
Senior Manager VC SCP
- Jacksonville, FL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- The individual may manage a team of up to four employees
- Develop and drive the Procurement vision for, with and through the stakeholder community.
- Develop the vision, strategy and implementation plan for the assigned Vision Care spend that will effectively meet the long-range requirements of the business partners and deliver the maximum value for J&J
- Interface directly with CEO’s and other supplier leadership to assure alignment of JNJ’s objectives are met, including quality, reliability, innovation and cost.
- Understand operational considerations. Identifies business demand requirements and partners with Business Unit Procurement Leaders to deliver annual value improvements and drives competitive advantage.
- Understand long range requirements of the business partners and engage in strategic planning and partnering to ensure alignment
- Deliver on financial, service, reliability, quality, innovation, and growth commitments
- Build and maintain relationships throughout JNJ that results in dynamic interactive dialogue on a broad range of perspectives and information critical to the development of optimal approaches and solutions for the Category
- Develop deep supplier relationships with strategic suppliers to include performance management and development, improvement of end-to-end value and delivery of innovation to the Business
- Identify, develop and direct the implementation of Procurements goals and category strategies, based on deep subject matter expertise and a strong understanding of industry/market dynamics
- Escalate issues that may impact the Global Procurement organization
- This person will sit on the Jacksonville Site Leadership Team
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Science, preferably complemented by other Master’s qualifications
- Minimum 8-10 years of relevant work experience, preferably inside and outside Procurement and similar sectors or industries to deliver successfully in the role.
- Strong Business, Finance and Procurement Acumen.
- Ability to build sound, fact-based recommendations that are compelling and provides the right motivation for action
- Clarity in terms of thought and strong critical reasoning skills to enable meaningful discussions with internal stakeholders and suppliers
- Strong verbal and written communication skill with ability to confidently present complex information
- Ability to go beyond the day-to-day operational cycle of purchasing and truly approaching procurement in a strategic and intelligent manner
- Business-focused and oriented, and being able to translate business needs into tangible procurement goals and strategies
- Excellent ability to synthesize large amount of data to draw meaningful insights and to drive valuable discussions with internal stakeholders and suppliers
- English Proficiency required
- APICS - CPIM and/or CSCP Certification is preferred
- Up to 25% International and Domestic travel