Global Category Manager, DDS

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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:
Procurement

Job Sub Function:
Category

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Zug, Switzerland

Job Description:

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 https://www.jnj.com/.

Are you interested in joining a team that is positively impacting patients' lives and driving innovation? At J&J, we are working to create a world without disease.

Transforming lives by finding new and better ways to prevent, intercept, treat, and cure disease inspires us.

We bring together the best minds and pursue the most promising science.

Apply today for this exciting opportunity!

This role will direct the development of end-to-end leadership in an important portfolio in the Drug Delivery Systems space for JNJ Innovative Medicine.

This includes strategy development, shaping key relationships within the business and managing key supplier relationships.

This role covers the E2E scope (including development, through commercial to base business management) of the rapidly growing Drug Delivery Systems space and requires a PG30 Global Category Manager with strong procurement and business acumen to lead this space in a compelling manner.

Key responsibilities:


* Develop and execute E2E DDS Procurement strategies that are aligned with the business/sector needs including sourcing strategy, negotiations, contract implementation and performance against established targets (Cost drivers, risk analysis, mitigation, analytics, applicability / of category value creation).


* Manage supplier relationships, communicate changes to category strategy, execute joint collaborative initiatives, and monitor supplier contract negotiations.

Relationships are with senior executives at the supplier end.


* Manages relationship with key internal senior stakeholders, both in SC and R&D.


* Connect with, influence and shape the agenda with key internal supply-chain and R&D stakeholders regarding the appropriate supplier selection for upcoming NPDs and NPIs.
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