Senior Manager SCP EM&S Category

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 jnj.com

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Job Function:

Procurement

Job Sub Function:

Category

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

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/.

Johnson & Johnson is hiring for a Senior Manager- EM&S Category. This position is located in Raritan US.

This role will be responsible for developing and executing strategies across the External Manufacturing & Electronic Systems category and delivering innovation, resilience, cost optimization through our supply base supporting Surgery, EPNV & Vision business units.

Success in this role requires a customer-centric mindset, ensuring that internal business units—including R&D, Operations, Quality, and Marketing—are engaged as key customers. By understanding their priorities and translating them into procurement strategies, the leader will position EM&S Category Procurement as a trusted partner that enables product innovation, compliance, and commercial success.

The scope of the Senior Manager- EM&S Category MedTech will include:

Leadership

• Lead the External Manufacturing & Electronic Systems Category and Supplier Relationship Management to develop E2E business category strategy and execution, supplier management and risk mitigation across Surgery, EPNV & Vision business units in MedTech.
• Reporting into the MedTech Center Category Management Leader, the role will provide overall coordination, facilitation and enablement of programs that will drive best practices and leverage across J&J Enterprise.
• Set clear goals, priorities, and performance measures to ensure alignment with business objectives while fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and innovation within the team.
• Responsible for providing a practical and intellectual understanding of the global MedTech industry and its channels in order to provide a strong combination of strategic vision and hands-on leadership in all aspects of global sourcing operations.

Category & Strategy Governance

• Provide oversight and direction for global EM&S category strategies.
• Ensure alignment across sub-categories and business units to capture synergies and scale benefits.
• Drive portfolio-level decisions (make/buy, supplier footprint, risk diversification, sustainability, simplification & rationalization).
• Oversee category pipeline execution to deliver cost savings, resilience, and innovation.
• Be responsible for managing all aspects of the relationship within EM&S Material suppliers to deliver reliable product supply and total cost reduction.
• Develop a supplier strategy that segments suppliers, assesses and governs performance, rationalizes the supply base, and drives continuous improvement.
• Monitor supplier contract maintenance and negotiations, ensuring alignment with current business requirements

Supplier & Market Engagement

• Guide the cross functional team in supplier segmentation and relationship management, ensuring strategic partnerships and performance excellence.
• Act as executive