Manager, Ortho Supply Chain Procurement
Johnson & Johnson
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Cork • Ireland
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About the role
- Ensure Procurement delivers measurable results that advance the Trauma business strategy.
- Proactively engage the platform Supply Chain Leadership Team (ELT) and key functional stakeholders to shape Procurement’s agenda, translate business priorities into sourcing strategies, and secure alignment and adoption across markets.
- Lead the development and execution of a sourcing strategy for Trauma (and product strategies as required).
- Drive innovation, speed-to-value, risk management, and supplier performance through differentiated category plays, bold sourcing strategies, and disciplined execution, monitoring and reporting processes.
- Determine business priorities and partner with Procurement Category Leaders to design forward-looking strategies that directly advance those priorities, balancing cost, growth enablement, risk, speed, innovation and sustainability.
- Collaborate with senior business leaders to ensure Procurement strategies meet business needs, are socialized effectively, and are adopted within the business – creating executive-ready narratives and clear decision paths.
- Identify opportunities to apply AI and advanced analytics in category strategies, supplier performance management, and risk mitigation to drive speed, precision, and innovation.
- Lead complex, high-stakes negotiations for owned categories, ensuring value creation, risk mitigation, compliance, and relationship outcomes.
- Own delivery against Procurement performance targets within the role’s remit; establish dashboards and lead reviews to ensure target achievement.
- Bring innovation to the business for new product development, partner cross-category to ensure robust supplier selection slates and drive adherence to the supplier selection process.
- Uphold ethical sourcing, data privacy, antibribery/anticorruption standards, and contracting governance; anticipate and address regional risks proactively.
- Performs other duties assigned as needed.
Requirements
- Strong business acumen – ability to understand challenges through the eyes of business leaders
- Exceptional influencing skills – able to persuade, align, and secure sponsorship for bold ideas across senior stakeholders
- Superior communication skills – confidently present complex information in clear, compelling narratives
- Broad Procurement expertise across spend management, category strategy, and supplier management
- Preferred Minimum Education: Bachelors/MBA or Equivalent
- Preferred Area of Study: BS/BA in an applicable field of study, advance degree is preferred MBA a plus.
- Preferred Related Industry Experience: Orthopedics/MedTech
- Broad-based understanding of Orthopedics business operations and practices and core Procurement areas of focus (Spend Management: Category Management and Supplier Management).
- Experience with AI-enabled tools and digital procurement platforms – familiarity with leveraging AI for predictive analytics, spend optimization, and supplier selection/innovation.
- Multi-country and multi-sector experience preferred with experience across geographies of varied sizes and businesses.
Benefits
- We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
sourcing strategysupplier performance managementrisk managementcategory strategyspend managementdata privacycontracting governancenegotiationadvanced analyticsinnovation
Soft skills
business acumeninfluencing skillscommunication skillscollaborationpersuasionalignmentexecutive presentationdecision-makingproblem-solvingleadership
Certifications
MBABachelor's degreeProcurement certifications