Manager IM EMEA Agile Procurement

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; Beerse; Sur place; EUR 80 000 - 138 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Annual bonus

Vacation days

Parental leave

Bereavement leave

Caregiver leave

Well-being reimbursement

Health plans

Résumé du poste

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine seeks a dynamic Manager IM EMEA Agile Procurement to drive sourcing strategies and execution across multiple markets. You will partner with leadership to deliver savings, value, and supplier performance in an Agile procurement model.

Key responsibilities include leading multi-market sourcing events, engaging senior stakeholders, and translating business priorities into procurement delivery across Marketing, Business Services, and CCFS spend areas.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or equivalent preferred.
• Experience: 5–7+ years of procurement experience, ideally in complex, multi-country environments.
• Industry Experience: Pharmaceutical / life sciences strongly preferred.

Responsabilités

• Understand EMEA Innovative Medicine business priorities and translate into procurement initiatives.
• Partner with Procurement Category Leaders to deploy global strategies in EMEA markets.
• Bring subject matter expertise in marketing procurement, data & analytics, marketing operations, and distributor services to shape sourcing strategies.
• Engage senior EMEA stakeholders to ensure alignment, adoption, and impact of procurement strategies.
• Identify regional market trends, supplier dynamics, and opportunities to enhance category strategies.
• Lead complex, multi-market sourcing events, negotiations, and strategic projects across EMEA.
• Drive delivery of procurement targets across assigned scope, including savings and supplier performance.
• Contribute to the Agile Procurement operating model and collaboration with Global Services.
• Serve as country/market procurement lead for assigned markets as interface between Procurement and local business.

Connaissances

Procurement execution

Market-facing lead

Stakeholder engagement

Multi-market sourcing

Project leadership

Category collaboration

Business acumen

Negotiation

Strategic thinking

Sustainable procurement

Formation

Bachelor's degree

MBA or equivalent preferred

Description du poste

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions 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 jnj.com.As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function

Procurement

Job Sub Function

Category

Job Category

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium

Job Description

Manager IM EMEA Agile Procurement

Location: Beerse, Belgium; Zug, Switzerland

Contract type: Full time, permanent

Role Purpose

Accountable for delivering procurement results in support of the Innovative Medicine EMEA business strategy. The role partners with EMEA commercial leadership and procurement category teams to execute sourcing strategies, lead procurement initiatives, and manage supplier relationships across multiple markets. The focus is on driving execution excellence at scale across EMEA, ensuring alignment between global category strategies and regional business needs, while embedding procurement into key business priorities and decision-making forums. The role operates within an Agile Procurement model, leading critical sourcing projects and initiatives across multiple markets, and acting as a key connector between business stakeholders, category teams, and Global Services. In addition, the role requires strong engagement with senior stakeholders to ensure procurement strategies are understood, adopted, and deliver measurable business impact, including value delivery, efficiency improvements, and supplier performance.

Key Responsibilities

Scope of responsibilities includes:

• Understand EMEA Innovative Medicine business priorities (including local OpCos and ESO) and translate these into procurement-led initiatives
• Partner with Procurement Category Leaders to adapt and deploy global strategies to EMEA market realities
• Bring subject matter expertise in marketing procurement, including agencies, data & analytics, marketing operations, and distributor services, to shape sourcing strategies, challenge demand, and optimize supplier ecosystems in line with EMEA business priorities
• Engage senior EMEA business stakeholders to ensure alignment, adoption, and impact of procurement strategies
• Identify regional market trends, supplier dynamics, and innovation opportunities to enhance category strategies
• Lead complex, multi-market sourcing events, negotiations, and strategic projects across EMEA
• Drive delivery of procurement targets (savings, value, compliance, supplier performance) across assigned scope
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the Agile Procurement operating model, including ways of working with Global Services and category teams
• Serve as country / market procurement lead for assigned markets, acting as the primary interface between Procurement and the local business, ensuring business priorities are understood and effectively supported across Marketing, Business Services, and CCFS spend areas

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or equivalent preferred
• Experience: 5–7+ years of procurement experience, ideally in complex, multi-country environments
• Industry Experience: Pharmaceutical / life sciences strongly preferred

Skills

• Strong procurement execution and sourcing expertise, including complex negotiations
• Proven ability to operate as a market-facing procurement lead / business partner
• Experience working across multiple markets and stakeholder groups in EMEA
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including senior leadership interaction
• Ability to translate business priorities into procurement delivery across multiple spend areas
• Solid project leadership with ability to manage parallel priorities across markets
• Strong collaboration across category teams, Agile teams, and Global Services
• Strong business acumen, linking procurement outcomes to business impact

Required Skills

Preferred Skills

• Business Data Analysis
• Business Savvy
• Category Management Strategy
• Coaching
• Competitive Landscape Analysis
• Contract Management
• Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
• Critical Thinking
• Data Analysis
• Market Savvy
• Negotiation
• New Program Development
• Performance Measurement
• Process Improvements
• Procurement Policies
• Relationship Building
• Risk Management
• Spend Analysis
• Strategic Thinking
• Supplier Collaboration
• Sustainable Procurement
• Technical Credibility
• Vendor Selection

The Anticipated Base Pay Range For This Position Is

€79,800.00 - €137,770.00

Benefits

• an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions.
• vacation days
• parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks
• bereavement leave
• caregiver leave
• volunteer leave
• well-being reimbursement
• programs for financial, physical and mental health
• service anniversary and recognition awards
• employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans
• This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.