Sr Specialist, Contingent Labor Procurement, Americas

Johnson Johnson; Bogotá ciudad; On-site; COP 287,954,000 - 415,933,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Senior Specialist, Contingent Labor Procurement, Americas to support the Contingent Labor category across the company’s Americas enterprise. The role partners with the Director Contingent Labor Procurement, Americas and Global Category Team to plan activities and deliver against targets with a focus on compliance and CSR.

The position requires at least five years of relevant experience, strong business acumen, proven leadership and cross-functional collaboration

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate development and maintenance of SOPs and operating principles.
• Lead team meetings and provide updates to Global Procurement Leadership.
• Manage a portfolio of programs across sectors and functions.
• Conduct spend analysis and inform sourcing decisions.
• Lead pricing and cost initiatives and negotiate contracts for HR services.

Skills

Business acumen

Leadership

Communication (verbal)

Communication (written)

Procurement knowledge

Project management

Change management

Learning agility

AI concepts awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions 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:

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

Position Summary:

The Senior Specialist, Contingent Labor Procurement, Americas will be responsible for supporting the Contingent Labor category across Johnson & Johnson's Americas enterprise. The activities under the category will be managed in close collaboration with the Director Contingent Labor Procurement, Americas and the Global Category Team and require collaboration with key stakeholders across all J&J sectors and functions. This role will plan and direct the organization's activities and deliver against targets for financial performance, quality, service, and compliance adherence, including corporate social responsibility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Facilitate the development, implementation, and maintenance of processes, policies, guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures, and Business Operating Principles.
• Lead team meetings and provide updates to Global Procurement Leadership
• Manage and prioritize portfolio of programs across the sectors and functions. Strong project management skills to ensure successful implementation of complex programs that impact all sectors and functions of J&J.
• Conduct spend analysis and leverage market intelligence to inform sourcing decisions and optimize supplier performance.
• Lead pricing and cost initiatives, manage sourcing events, and negotiate contracts for medium to high complexity HR services.
• Support supplier relationships with strategic partners to include data review and analysis, performance management and development and improvement of end to end value. This is inclusive of driving accountabilities to our SLAs and KPIs as agreed upon in our contractual agreements.
• Oversee performance of third-party managed service provider to ensure strategic alignment with business priorities, optimize category spend, and maintain service quality across the portfolio.
• Plan and direct the organization's activities and deliver against targets for financial performance, quality, service and compliance adherence.
• Identify and lead Americas sourcing projects across a wide range of Contingent Labor sub-categories.

Qualifications:

• Education : A minimum of a Bachelors or equivalent University degree is required.

Required:

• A minimum of five (5) years relevant professional work experience.
• Strong business acumen - Understanding challenges through the eyes of business leaders
• Proven leadership, teamwork, and influencing skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to confidently present complex information
• Broad-based understanding of core procurement areas of focus including spend management, source-to-pay
• Strong project and change management experience and capabilities
• Proven learning agility, improving both yourself and the people around you
• Demonstrated understanding of AI concepts and frameworks, including awareness of responsible and ethical AI practices, and experience generating effective prompts to boost efficiency and productivity.

Preferred:

• Preferred experience in Life Sciences, Medical Technology or Supply Chain
• Demonstrated agile behaviors
• High level of credibility with internal customers, and with the supplier community, based on broad experience
• Proven track record in participating in cross-functional teams
• Multi-category experience with experience across geographies of varied sizes and businesses
• Flexibility and willingness to respond to changes in the external environment