Purchasing Manager

jj; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision is recruiting for a Purchasing Manager, located in Milpitas, California. You will lead the daily purchasing operations, develop a high-performing buying team, and ensure materials are available to support reliable production while maintaining quality, cost, and inventory targets.

In this role you will drive supplier performance, lead S&OP reviews, manage KPIs, and implement Lean-based continuous improvement across the function.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MA/MBA preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with ERP systems, SAP preferred.
• Strong leadership and coaching abilities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations and build a high-performing team.
• Lead monthly S&OP reviews with strategic suppliers.
• Balance workloads and ensure coverage for project needs.
• Standardize practices and cross-train team members.
• Resolve invoice discrepancies promptly.
• Track shortages and implement timely mitigation.
• Lead root-cause analysis and continuous improvement.
• Manage KPIs like OTIF and inventory metrics.
• Maintain accurate purchasing master data in ERP.
• Establish strong supplier communication.

Skills

ERP SAP

Team leadership

Communication

MS Office

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

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:

Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function:

Inventory Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Milpitas, California, United States of America

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 https://www.jnj.com./

Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision is recruiting for a Purchasing Manager, located in Milpitas, California.

Role Overview:

The Purchasing Manager leads the daily execution and continuous improvement of purchasing operations for J&J Vision Surgical Equipment in Milpitas. This people-leader role develops a high-performing buying team, strengthens supplier performance, and ensures materials are available to support reliable production while maintaining quality, compliance, cost, and inventory expectations.

The Impact You Will Have:

Your leadership will directly influence continuity of supply and operational performance. By anticipating shortages, accelerating mitigation plans, improving supplier reliability, and strengthening purchasing controls, you will help protect production schedules and support the timely delivery of surgical technologies. You will partner with global suppliers and cross-functional leaders to solve complex, high-impact supply challenges. You will also shape team capability by setting clear priorities, coaching buyers, standardizing work, and using relevant indicators to turn risks into timely decisions and sustainable improvements. You will apply advance purchasing processes through Lean thinking, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee daily departmental operations and personnel while building and sustaining a high-performing team.
• Lead monthly S&OP reviews with strategic suppliers to align priorities, performance, and actions.
• Balance buyer workloads to ensure effective coverage and flexibility to support additional project needs.
• Standardize work practices and cross-train team members to strengthen capability and business continuity.
• Ensure supplier invoice discrepancies are resolved promptly to prevent credit holds.
• Track and elevate material shortages, ensuring timely mitigation plans are in place to prevent production disruptions.
• Lead root-cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage and improve purchasing KPIs, including supplier OTIF, raw material safety stock attainment, purchase order confirmations, invoice discrepancy resolution time, excess and obsolete inventory reduction, and RTS processing time.
• Ensure purchasing master data—including lead times, pricing, and order parameters—is accurate and maintained in the ERP system.

Establish and maintain effective supplier communication to foster strong, collaborative relationships.

Qualifications

Education:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree and/or University degree required. MA/MBA is preferred.

Experience and Skills

Required:

• A minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience
• Advance experience with ERP systems (SAP preferred).
• Ability to develop, coach and lead a team of buyers and team leads in the execution, strategies and realization of departmental and company goals.
• Ability to communicate clearly, making the complex clear and compelling to all levels of the organization in both written & oral forms.
• Ability to drive & apply continuous process improvement tools and improvements to large and complex projects.
• Proficient user of MS Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Preferred:

• Experience with APO/SNP & Advanced Planning Systems (OMP).
• Ability to build strong collaborative teams and relationships, leading cross functional/ virtual teams where required.
• The ability to influence Director & VP Levels within the organization and in a matrix environment.
• Working knowledge of financial processes.
• Strong organization skills and an aptitude for planning with exceptional attention to detail
• Green Belt Six Sigma Certifications & Supply Chain Certification (APICS/ IBF)

Other:

• May require up to 10% domestic and/or international travel to other locations and sites

Johnson & Johnsonisan Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal,stateor local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who areprotectedveterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to requestan accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers, internal employees contactAskGSto be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Business Process Design, Compliance Management, Cost Management, Data Savvy, Demand Planning, Developing Others, Distribution Resource Planning