Global Category Senior Manager, Transportation- Cold Chain
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Job Function: Procurement
Job Sub Function: Category
Job Category: Professional
Locations: Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium; Prague, Czechia; Zug, Switzerland
Job Description
Johnson & Johnson is recruiting a Global Senior Manager, Global Transportation – Cold Chain to join our team. The Senior Manager 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 collaboration with key stakeholders within the business to execute. The role will identify, develop, and direct the implementation of Procurement goals and strategy. It will plan and direct the organization’s activities and deliver against targets for financial performance, quality, service, and compliance adherence, including corporate social responsibility. The role will provide global and regional leadership for developing and executing global category strategies, and deploying these strategies within the regions.
Scope of Responsibilities
* Develop and drive the Procurement vision 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 CEOs and other supplier leadership to assure alignment of JNJ’s objectives are met, including quality, reliability, innovation and cost.
* Understand operational considerations, identify business demand requirements and partner with Business Engagement Leads to deliver annual value improvements and drive competitive advantage.
* Understand long‑range requirements of 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 result in dynamic interactive dialogue on a broad range of perspectives and information critical to developing 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 Procurement goals and category strategies, based on deep subject‑matter expertise and informal understanding of industry/market dynamics.
* Escalate issues that may impact the Global Procurement organization.
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.
* 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 skills.
* Ability to continuously improve the organization.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
* Strong 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 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).
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