SR Manager, Vision Supply Chain Procurement

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Johnson & Johnson Med Tech a member of Johnson & Johnsons Family of Companies is recruiting for a SR Manager Vision Supply Chain Procurement. This position will be located in Irvine California.

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. Learn more at ( Senior Manager SV SCP is responsible for leading the Procurement organization supporting approximately $120MM in Surgical Vision spend characterized by high complexity and technical categories.

This role defines and executes category and supplier strategies to deliver financial performance supply reliability quality service and compliance commitments. The individual serves as a key business partner to Surgical Vision leadership and represents Procurement on the SV Equipment Supply Chain Leadership Team.

The role provides global leadership across supplier relationship management (SRM) category strategy development and supplier reliability programs ensuring robust risk identification across both first and secondtier supply networks.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of category strategies aligned to business priorities
• Deliver cost improvement (CIP) to meet margin expansion goals
• Translate longterm business requirements into actionable procurement strategies
• Drive competitive advantage through innovation cost and supplier capability development
• Own relationships with strategic suppliers including executive-level engagement
• Drive supplier performance across quality delivery cost and innovation
• Lead contract strategy negotiations and ongoing performance management
• Strengthen supplier partnerships to improve end-to-end value delivery
• Act as a strategic partner to SV stakeholders (Supply Chain Quality Finance Engineering)
• Align procurement strategies with demand NPI and lifecycle needs
• Ensure delivery of financial operational and growth commitments
• Lead supplier reliability and risk management programs
• Conduct structured assessments across multi-tier supply chains
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks impacting continuity of supply and financial performance
• Escalate critical risks to senior leadership with clear mitigation actions
• Lead and develop a high-performing team (direct reports as applicable)
• Influence global and cross-functional stakeholders
• Build organizational capability across strategy negotiation and supplier management

Required Skills

• Minimum of a Bachelors degree in Business Engineering Science preferably complemented by other Masters qualification
• Demonstrated success in:
• Strategic sourcing and category management
• Supplier relationship management (SRM)
• Financial value delivery and negotiation
• Minimum 8-10 years of relevant work experience preferably inside and outside Procurement and similar sectors or industries

Preferred Skills:

• Deep strategic procurement experience and broad-based understanding of supply-chain and business operations and processes
• Proven people management and development skills
• Strong leadership clear communication strong influencing & collaboration skills will be crucial to deliver successfully in the role.
• Strong Business Finance and Procurement Acumen.
• Ability to build sound fact-based recommendations that are compelling and provides the right motivation for action
• Clarity in terms of thought and strong critical reasoning skills to enable meaningful discussions with internal stakeholders and suppliers
• Strong verbal and written communication skill with ability to confidently present complex information
• Ability to go beyond the day-to-day operational cycle of purchasing and truly approaching procurement in a strategic and intelligent manner
• Business-focused and oriented and being able to translate business needs into tangible procurement goals and strategies
• Excellent ability to synthesize large amount of data to draw meaningful insights and to drive valuable discussions with internal stakeholders and suppliers
• Strong risk management capability

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• This position will require up to 20% of travel
• The attendance policy for this requisition in JNJ Flex Hybrid

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