Category Management: Lead the strategy and execution of MedTech Marketing – Agencies and Media category and related sub-categories / commodities.
Design forward-looking strategies that advance business priorities, balancing cost, growth enablement, risk, speed, and sustainability.
Collaborate with senior business leaders to ensure Procurement strategies meet business needs, are socialized effectively, and are adopted within the business.
Value Creation & Cost Optimization: Develop and leverage deep expertise to proactively identify and implement cost-saving measures and establish a robust value delivery pipeline.
Outside-in perspective: Identify critical industry market and supply trends and embed them into category strategies to maintain sustainable relevance for MedTech.
Sourcing: Lead and provide oversight to the Agile Team and Global Services Team on the operational execution of global category strategies and their implementation, including sourcing events and negotiations.
Strategic Negotiations: Lead complex, high-stakes negotiations for owned categories ensuring value creation, risk mitigation, compliance, and relationship outcomes.
Contracting: Monitor supplier contracts and lead contract negotiations as needed.
Supplier Relationship Management: Lead supplier relationship management process, ensuring speed-to-value, risk management, and supplier performance management.
Supplier Innovation & Partnership: Build strategic supplier partnerships that unlock innovation, enable commercial solutions and bring value to the organization
Cash Flow Improvement: Deliver cash flow improvement by optimizing payment term to suppliers
Functional Leadership: Support the J&J One Procurement strategy and execute joint collaborative initiatives
Performance Management: Own delivery against Procurement performance targets within the role’s remit; establish dashboards and lead reviews to ensure target achievement.
Risk, Compliance & Governance: Uphold ethical sourcing, data privacy, anti-bribery/anti-corruption standards, and contracting governance; anticipate and address regional risks proactively.
Digital & Capabilities: Identify opportunities to advance digital and functional capabilities in category strategies, supplier performance management, and risk mitigation to drive speed, precision, and innovation.

Requirements

Relevant Bachelor’s degree (e.g. Business, Engineering, Science) required, preferably complemented by MBA or other Master’s qualification
Minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience, preferably inside and outside Procurement and in different J&J sectors or industries
Demonstrated skills in Strategic Procurement, Sourcing, Category and Supplier Management.
Proven track record of developing and executing category strategies that deliver cost savings, mitigate risk, and improve supplier performance.
Strong understanding of sourcing processes, contract lifecycle management, and supplier governance across diverse indirect spend areas.
Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to partner effectively with internal functions such as Marketing, Legal, Finance.
Excellent negotiation skills, with experience managing complex supplier relationships and high-value contracts.
Ability to engage, interact and negotiate value enhancing relationships with suppliers.
Strong business acumen with the ability to align sourcing initiatives to broader organizational goals.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present to and influence senior leadership.
Proficiency with procurement systems (e.g., SAP, Ariba) and comfort working with data in Excel; familiarity with analytics tools like Power BI or Tableau and AI is a plus.
Strong business and finance acumen, deep understanding of managing for impact in complex matrix environment
Proven ability to lead, influence, partner on & shape projects with / without direct team / authority; High level of credibility with internal customers, and with the supplier community, based on broad experience
Strong user level with data analysis / visualization tools (e.g. Excel, Tableau, PowerBI) and AI tools (i.e. Gen AI and Agentic AI tools, desktop software (e.g., MS Office), eSourcing (SNOW, iCertis, ICD, Scout)

Benefits

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)).
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 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
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

Strategic ProcurementSourcingCategory ManagementSupplier ManagementContract Lifecycle ManagementCost OptimizationRisk MitigationSupplier Performance ManagementNegotiationData Analysis

Soft Skills

Stakeholder EngagementInfluencingCommunicationBusiness AcumenLeadershipCollaborationProblem SolvingRelationship ManagementStrategic ThinkingAdaptability

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeMBA or Master’s qualification