Global Category Senior Manager, Transportation- Cold Chain

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Job Function:

Procurement

Job Sub Function:

Category

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, Prague, Czechia, Zug, Switzerland

Job Description:

Johnson and Johnson is recruiting a Global Senior Manager, Global Transportation – Cold Chain & Premium Couriers, 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:

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)

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

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