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Job Function:

Procurement

Job Sub Function:

Category

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, Prague, Czechia

Job Description:

SENIOR CATEGORY MANAGER

Possible Locations: Beerse, Belgium, Prague, Czech Republic

Contract type: Full time, permanent

THE OPPORTUNITY

Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies is recruiting for a Senior Category Manager, R&D Procurement, Laboratory Supplies and Services.  Potential locations for this role include Beerse (Belgium), Prague (Czech), Malvern (PA-US), Raritan (NJ-US), Titusville (NJ-US), New Brunswick (NJ-US), Tampa (FL-US) or Springhouse (PA-US).

How YOU can help:

The Senior Category Manager will develop, lead, and manage the Laboratory Supplies and Services Category supporting the Innovative Medicine R&D and QC lab network and includes the following categories:

• R&D Lab Chemicals, Supplies, & Consumables: Products consumed daily, i.e., beakers, flasks, pipette tips, media, sera, peptides, etc.​
• R&D Lab Services: Non-Scientific lab support: Point of Use (POU) inventory, ordering, lab glass cleaning, media preparation, equipment calibration

This role will collaborate closely with cross functional stakeholders at research sites including Strategic Business Operations and the Technical development & Supply team (TDS) and lab communities  supporting Research sites across the network (including but not limited to Beerse, Leiden, Cork, Schaffhausen, Malvern, Springhouse, Raritan, La Jolla).

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Determine the Innovative Medicine business needs for the R&D laboratory network globally for Lab supplies, consumables, and services
• Develop and implement the global Category strategy for these services that aligns with the needs of the Innovative Medicine business
• Identify industry and market insights and benchmarks (including peer-to-peer insights) to create value and bring opportunities to key stakeholders that address current and evolving business needs
• Develop, implement, lead, and monitor key supplier relationships through governance strategies, leveraging the procurement supplier management model, to drive innovation and optimal supplier performance
• Partner with procurement colleagues across Category teams (including Supply Chain, CCFS, Medtech) to develop and implement cross-Category governance/supplier management strategies for key suppliers   
• Partner with Business Unit and Global Services sourcing colleagues to lead major sourcing events & strategic negotiations
• Supplier risk management:  Monitor and mitigate business risk leveraging procurement risk management tools and processes
• Develop, implement, and monitor targets for the Category to contribute to the broad goals of Innovative medicine (Business Plan, Savings, Cost Management, Supplier Management)
• Implement regular review sessions with key business and procurement leaders to communicate progress against established targets and ensure ongoing alignment
• Engage with BU and GS sourcing colleagues as needed on an ongoing basis to ensure category needs for  sourcing and contracting support fully leverage the R&D procurement operating model

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• Required: Bachelor’s degree
• Preferred: Master’s degree or further advanced degree in sciences or business

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Minimum of 8 years of related working experience
• Strong business acumen – the ability to understand business challenges and develop supply option solutions
• Influencing skills – the ability to persuade others to change behavior in pursuit of a common goal

• Preferred: Master’s degree or further advanced degree in sciences or business

• Strong verbal, written communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to  prepare and present complex information to business and procurement leadership  
• Broad-based understanding of core procurement areas of focus (spend management, category management, supplier management, and negotiation)
• Demonstrated learning agility
• Demonstrated project management skills to effectively engage and lead cross-functional teams to reach a targeted outcome.

Preferred:

• Working experience in the pharma industry
• Working experience across geographies of varied sizes and businesses
• Demonstrated skills and experience in supplier relationship management for large accounts, ideally with suppliers that cross Category teams

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Advanced Analytics, Business Data Analysis, Business Savvy, Category Management Strategy, Competitive Landscape Analysis, Contract Management, Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), Critical Thinking, Leadership, Market Savvy, Mentorship, Negotiation, Organizing, Performance Measurement, Process Improvements, Relationship Building, Risk Management, Spend Analysis, Strategic Thinking, Supplier Collaboration, Sustainable Procurement, Technical Credibility, Vendor Selection