Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Procurement/Surgical Robotics – OTTAVA

6267-Auris Health Inc. Legal Entity; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Up to 20% travel

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Procurement/Surgical Robotics – OTTAVA, to lead a sourcing team in Santa Clara.

You will drive category strategies, manage supplier relationships, and own financial performance for commercialization initiatives in a highly matrixed organization. The role requires a strong background in strategic sourcing, negotiations, and cross-functional leadership with up to 20% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or preferred in engineering or related field.
• Strong supplier cost negotiations and contracting experience.
• Experience implementing digital solutions to optimize results.
• UP TO 20% travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of sourcing professionals to meet commercial objectives.
• Define the sourcing operating model and category strategies.
• Drive cost improvements, PPV and inflation management, and supplier partnerships.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Negotiations

Project management

Communications

Education

Bachelor’s Degree (engineering preferred)

APICS-CPIM/CSCP or PMP/CAPM certifications desirable

Tools

SAP or similar toolkit

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

Job Function: Procurement Job Sub Function: Strategic Sourcing Job Category: People Leader All Job Posting Locations: Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description: Johnson & Johnson RAD (Robotics and Digital) is seeking for a Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Procurement/Surgical Robotics – OTTAVA, for our Santa Clara, Location. 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 https://www.jnj.com/ (https://www.jnj.com/. About MedTech Surgery Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Purpose

As the Sr. Manager Supply Chain Procurement, this role will lead a team of sourcing professionals responsible for building and scaling a best-in-class sourcing organization to support the commercialization of Ottava and Digital Solutions. This leader will be accountable for establishing the sourcing operating model, standard work, and category strategies required for commercialization. The role will drive a resilient and optimized supply base, ensuring alignment to cost, quality, delivery, and innovation objectives. A critical focus will be enabling sustainable financial performance, including a robust CIP pipeline, PPV & market movement inflation management, while ensuring supply continuity and scalability to meet future demand. This role will lead, create, champion, and ensure endorsement of key supplier initiatives and projects (along with full allocation of resources) to meet or exceed time, cost, and quality goals. This role offers an opportunity to make an impact to a fast-growing organization in one of J&Js key growth areas of Surgical Robotics & Digital Solutions. The Sr. Manager Supply Chain Procurement will have a unique opportunity to make an immediate business impact & ensure the organization can achieve long term business goals. This position reports to the Director of Strategic Sourcing for Robotics and Digital Solutions.

Team Leadership & Capability Building

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of sourcing professionals to deliver on commercial objectives
• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and performance expectations aligned to business priorities
• Build organizational capability across Strategic Sourcing, negotiations, supplier management, category strategies, and financial acumen

Operating Model

• Define and implement the sourcing operating model and standard work
• Develop and deploy category strategies in alignment with enterprise/category teams
• Establish scalable processes for supplier selection, contracting, and performance management
• Understand, illustrate, and mitigate supply continuity risks and threats, to ensure supply continuity
• Develop a deep understanding of the Ottava & Digital Solutions robotics commercial strategy and trends to support the development of the correct operational strategies in support of customer needs
• Manage and balance process and procedure changes in highly matrixed organization
• Build supplier & internal partnerships to ensure products launch on time, and suppliers can ramp to future demand levels
• Support initiatives on Procurement Citizenship including diversity and inclusion

Financial Ownership & Performance

• Drive NPI and commercial Sourcing efforts to support COGS (Cost Of Goods Sold) improvement & create a GP (Gross Profit) improvement roadmap
• Own and deliver financial commitments including CIPs, PPV/inflation/market movement management
• Develop and manage savings pipelines and track actuals vs. commitments
• Partner with Finance to ensure accurate forecasting, reporting, and risk mitigation

Lead RFP/I/Qs Request For Proposals/Information/Quotes and Supply agreement contracts and/or provide guidance to team

QUALIFICATIONS Required Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree (preferred Engineering degree-mechanical, electrical, etc.)
• SAP or similar project Software toolkit experience
• Track record of successfully completing complex projects (within time, cost, & quality parameters) is required
• Experience implementing digital, automated solutions to optimize business results thru digital transformation internally or at suppliers
• 10 years or more of Strategic Sourcing or relevant experience in a high urgency/critical stakes environment is required
• Demonstrated Supplier cost negotiations & contracting experience with favorable financial results in complex negotiations $M-savings +
• Proven successful use of leadership, interpersonal communication/presentation skills to favorably influence the direction of the business.
• Adaptability to meet & respond to rapidly changing priorities in a high ambiguity environment
• Use effective change management strategies to guide teams through transformations

Preferred Skills

• Preferred Master’s Degree (MS, MBA, finance, executive, engineering, SC, IS, etc.)
• Multi-country experience preferred
• Previous experience in highly matrixed large organization & start-up environment is desired
• Professional (APICS-CPIM or CSCP and/or PMP or CAPM ISM, Lean, Six Sigma) Certification is desirable
• Experience in Medical Devices industry, Knowledge of regulated environment in compliance to ISO 13485 and 21 CFR 820 preferred
• May require up to 20% travel
• Other: May require up to 15% of domestic and/or international travel

May require up to 20% travel Other: May require up to 15% of domestic and/or international travel. The attendance policy required for this role is JNJ Flex Hybrid. Three days in Office, 2 days remote.

Johnson & Johnson is an 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, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans 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 request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills: Preferred Skills:

Salary and Pay

The anticipated base pay range for this position is : $142,000.00 to $215,449.50

Additional Description for Pay Transparency

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs:

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• business accident insurance
• group legal insurance

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.

Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

• Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
• Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member
• Caregiver Leave – 10 days
• Volunteer Leave – 4 days
• Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours

Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

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 https://www.jnj.com/.