Senior Director, Category

Role Summary

Senior Director to lead our New Product Development and Supply category in R&D Procurement globally for JJIM. Location options include Titusville, NJ; Raritan, NJ; New Brunswick, NJ; Horsham, PA; Spring House, PA. Accountable for assessing the external market, understanding business priorities, and setting the strategic direction for approximately $800M in annual spend.

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
• 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

Required

• Strong business insight – ability to understand challenges through the eyes of the regional business leaders
• Influencing skills – 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

Education

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