Manager Surgery Supply Chain Procurement, External Manufacturing

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:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Zug, Switzerland

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for a Manager Surgery Supply Chain Procurement, External Manufacturing in Raritan, NJ and Zug, Switzerland

About Surgery

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting!

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

This role will lead strategic procurement for External Manufacturing within the Surgery business, shaping and executing supplier strategies that ensure reliable, high-quality supply while unlocking cost savings and innovation that accelerate new surgical solutions. You’ll work with various Supply Chain partners and senior leaders to influence long-range sourcing decisions, drive measurable supplier performance improvements, and mitigate supply risk across geographies.

The job is exciting because your work directly enables better patient outcomes by securing critical materials and fostering supplier-driven innovation at the intersection of science, manufacturing, and commercial strategy!

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and drive Procurement vision for, with and through the Surgery partner community to deliver supplier performance across reliability, quality, cost, innovation, and growth commitments.
• Own all related procurement activity, engaging with key Supply Chain business partners as well as R&D, including leadership teams and financial forums to set goals and drive decision making.
• Orchestrate supply base strategy performance to achieve commitments and business needs by providing robust data and insights from the business across Supply Chain.
• Develop a sound and efficient strategies, partnering across Procurement categories to ensure robust supplier selection slates and adherence to the supplier selection process.
• Develop deep relationships with own strategic suppliers and work with other Supplier Relationship Managers (SRMs) to drive end-to-end value for the business.
• Own your Procurement metrics and partner with other SRMs to deliver year-on-year improvements and drive competitive advantage, continuously supervising business needs to ensure requirements are met.
• Develop and complete strategic network programs and gross profit improvement roadmaps through close collaboration with Value Stream Leaders, Supply Chain team members and external partners.
• Proactively call out supplier related issues that may impact continuity of supply and collaborate on resolutions.
• Understand long range business requirements and engage in strategic planning and partnering via S&OP forums to ensure alignment across key supply chain functions.
• Build and manage relationships throughout J&J that result in dynamic interactive dialogue on a broad range of perspectives and information critical to the development of optimal approaches and solutions.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelors degree (or equivalent) in an applica