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Job Function:

Procurement

Job Sub Function:

Multi-Family Procurement

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for a Director, IM Procurement, R& D Agile to be in Raritan, New Jersey, Titusville, New Jersey, Spring House, Pennsylvania, or Beerse, Belgium.

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Purpose: The Director, Research & Development (R& D) Agile Procurement will be accountable for ensuring alignment between Procurement strategy, Janssen's Business Plan, and critical Therapeutic and Functional teams across the Global R& D business. This role requires a leader that is a strong relationship builder, strategic problem solver and influencer.

Are you interested in leading a dynamic team that shapes Janssen's ability to provide better outcomes for patients? Apply now for this exciting opportunity!

You will be responsible for:

• Ensure that the Procurement organization delivers results in support of Janssen strategies and objectives.
• Work to align Procurement's activities directly with business leaders inclusive of Therapeutic Area and Functional R& D, Finance, Legal, and Global Services teams.
• Lead operational execution of the Research and Development categories, and other categories when required, and their respective strategies for Janssen.
• Direct and manage a team of 6-8 people located in various regions and countries whose responsibility it is to understand the Janssen business and connect this with category strategies, ensuring optimal use of suppliers.
• Lead the operational execution of the global category strategies and their global and regional implementation, including the delivery of sourcing and contracting services for certain activities.
• Lead major strategic negotiations for owned categories, or on behalf of the Janssen business, as required.
• Build and manage relationships across Janssen that result in dynamic dialogue, a broad range of perspectives and information critical to the development of efficient approaches and solutions.
• Engage directly with budget owners at the Vice President & President level to drive business planning and strategic decision making across all relevant category spend families.
• Understand long range (3-5 year) requirements for Janssen R& D teams identified through strategic planning to guide development of category strategies and Procurement process.
• Identify business demand requirements and partner with Category Leaders to deliver annual value improvements and drive competitive advantage through the supplier base.
• Identify pharmaceutical industry trends that Procurement must build into its category strategies to ensure sustainable relevance to Janssen.
• Ensure drug discovery, preclinical, and clinical services are supported and prioritized within the category teams and work across all R& D Categories, Global Services, and Therapeutic Areas to ensure seamless execution to launch commitments.
• Lead resolution of sophisticated business problems in partnership with our supplier base including deployment of Supplier Enabled Innovation programs.
• Continuously monitor the needs of the business to ensure their requirements are met and implement Procurement process improvement where critical to achieve the same.
• Key business partner to Janssen business and corresponding leadership teams in strategy development and Procurement delivery.
• Lead the Research & Development Agile Team in the operational execution of the global category strategies.
• Attract, retain, develop, and motivate talent in the team.
• Participate in Global/Regional team meetings and provide updates to Global Procurement Leadership.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Minimum of Bachelors or equivalent University Degree is required. MBA or further advanced degree is preferred.

• Minimum of 10 years related work experience
• Strong business acumen to understand challenges through the eyes of the regional business leaders
• Demonstrated influencing skills to persuade others to change behavior in pursuit of a common goal
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills at the senior executive level, as well as with peers
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to confidently present complex information to senior executives and large audiences
• Broad-based understanding of core procurement areas of focus (spend management, category management and supplier management)
• Strong project and change management capabilities
• Demonstrated learning agility, and the ability to improve both yourself and the people around you

• Experience in Life Science, Medical Technology, and/or FMCG fields
• Proven track record in attracting and developing talent
• Ability to inspire an organization to achieve stretch goals
• High level of credibility with internal customers, and with the supplier community, based on broad experience
• Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams and executing significant change programs
• Multi-country and Multi-industry experience with experience across geographies of varied sizes and businesses
• Demonstrated flexibility and willingness to respond to changes in the external environment, while ensuring the organization is able to effectively and efficiently move through transitions
• People management experience
• Requires up to 10% domestic and international travel

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 and 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, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

$146, 000-$251, 850

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, and 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. Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, 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