At Johnson & Johnson, the largest healthcare company in the world, we come together for one purpose: to transform the history of health in humanity._ - Diversity & Inclusion are essential to continue building our history of pioneering and innovation, which has been impacting the health of more than 1 billion patients and consumers every day for more than 130 years. Regardless of your race, belief, sexual orientation, religion, or any other trait, YOU are welcome in all open positions at the largest healthcare company in the world._ - When You Join Johnson & Johnson, Your Move Could Mean Our Next Breakthrough._ - Our vision is to be the best-in-class Health & Wellness organization by leveraging the commercial strategy to deliver competitive advantage and value creation for the consumer, customer, and J&J.; And as part of one of the largest and most diverse healthcare companies in the world, our brands leverage the company’s world-class research tools and scientific prowess to provide consumers across the globe with innovative consumer medicines, skin, baby, and essential health solutions. _ - You deserve to work in a place where you feel well and welcome._ Johnson & Johnson Global Services, the global shared services organization supporting the businesses of Johnson & Johnson, performs select functional work in a consistent manner across regions and sectors using simplified, standardized end-to-end processes and state-of-the-art technology. The vision of Johnson & Johnson Global Services is “to be trusted business partners who deliver increasing value by creating and sustaining globally standard world-class services that enable the power of Johnson & Johnson.” There are more than 2,000 employees in Human Resources, Finance and Procurement who work for Johnson & Johnson Global Services in key service centers located in Manila, Suzhou, Prague, Bogota and Tampa, as well as in local country-based hubs. **Key Responsibilities**: The Senior Buyer will be responsible for supporting the Category Leads in managing the category strategies of spend for Johnson & Johnson Companies. This individual will monitor, analyze and report on the organization’s activities and ability to deliver against targets for financial performance, quality, and service and compliance adherence. **Scope of responsibilities included**: - Assist in developing and driving the Procurement vision for, with and through the stakeholder community - Assist in executing the vision, strategy and implementation plan for a specific category or sub-categories of spend to ensure they effectively meet the long range requirements of the business partners and deliver the maximum value for JNJ - Interface directly with suppliers to assure alignment of JNJ’s objectives are met, including quality, reliability, innovation and cost - Partnering with Category Leads to deliver annual value improvements driving competitive advantage - Develop supplier relationships with strategic suppliers to include data review and analysis, performance management and development and improvement of end to end value, innovation to the business - Monitor, analyze, and report on the performance to financial, service, reliability, quality, innovation, and growth commitments - Assist in the execution of category strategies to include: sourcing strategy execution, negotiations, contract implementation and performance against established targets - Assist in the development, implementation, and maintenance of processes, policies, guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures, and Business Operating Principles - Assist in the reporting of supplier performance with strategic supplier management - Assist in managing & prioritizing the portfolio of Procurement segment (Pharm, MD&D; and/or Consumer) specific initiatives - Assist in mapping and onboarding suppliers in J&J;’s Global Supplier Diversity and Sustainability programs - Lead and/or participate in regional and global meetings - Prepare Business Cases - Interact with senior leadership (including C level) and other important stakeholders - Negotiate cross sector contracts **Qualifications** **Qualifications**: **Education**: - A Bachelor degree is required, with a preferred concentration in Business, Finance, Marketing or related field **Experience and Skills**: **Required**: - A minimum of 3 years of procurement experience is required - Advanced level of English and Spanish is a must. Portuguese is a plus - Broad-based understanding of core Procurement areas of focus regarding Supplier Management (Strategic Sourcing methodology) - Category Management skills - Strong verbal and written communication skill with ability to confidently present complex information - Demonstrated Credo mind-set and behavior - Travel requirements up to 10% **Preferred**: - Able to prioritize requests, and propose effective cost/customer service alternatives when necessary - Strong project management skills, with experience leading cross-functiona