Procurement Ops Director, Americas

Johnson & Johnson MedTech; Bogotá; Hybrid; COP 350,000,000 - 550,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is recruiting for a Director, Procurement Operations, located in Bogotá, Colombia. The role ensures global Source-to-Pay service delivery aligned with business strategy, working with leaders across Finance, Legal, Compliance, IT, and Procurement to drive performance and continuous improvement.

The Director leads regional teams, balances global standards with local requirements, and drives automation, data quality, and supplier experience while ensuring policy and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent university degree is required.
• MBA, master’s degree, or another advanced degree is preferred.
• 10–12 years of Procurement, Finance, or other relevant business experience, with a minimum of 7 years in a management role.
• Prior experience leading large teams in a complex matrixed structure and managing key stakeholders internally and externally in a service-delivery environment.
• Strong strategic mindset and disciplined, data-oriented thinking, with the ability to translate long-term priorities into operating plans and measurable outcomes.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and influencing skills, including the ability to represent Procurement Operations with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience owning service levels, operational governance, controls, performance analytics, capacity, change, and continuous improvement.
• Fluency in English, written and oral; Spanish or Portuguese proficiency is preferred based on supported regions.
• Requires up to 5% domestic and international travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional managers and professionals, providing guidance, training, and support to enhance skills and performance.
• Oversee Source-to-Contract operations: sourcing event management, price/terms negotiation, contract drafting and execution, stakeholder management.
• Oversee Requisition-to-Pay: Accounts Payable, payments, PO lifecycle, and customer-experience management with policy and legal compliance.
• Own operational performance across the Source-to-Pay service portfolio, including onboarding, catalog support, data, and contracting handoffs.
• Establish regional governance, service levels, dashboards, capacity plans, escalation paths, and corrective actions.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, Compliance, IT, Quality, Regulatory, Information Security, Privacy, Technology, and leadership to align services with standards.
• Drive continuous improvements in user/supplier experience, data quality, and cost to serve.
• Support automation/AI initiatives with defined needs, data quality expectations, and adoption measures.
• Ensure adherence to procurement policy, delegation of authority, and audit requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Data analytics

Stakeholder mgmt

Collaboration

Communication

Influencing

Service delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or advanced degree

Tools

SAP Ariba

SAP S/4HANA

ServiceNow

Coupa

Power BI

Job description

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is recruiting for a Director, Procurement Operations, located in Bogotá, Colombia. The role ensures global Source-to-Pay service delivery aligned with business strategy, working with leaders across Finance, Legal, Compliance, IT, and Procurement to drive performance and continuous improvement.

The Director leads regional teams, balances global standards with local requirements, and drives automation, data quality, and supplier experience while ensuring policy and