Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking a Senior Manager, Regional MT Agile Procurement role base in Singapore.
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Position Overview:
This role is a Regional Agile Leader supporting cross category families & markets with over $750MM annual spend assumption to ensure the Procurement organization delivers results in support of the Med Tech APAC business strategy and objectives. This role is accountable for the following primary objectives:

• Partner with key business stakeholders, Procurement Global & Regional Category and Business Engagement leaders to orchestrate Procurement delivery of several impactful initiatives through buying intervention, structural optimization and free cash flow.
• Responsible for leading and executing critical cross categories & markets projects for the Med Tech business. The role’s scope of responsibilities include:
• Determine the Med Tech business procurement priorities and partnering with Category & Business Engagement Leaders to devise strategies and projects that advance those priorities.
• Work directly with Med Tech business leadership, Finance Leaders, Procurement Business Engagement Leaders and, Global & Regional Category Leaders to align on Procurement activities.
• Deliver against performance targets for the Med Tech Procurement organization in the role’s areas of responsibility and ensure target achievement.
• Responsible for leading and executing procurement initiatives, including delivery of sourcing, supplier relationship management and contracting for cross categories and markets.
• Develop deep supplier relationships with strategic suppliers for owned projects to include performance management, co-innovation, and improvement of end-to-end value. Conduct supplier negotiations for owned projects supporting the Med Tech business and provide recommendations to Med Tech business leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree is required, MBA or further advanced degree is desirable
• At least 7+ years related work experience
• Familiar leading projects from design to implementation for cross category families with multi-country experience across geographies.
• Strong business acumen – the ability to understand challenges through the eyes of the regional business leaders.
• Influencing skills – the ability to persuade others to change behavior in pursuit of a common goal.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills at the senior executive level, as well as with peers.
• Broad-based understanding of core procurement areas of focus (category management, supplier management, spend management, business engagement, supplier negotiations, contracting).
• Experience in competitive bidding and sourcing strategy development
• Ability to prioritize requests and propose effective alternatives.
• Strong project and change management capabilities.
• Demonstrated flexibility and willingness to respond to changes in the external environment, while ensuring the organization is able to effectively and efficiently move through transitions.
• Demonstrated learning agility, and the ability to improve both yourself and the people around you.
• High level of credibility with internal customers and the external vendor community.
• This position is Singapore / Hongkong based and may require up to 10% travel.

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