Johnson & Johnson · 17 hours ago
Manager, Ortho Supply Chain Procurement
Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States of America
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior LevelJohnson & Johnson is a leader in healthcare innovation, and they are seeking a Manager for Ortho Supply Chain Procurement. This role is responsible for leading procurement strategies, ensuring supplier performance, and aligning procurement efforts with the Trauma business strategy.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Set Priorities & Strategy Translation: Determine business priorities and partner with Procurement Category Leaders to design forward-looking strategies that directly advance those priorities, balancing cost, growth enablement, risk, speed, innovation and sustainability
Collaborate with senior business leaders to ensure Procurement strategies meet business needs, are socialized effectively, and are adopted within the business – creating executive-ready narratives and clear decision paths
Embed Digital & AI Capabilities: Identify opportunities to apply AI and advanced analytics in category strategies, supplier performance management, and risk mitigation to drive speed, precision, and innovation
Major Strategic Negotiations: Lead complex, high-stakes negotiations for owned categories, ensuring value creation, risk mitigation, compliance, and relationship outcomes
Performance Management: own delivery against Procurement performance targets within the role’s remit; establish dashboards and lead reviews to ensure target achievement
New Product Development: bring innovation to the business for new product development, partner cross-category to ensure robust supplier selection slates and drive adherence to the supplier selection process
Risk, Compliance & Governance: Uphold ethical sourcing, data privacy, antibribery/anticorruption standards, and contracting governance; anticipate and address regional risks proactively
Performs other duties assigned as needed
Qualification
Required
Strong business acumen – ability to understand challenges through the eyes of business leaders
Exceptional influencing skills – able to persuade, align, and secure sponsorship for bold ideas across senior stakeholders
Superior communication skills – confidently present complex information in clear, compelling narratives
Broad Procurement expertise across spend management, category strategy, and supplier management
Broad-based understanding of Orthopedics business operations and practices and core Procurement areas of focus (Spend Management: Category Management and Supplier Management)
Experience with AI-enabled tools and digital procurement platforms – familiarity with leveraging AI for predictive analytics, spend optimization, and supplier selection/innovation
Preferred
Bachelors/MBA or Equivalent
BS/BA in an applicable field of study, advance degree is preferred MBA a plus
Orthopaedics/MedTech
Multi-country and multi-sector experience preferred with experience across geographies of varied sizes and businesses
Budget Management
Communication
Stakeholder Collaboration
Team Management
Business Data Analysis
Category Management Strategy
Change Management
Spend and Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
Negotiation
Measurement
Risk Management
Supplier Collaboration
Company
Johnson & Johnson
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything.
Founded in 1886
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Alex Gorsky
Former Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson
Joaquin Duato
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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