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Job Function:

Procurement

Job Sub** **Function:

Category

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson and Johnson is recruiting a **Global** **Senior Manager, Global Transportation – Cold Chain** , to join our TEAM! The Senior Manager Procurement Transportation will be responsible for managing approximately $100 million or less in spend for Johnson & Johnson Companies. This spend is complex to medium in nature and requires a collaboration with key stakeholders within the business to execute. This individual will identify, develop and direct the implementation of Procurement goals and strategy. This role will plan and direct the organization’s activities and deliver against targets for financial performance, quality, and service and compliance adherence including corporate social responsibility.

The role will provide global as well as regional leadership for developing and execution global category strategies, as well as deploying these strategies within the regions.

It will provide Global and Regional Leadership for developing end-to-end category leadership such as category strategy development, maintaining key relationships within the business and managing key supplier relationships. The position must shape, connect and lead resources to deliver on key projects.

The Senior Manager-Category Lead’s scope of responsibilities include:

+ Develop and drive the Procurement vision for, with and through the stakeholder community.

+ Develop and implement category strategies that address the unique requirements of **temperature-controlled logistics** , including regulatory compliance, packaging innovation, and risk mitigation across global cold chain networks.

+ Collaborate with internal Quality, Regulatory, and Supply Chain teams to ensure **end-to-end integrity of temperature-sensitive products** , leveraging advanced monitoring technologies and data analytics to drive performance and reliability.

+ Interface directly with CEO’s and other supplier leadership to assure alignment of JNJ’s objectives are met, including quality, reliability, innovation and cost.

+ Understands operational considerations. Identifies business demand requirements and partners with Business Engagement Leads 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

+ Develop deep supplier relationships with strategic suppliers to include data review and analysis, performance management and development and improvement of end to end value, and bring innovation to the business

+ Identify, develop and direct the implementation of Procurements goals and category strategies, based on deep subject matter expertise and an informal understanding of industry/market dynamics

+ Escalate issues that may impact the Global Procurement organization.

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

**30%** Develop and execute Procurement strategies that are aligned with the business/sector needs

**25%** Manage supplier relationships, communicate changes to category strategy, execute joint collaborative initiatives, and monitor supplier contract negotiations

**25%** Ensure execution of category strategies to include: sourcing strategy execution, negotiations, contract implementation and performance against established targets

**10%** Facilitate the development, implementation, and maintenance of processes, policies, guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures, and Business Operating Principles

**5%** Lead team meetings and provide updates to Global Procurement Leadership

**5%** Manage & prioritize portfolio of Procurement segment specific initiatives

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

+ Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree

+ Minimum Required Years of Related Experience: 10

+ Broad-based understanding of business operations and practices and core Procurement areas of focus (Spend Management: Category Management and Supplier Management).

+ Leadership, communication, influencing, collaboration and talent development skills are required

+ Able to prioritize requests and propose effective cost/customer service alternatives when necessary.

+ Ability to show judgment in developing new approaches and resolving issues

+ Customer Orientation (building and maintaining strong relationships with J&J Management

+ Project management skills

+ Business Acumen

+ Strong verbal and written communication skill

+ Ability to continuously improve the organization

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

+ Strong level of proficiency with core Procurement skills (e.g., supplier management and performance, supply market analysis, Category Management, Procurement Excellence, etc.)

+ Expertise in **cold chain logistics and temperature-controlled transportation** , including knowledge of GDP (Good Distribution Practices), thermal packaging solutions, and real-time temperature monitoring systems.

+ Strong level of credibility with internal customers, and with the supplier community

+ Ability to influence and understand differing needs of stakeholders (e.g., businesses, Procurement LT, Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain)

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$120,000-$207,000

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis. Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Additional information can be found through the link below. http://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.