Procurement Associate, Cluster Engagement Northern Europe Market

Caring for the world, one person at a time inspires and unites the people of Johnson & Johnson. We embrace research and science – bringing innovative ideas, products and services to advance the health and well-being of people. Employees of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies work with partners in health care to touch the lives of over a billion people every day, throughout the world.

The Global Procurement function of Johnson & Johnson offers exciting career opportunities for high caliber Procurement professionals. We provide value by delivering superior procurement performance, assuring integrity and compliance and, by developing great business leaders with Procurement expertise. At Johnson & Johnson, a continuing focus on being agile, efficient and effective for the future is at the heart of what we do.

Johnson & Johnson has more than 265 operating companies in more than 60 countries, with approximately 127,000 employees. Our worldwide headquarters is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.

Cluster Engagement Associate, Commercial Procurement, Northern Europe
The Cluster Engagement Associate will be part of a team supporting approximately $450 million in spend, mainly in Marketing and Sales categories but also Business Services for Johnson & Johnson Companies. The role will support the Cluster Engagement Lead Commercial Procurement, Northern Europe in both managing key business partner/stakeholder relationships within the Northern Europe Cluster as well as managing specific category spends and strategy implementation and will require strong collaboration with business stakeholders, suppliers and the procurement community.
This individual will:
Support the Northern Europe Cluster country stakeholders across multiple levels of seniority and complexity working to understand business needs and objectives and be the first port of call for the wider business community in Marketing & Sales and Business Services categories.
Co-develop the implementation of category initiatives to support the Marketing and Sales teams in the different sectors such as Consumer, Pharma and Medical Devices as well as across all sector initiatives within J&J Northern Cluster consisting of UK, Ireland and Nordics (Denmark, Finland, Sweden & Norway & Iceland)
Deliver category strategy initiatives across key categories working in liaison with regional and global category leaders alongside the business


To develop end-to-end category leadership, the Cluster will provide country cluster insights to the Global and Regional Category team such as: business insights, business needs and priorities as well as identify/develop and share innovative sourcing opportunities.

The Cluster Engagement Associate’s scopes of responsibilities include:
Assist in driving the Procurement vision for, with and through the stakeholder community
Support category strategy implementation in the cluster - in particular marketing categories - that will effectively meet the long range requirements of the business partners and deliver maximum value for J&J
Interface directly with supplier management to assure alignment of JNJ’s objectives are met, including quality, reliability, innovation, social impact and cost
Partners with the Cluster Engagement Lead to deliver annual value improvements and drives competitive advantage.
Deliver on financial, service, reliability, quality, innovation, social impact and growth commitments
Develop supplier relationships with cluster suppliers to include data review and analysis, performance management and development and improvement of end to end value, and bring innovation to the business
Work within the sourcing operating model across multiple touchpoints including Global Services, Supplier Contracting Services, Local Legal and other stakeholders
Escalate issues that may impact the Global Procurement organization.

Qualifications
Influencing skills with ability to see issues from multiple viewpoints and understand differing needs of stakeholders
Ability to develop a high level of credibility with internal customers, and with the supplier community
Demonstrated flexibility and willingness to respond to changes in the internal and external environment
Strong verbal and written communication skill with ability to confidently present complex information
Broad-based understanding of core Procurement areas of focus regarding Supplier Management
Analytical, sound judgment and decision making, problem solver
Demonstrated track record of delivering against targets and objectives
Able to prioritize requests, and propose effective cost/customer service alternatives when necessary
Level of proficiency with core Procurement skills (e.g., supplier management and performance, supply market analysis, Category Management, Procurement Excellence, etc.)
Business acumen