision-making tools/models, including financial and nonfinancial criteria, to facilitate award recommendations.

• Conducts comprehensive supplier analysis (strategic direction, financial due diligence, market position, power within industry.

• Analyzes and assimilates data to make recommendations in support of the company business goals for critical sourcing and procurement decisions.

• Ensures data accuracy.

• Executes supplier contracts and agreements where appropriate.

• Administers purchase orders/scheduling agreement within systems.

• Administers bidding and supplier selection process.

• Leads contract negotiations and contract finalization as authorized by manager.

• Interacts with suppliers to ensure supplier's performance meets or exceeds company standards for quality, timeliness, cost, inventory reduction, and lean manufacturing.

• Participates in supplier's.

• Recommends changes and enhancements to systems and processes and actively collaborate with others to improve efficiency.

The role’s scope of responsibilities include:

• Understand the Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine business priorities and support Procurement Category Leaders to devise strategies that advance those priorities

• Collaborate with business leaders to ensure Procurement strategies are adopted within the business

• Identify business area specific industry trends that Procurement must build into its category strategies to ensure sustainable relevance to the business

• Lead strategic sourcing events and negotiations

• Provide analytical support to team members

• Deliver against performance targets for the Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Procurement organization in the role’s areas of responsibility, and ensure target achievement
  

Qualifications

• Required Minimum Education: Bachelors Degree, MBA or further advanced degree is desirable

• Required Years of Related Experience: Min 3 years

• Strong business acumen – 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 skills with peers

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to confidently present complex information

• Foundational understanding of core procurement areas of focus (spend management, source-to-pay, technologies, and category strategy)

• Strong project, change management, and process improvement capabilities

• Demonstrated learning agility, and the ability to improve both yourself and the people around you

• Strong analytical skills – the ability to process large data sets and draw actionable insights and conclusions

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated agile behaviors

• Expert / strong experience using data analysis / visualization tools (e.g. Excel, Tableau, PowerBI) and AI tools (i.e. Gen AI and Agentic AI tools)

• High level of credibility with internal customers, and with the supplier community, based on broad experience

• Proven track record in cross-functional teams and executing change programs

• Relevant business or other functional experience

• Demonstrated flexibility and willingness to respond to changes in the external environment

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):

Titusville, NJ; Raritan, NJ; Spring House, PA; Requisition Number: R-022136

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 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 ([email protected]) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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