Supply Chain Procurement Manager

Johnson & Johnson; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Supply Chain Procurement Manager in Neurovascular, where you'll lead innovative sourcing strategies and drive supplier engagement. This role offers the chance to work on groundbreaking projects in the medical device sector, ensuring supply reliability and cost efficiency. With a focus on collaboration and leadership, you'll engage with cross-functional teams and influence key stakeholders, all while contributing to a mission that profoundly impacts health for humanity. Embrace this opportunity to develop professionally in a dynamic and inspiring environment.

Benefits

Professional Development Opportunities

Dynamic Working Environment

Excellent Benefits

Challenging Projects

Qualifications

• Minimum six years of experience in Procurement or Supply Chain.
• Experience in Medical Devices or related industry.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier selection and negotiations for Neurovascular projects.
• Drive cost improvement strategies and supplier engagement.
• Collaborate with R&D for sourcing strategies.

Skills

Procurement

Supply Chain Management

Negotiation

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced Degree

Tools

APICS Certification

Six Sigma Certification

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

Job Function:

Procurement

Job Sub Function:

Procurement Business Engagement Leads

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Irvine, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Position: Supply Chain Procurement Manager – Neurovascular

Reporting to: Senior Manager CSS SCP

Location: Irvine, California or Galway, Ireland

Contract: Full Time/Permanent (Fully onsite role)

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/.

Job Position Summary

Reporting to Sr. Manager of Supply Chain Procurement for Neurovascular, the Procurement Manager will be a key leader in driving a fully integrated best in class procurement program within Neurovascular. This leader is expected to provide hands-on leadership in multiple aspects of global sourcing to new product development, cost reduction innovative solutions, business finance and supply chain material reliability. They will lead supplier selection process for new products and provide overall coordination/facilitation of programs that will drive best in practice to leverage J&J’s position in direct material categories. In addition, this role will shape the sourcing strategy for recently launched products to enhance supply reliability and improve gross profit. They will lead a sustainable governance to address raw material reliability issues/constraints that are part of the dynamic supply chain environment. They will lead a strategy for long-term innovative cost improvement projects and will partner with financial stakeholders to ensure metrics for material market movement, part price variances, and costs not in standard are met.

The responsibilities & the impact you will have:

• Lead Neurovascular NPD group and stakeholders in the selection, evaluation, and qualification of suppliers of materials including Electrical Components, Plastics, Metals, Chemicals, Packaging, External Manufacturing, and selected services for all assigned projects.
• Lead multiple complex supplier negotiations simultaneously. Coordinate with key stakeholders, drive terms that are favorable for Neurovascular and hand off stabilized products, contracts, and suppliers to base business sourcing teams.
• Will lead the MEP, siting and closing conversation with non-selected suppliers, will send out award letter for selected suppliers.
• Support multiple NPD projects simultaneously for Neurovascular with several global procurement categories, and geographies around the world.
• Partner with senior leadership in R&D to identify supplier unmet needs and drive the execution of sourcing strategies for the Neurovascular product roadmap.
• Drive strategic/sustainable cost improvement solutions/projects to ensure Neurovascular meets its long-term GP targets and financial resilience through its supplier base
• Partner with Finance Teams to ensure financial metrics like part price variance, market movement, and costs not in standard are met.
• Optimize quality, supply reliability, innovation, and cost through early supplier engagement during product development.
• Partner with multifunctional stakeholders like PP&L, Regulatory, Quality, R&D, Global Strategic Marketing, Engineering, Life Cycle Management, NPD and others to ensure material reliability challenges driven by suppliers are resolved and sustainable solutions are implemented
• Performs other duties assigned as needed

We would love to hear from you, if you have the following requirements:

Education: A minimum of a bachelor’s and/or University degree is required; Advanced degree preferred.

Required:

• A minimum of six (6) years of relevant professional work experience
• Experience in Procurement, Supply Chain/Operations, Quality, R&D or Engineering field
• Experience in Medical Devices or related industry
• Strong communication, influencing, negotiating, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to engage at the leadership level with both Suppliers and within J&J
• Ability to analyze components and raw materials sourcing requirements
• Proven ability to influence/collaborate
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Preferred:

• Professional (APICS, ISM, Six Sigma) Certification
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams to drive projects to successful completion.
• Adaptable to meet rapidly changing priorities

Other:

• May require up 10% to 30% domestic and/or international travel to other locations and sites.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong communication, influencing, negotiating, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to engage at the leadership level with both Suppliers and within J&J
• Ability to analyze components and raw materials sourcing requirements
• Proven ability to influence/collaborate
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Professional (APICS, ISM, Six Sigma) Certification
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams to drive projects to successful completion
• Adaptable to meet rapidly changing priorities

This is what awaits YOU at J&J:

This is an opportunity to work within groundbreaking MedTech and to be a member of a Johnson & Johnson company, with an excellent record in employee continuous professional development and business improvement.

We are passionate about our work; we play vital roles across a range of professional disciplines and care deeply about our customers and communities. At Johnson & Johnson our culture enables dynamic and impactful careers.

Whether you’re one of the 1000+ people who work here, or you’re considering joining the team, we offer:

• An opportunity to be part of a global market leader.
• A dynamic and inspiring working environment.
• Opportunities to work on challenging projects and assignments.
• Possibilities for further personal and professional development/education
• Excellent Benefits

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The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

100-172,000

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

The anticipated pay range for this position is 100-172,000