Senior Manager, R&D Procurement, Biomarkers Category

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Job Function:

Procurement

Job Sub Function:

Category

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse Antwerp Belgium

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Senior Manager R&D Procurement Biomarkers Category. This position may be based at a Johnson & Johnson location in Florida Pennsylvania New Jersey or Beerse Belgium.

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.

Position Overview

The Senior Manager R&D Procurement Biomarkers Category will develop lead and manage the Biomarkers category strategy supporting Innovative Medicine R&D Clinical Development. This role will translate scientific and clinical business needs into market-informed category strategies supplier strategies sourcing approaches contracting pathways and governance models that enable access to current and emerging biomarker technologies while delivering procurement value business continuity quality compliance and speed to innovation.

The role will partner closely with Biomarker Development Clinical Trial teams Therapeutic Area stakeholders Partnerships/Vendor Management Legal Finance Quality Data Science/Digital partners Global Services sourcing and other Procurement category teams. The role is expected to manage a dynamic and technically complex supply market across exploratory biomarkers primary and secondary biomarker assays companion diagnostics assay development specialized testing platforms and adjacent laboratory services.

Category Scope

• Exploratory biomarker testing services and custom biomarker assay work performed by external labs.

• Primary and secondary biomarker assay services where sourced directly or in partnership with Central Labs.

• Companion diagnostics and assay-related services that support clinical development needs.

• Technology platforms including molecular technologies cellular technologies immunoassays pathology next-generation sequencing digital pathology multi-omics and related emerging capabilities.

Responsibilities

Category strategy and business partnership

• Determine global Innovative Medicine business needs for the Biomarkers category across Clinical and Exploratory Biomarkers including evolving therapeutic area demand technology shifts supply market dynamics and pipeline-driven requirements.

• Develop implement and refresh the global Biomarkers category strategy including category guidance supplier segmentation preferred vendor models governance approach contracting strategy and implementation plans.

• Partner with internal scientific clinical biomarker business development vendor management finance quality legal and digital stakeholders to align procurement strategy to business priorities and clinical trial needs.

• Translate complex scientific and supplier-market information into executive-ready insights decision recommendations and clear implementation plans for procurement and business leadership.

Sourcing market intelligence and supplier strategy

• Identify market insights benchmarks peer-to-peer learnings innovation signals and supplier capability trends to create value and address current and future business needs.

• Develop sourcing approaches that balance assurance of supply quality service cost innovation compliance and speed to decision.

• Support contracting pathways that enable both strategic supplier partnerships and agile test-and-learn models for low-risk exploratory biomarker technologies where appropriate.

• Support major sourcing events RFx processes market refreshes supplier evaluations and negotiations.

Supplier relationship management and governance

• Develop implement lead and monitor supplier relationship management strategies for key Biomarker Suppliers using the procurement supplier management model to drive performance innovation risk mitigation and commercial value.

• Partner with Vendor Management Central LabsCategory Lead and business stakeholders to ensure supplier governance escalation quality oversight contracting cadence and stakeholder engagement models are clear and effective.

• Monitor and mitigate supplier market regulatory geopolitical technology performance and contracting risks using procurement tools processes and cross-functional governance.

• Support supplier onboarding transition planning preferred vendor utilization annual rebate/payment term reconciliation and supplier performance reviews as needed.

Execution savings and operating model delivery

• Deliver against business plan commitments including savings cost management cash flow supplier management and traceable impact goals assigned to the Biomarkers category.

• Use the R&D Procurement operating model effectively partnering with Agile Global Services sourcing category peers and cross-functional partners to deliver sourcing and contracting outcomes.

• Drive disciplined project execution transparent scorecards milestone tracking leadership updates and issue/risk mitigation for major category initiatives.

• Leverage approved digital data analytics and GenAI tools to improve insight generation supplier mapping contract intelligence spend analytics RFx preparation and category strategy outcomes.

Qualifications

Education

• Required: Bachelors degree.

• Preferred: Masters degree or advanced degree in sciences business supply chain procurement or related field.

Required Experience and Skills

• 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

• Strong leadership and collaboration skills to effectively engage at the senior executive level with peers in R&Dand with other Category teams

• 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 Experience and Skills

• Working experience in the pharmaceutical MedTech clinical development laboratory services diagnostics central lab biomarker or CRO industry.

• Experience with biomarkers specialty labs companion diagnostics assay development clinical trial services central laboratories or adjacent R&D/clinical/ Supply Chain categories.

• Experience working across geographies and with supplier relationships that cross category teams business units and sectors.

• Experience using data analytics market intelligence and approved GenAI tools to support sourcing negotiation contract review spend analytics supplier segmentation or category strategy.

• Experience leading or supporting a category strategy refresh including assessing business needs supplier market dynamics stakeholder priorities and implementation plans to advance category maturity and measurable business value.

• Demonstrated ability to partner with business development commercial marketing scientific technology regulatory quality finance legal and procurement stakeholders.

Other

• Language requirement: English.

• Travel requirement: up to 10%.

• Flex policy: maximum 2 days from home subject to local policy and business needs.

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

• North America- Requisition Number: R-092651

Remember whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers your applications will be considered as a single submission.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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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

The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

96000.00 - 165025.00

Benefits:

In addition to base pay we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location where the actual amount is based on the employees and companies performance of the previous calendar year or sales commissions. Moreover we offer vacation days parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks bereavement leave caregiver leave volunteer leave well-being reimbursement programs for financial physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards and subject to the terms of their respective plans employees - and in some locations eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information visit Employee benefits Supporting well-being & career growth Johnson & Johnson Careers.

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.

Additional information:

The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

96000.00 - 191600.00


Benefits:

In addition to base pay we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location where the actual amount is based on the employees and companies performance of the previous calendar year or sales commissions. Moreover we offer vacation days parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks bereavement leave caregiver leave volunteer leave well-being reimbursement programs for financial physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards and subject to the terms of their respective plans employees - and in some locations eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information visit Employee benefits Supporting well-being & career growth Johnson & Johnson Careers.



*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.