Manager, Supply Chain Procurement

Role Summary

Manager, Supply Chain Procurement for Johnson & Johnson Vision, located in Jacksonville, FL. Responsible for leading the end-to-end procurement strategy for Vision Care Specialty Materials, managing approximately $50 million in annual spend. You will develop category strategies, build supplier relationships, and collaborate with business partners to drive value, quality, and innovation. This role reports to the Senior Manager, VC SCP and requires global leadership across sub-category activities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive the Procurement vision for, with and through the stakeholder community.
• Develop the vision, strategy and implementation plan for the assigned VisionCare spend that will effectively meet the long-range requirements of the business partners and deliver the maximum value for J&J
• Interface directly with CEO’s and other supplier leadership to assure alignment of JNJ’s objectives are met, including quality, reliability, innovation and cost.
• Understand operational considerations. Identifies business demand requirements and partners with Business Unit Procurement Leaders to deliver annual value improvements and drives competitive advantage.
• Understand long range requirements of the business partners and engage in strategic planning and partnering to ensure alignment
• Deliver on financial, service, reliability, quality, innovation, and growth commitments
• Build and maintain relationships throughout JNJ that results in dynamic interactive dialogue on a broad range of perspectives and information critical to the development of optimal approaches and solutions for the Category
• Develop deep supplier relationships with strategic suppliers to include performance management and development, improvement of end-to-end value and delivery of innovation to the Business
• Identify, develop and direct the implementation of Procurements goals and category strategies, based on deep subject matter expertise and a strong understanding of industry/market dynamics
• Escalate issues that may impact the Global Procurement organization

Qualifications

• Required: Minimum 6 years of relevant work experience.
• Preferred: Experience preferably inside and outside Procurement and similar sectors or industries.
• Required: Deep strategic procurement experience (at least 6 years), and a broad-based understanding of supply-chain and business operations and processes.
• Required: Strong leadership, clear communication, strong influencing & collaboration skills.
• Required: Ability to build sound, fact-based recommendations that are compelling and provides the right motivation for action.
• Required: Clarity in terms of thought and strong critical reasoning skills to enable meaningful discussions with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Required: Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to confidently present complex information.
• Required: Ability to go beyond the day-to-day operational cycle of purchasing and truly approaching procurement in a strategic and intelligent manner.
• Required: Business-focused and oriented, and being able to translate business needs into tangible procurement goals and strategies.
• Required: Excellent ability to synthesize large amount of data to draw meaningful insights and to drive valuable discussions with internal stakeholders and suppliers.

Skills

• Required Skills: Business Data Analysis, Business Savvy, Category Management Strategy, Consulting, Cost Management, Due Diligence, Market Savvy, Negotiation, Problem Solving, Process Improvements, RFx Management, Risk Assessments, Risk Management, Spend Analysis, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Collaboration, Technical Credibility, Vendor Management, Vendor Selection
• Preferred Skills: Business Data Analysis, Business Savvy, Category Management Strategy, Consulting, Cost Management, Due Diligence, Market Savvy, Negotiation, Problem Solving, Process Improvements, RFx Management, Risk Assessments, Risk Management, Spend Analysis, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Collaboration, Technical Credibility, Vendor Management, Vendor Selection

Education

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or Science.
• Preferred: Master's Degree.

Additional Requirements

• Travel up to 10% is required.