Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing

Role Summary

Senior Sourcing Manager - Packaging and Drug Delivery Systems (DDS) for New Product Introductions (NPIs). Leads end-to-end procurement for Packaging and DDS within Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine. Embeds procurement into R&D and NPI programs to deliver value beyond cost, accelerate innovation, and ensure resilient, scalable supply aligned with J&J's core objectives. Location: Titusville, NJ; Beerse, BE; or Zug, CH.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Packaging & DDS Procurement strategies across development, and commercialization.
• Act as the Procurement lead and primary point of contact to R&D for selected Packaging and DDS, from early development through commercialization readiness.
• Build supplier and platform strategies that enable standardization, scalability and long-term lifecycle stewardship across development and marketed products.
• Lead supplier relationships, negotiation strategies, contracting and performance management.
• Embed design-to-value, should-cost modeling into sourcing and development decisions.
• Ensure regulatory, quality, and business continuity readiness of DDS and packaging suppliers operating in GMP-regulated environments.

Qualifications

• 5 to 8 years of procurement experience within DDS or Packaging, preferably in a regulated medical device, or pharmaceutical environments.
• Strong category management, sourcing and supplier relationship management capabilities.
• Comfortable engaging in technical, supply chain and commercial discussions with R&D and supplier partners.
• Able to influence senior business partners without formal authority.
• Strong communicator with a global, cross-functional approach.
• Experienced in operating in an innovative R&D and NPI-intensive environments.
• Proven strong sense of ownership and accountability, translating sourcing strategies into tangible NPI outcomes.

Skills

• Required: Business Data Analysis
• Required: Business Savvy
• Required: Category Management Strategy
• Required: Consulting
• Required: Cost Management
• Required: Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Required: Facilitation
• Required: Market Savvy
• Required: Negotiation
• Required: Organizing
• Required: RFx Management
• Required: Risk Management
• Required: Spend Analysis
• Required: Strategic Sourcing
• Required: Supplier Collaboration
• Required: Team Management
• Required: Technical Credibility
• Required: Vendor Management
• Required: Vendor Selection

Education

• Bachelor or equivalent preferably in economics or supply chain.

Additional Requirements

• Working in an international environment across different time zones
• Travel: up to 20% - project dependent
• Strong in English written and verbal communication