Senior Sourcing Manager, Advanced Therapy

Johnson & Johnson is currently recruiting for a Senior Manager, Advanced Therapies Procurement! This onsite/hybrid position is located in Beerse, Belgium; Titusville or Raritan, New Jersey;

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/.

At the Innovative Medicine Supply Chain team, we are working to build a world without disease.

Transforming lives by finding new and better ways to prevent, intercept, treat and cure disease inspires us.

We bring together the best minds and pursue the most promising science.

Are you interested in joining a diverse team delivering outstanding results to our customers? Apply now for this exciting opportunity!

This position will be responsible for global External Manufacturers, Critical Direct Materials, and Service suppliers which bring unique capabilities to the Innovative Medicines advanced therapies platform.

The category and spending are highly sophisticated and require close collaboration with team members within the business.

Many of the innovative suppliers are early phase growth and require a supplier development mentality to support our scale.

This individual will identify, develop, and lead the implementation of procurement goals and strategy as well as the organization's activities and deliver against targets for financial performance, quality, service, and compliance adherence.

They will maintain key relationships within the business, manage key supplier relationships globally or regionally, and support the development of end-to-end category strategy and deployment.
Key Responsibilities:


* Lead or supports sourcing initiatives to identify the right supplier partners and build adequate material capacities to support business.


* Influence business decision-making to deliver ongoing value improvements and drive competitive advantage.


* Lead RFPs applying e-sourcing systems effectively to drive speed to the market and decision-making internally through the tool.


* Develop / Support category sourcing strategy for defined portfolio through Business needs assessment, Market Intelligence, Supplier evaluations, and sourcing choices.


* Proactively engages business partners and/or category managers to identify their needs and incorporate those needs into sub-category strategies.


* Develop and lead supplier partnerships / external manufacturing partnerships to drive performance delivery, risk mitigation, and value through supplier-enabled innovation.


* Mitigate business risk through the understanding o...