Director, Procurement Categories

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopedics business toestablisha standalone orthopedics companyoperatingas DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation isanticipatedto be completed within 18 to24 months subject to legal requirements including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies as may be regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position it isanticipatedthat following conclusion of the transaction you would be an employee of DePuySynthesand your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes programs policies and benefit that case details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes atan appropriate timeand subject to any necessary consultation processes.

Job Overview

This role is accountable for leading global procurement for Business Services categories including Fleet Travel & Meetings; Human Resource Services; Corporate Services; Professional Education & Access; and Information Technology. Will develop the strategy and implementation plan for these categories to meet the long-range requirements of the business and deliver maximum value for DePuy Synthes (DPS) as well as leading Business Engagement across International Markets.

Operating in a complex matrixed global environment the role has a key accountability for Business Engagement and ensuring Procurement strategy is executed across Internal markets.The Business Engagement responsibility entails a close partnership with senior business leaders Business Engagement Leads Global Services Finance Legal IT HR Risk/Compliance and DPS Service Delivery to ensure efficient end-to-end management of sourcing contracting and requisition-to-pay activities.

Scope & Impact

Global category ownership for Business Servicesand IT Categories.

Accountable for category strategy sourcing execution supplier performance and continuous improvement across the spend base (approximately $).

Leads and develops a global category team and enables cross-functional teams through governance stakeholder managementand changeleadership.

Key contributor to the DPS Procurement Leadership Team helping drive enterprise performance and an inclusive high-engagement culture.

Key Responsibilities

Category Vision Strategy & Planning

• Develop the vision strategy and implementation plan for the Business Services categories to meet long-range business requirements and deliver maximum value.

• Translate business and sector strategies into integrated multi-year category roadmaps supported by market intelligence demand analytics and total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling.

• Identifyindustry and workforce trends that should be embedded into category strategies to strengthen capability resilience and employee experience.

Procurement Execution & Value Delivery

• Develop and execute procurement strategies aligned to business and sector needs; ensure clear value cases stakeholder alignment and disciplined execution.

• Ensure end-to-end execution of category strategies including sourcing competitive bidding negotiations contracting implementation and supplier transition/change management.

• Deliver performance against established targets across the balanced scorecard (financial value service reliability quality risk sustainability and stakeholder satisfaction) and drive continuous improvement.

• Partner with DPS Service Delivery to ensure efficient and effective requisition-to-pay adoption contracting intake compliance and operational performance.

International Stakeholder & Leadership Engagement

• Develop and drive the procurement vision throughout the stakeholder community; communicate strategies decisions and progress with executive-level clarity.

• Build andmaintainrelationships across J&J to enable dynamic dialogue and input critical tooptimalapproaches and solutions.

• Understand long-range business requirements and engage in strategic planning and partnering to ensure alignment;identifydemand requirements and partner with Business Engagement Leads to deliver annual value improvements and competitiveadvantage.

• Interface with partner organizations includingOperationalServices Finance and Legal to ensure governance controls and effective cross-functional delivery.

Supplier Relationship Performance & Innovation

• Develop deep relationships with strategic suppliers supported by data review and analysis performance management end-to-end value delivery and innovation pipelines.

• Interface directly withsupplier leadership to ensureobjectivesare met including quality reliability innovation and cost outcomes.

• Manage supplier relationships execute joint collaborative initiativesmonitorperformance and drive resolution of issues to protect business continuity and service levels.

Portfolio Governance & Risk Escalation

• Identify develop and direct the implementation of procurement goals and category strategies based on deep subject matterexpertiseand industry/market dynamics.

• Manage and prioritize a portfolio of procurement initiatives; define governance milestones and decision forums to ensure value capture and transparent trade-offs.

• Escalate issues that mayimpactthe Global Procurement organization including supplier risk compliance concerns service disruption and strategic misalignment.

• Facilitate the development implementation and maintenance of processes policies guidelines standard operating procedures and business operating principles.

People Leadership

• Lead a team;setdirection clarifyaccountabilities and coach leaders to deliver results.

• Build and sustain organizational capability in category management negotiation supplier management analytics and change leadership; attractretain and develop diverse talent.

• Create a high-engagement environment with clear expectations inclusive leadership behaviors andstrong performancemanagement.

Qualifications & Education

• Masters degree or equivalent preferred. Bachelors degree(Technical degree preferred)

• 10 years Comprehensive knowledge of and extensive experience with procurement business processes practices and technology including cross-functional and cross-geographic team-based global category management global technology deployment best practices in social/economic and environmental strategies and preferably from similar or comparable industries.

• Clear understanding anddemonstratedmastery of contemporary best practice processes systems techniques and KPIs for supply chain/procurement are.

• Experience in aproduct oriented sales/marketing drivenculture is. Additionally experience in a large multi-national corporate environment would be useful.

• Proventrack recordof transforming and leading global procurement organizations in a complex matrixed environment.

• Demonstratedexpertisein supplier-driven innovation category management and operational excellence.

• Strong business acumen and ability to translate enterprise strategy into actionable procurement initiatives.

• Experience managing large-scale spend and third-party payments across diverse categories.

• Exceptional leadership talent development and organizational building skills.

• Advanced knowledge of procurement technologies process optimization and payment processing.

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with the ability to influence executive stakeholders.

Skills and Capabilities

• Ability to build and inspire a talented team of procurement professionals with a strong servicepartneringand delivery orientation.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a largemulti business unitsenvironment across multiple lines of business create teams and direct others toward a common purpose.

• Proven ability toestablishpartnerships internally and externally.

• Proven ability to create supply and supplier strategies.

• Ability to develop total cost of ownership and total systems value thinking and models.

• Ability to link external market conditions to internal opportunities.

• Ability to create enthusiasm and commitment and drive changes.

• Ability to solve complex problems and search for the right solution.

• Ability to travel independently to domestic and international business locations understanding cultural business issues and requirements.

• Excellent supplier negotiation skills.

• Financial analysis skills.

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.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation external applicants please contact us via internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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