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Job Function:
ProcurementJob Sub Function:
Procurement Business Engagement LeadsJob Category:
ProfessionalAll Job Posting Locations:
Irvine, California, United States of AmericaJob Description:
Johnson & Johnson Med Tech, a member of Johnson & Johnson's 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 https://www.jnj.com/ (https://www.jnj.com/
The 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 second‑tier 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 long‑term 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 Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Science, preferably complemented by other Master’s 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
Other:
- This position will require up to 20% of travel
- The attendance policy for this requisition in JNJ Flex Hybrid
At Johnson & Johnson, we’re on a mission to change the trajectory of health for humanity. That starts by creating the world’s healthiest workforce. Through cutting-edge programs and policies, we empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our employees and the ones they love.
Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
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Required Skills:
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The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$122,000.00 to $187,127.50Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation –120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave – 10 days Volunteer Leave – 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits