Director, Agile Procurement – LATAM

Director, Agile Procurement – LATAM Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine ("JJIM") is recruiting a Director to lead our Latin America Agile Team. This role can be located in São Paulo, Brazil or Bogotá, Colombia. Job Function Procurement – Category – People Leader Locations Primary: São Paulo, Brazil; Additional: Bogotá, Colombia Key Responsibilities - Understand JJIM business needs and partner with categories to devise Procurement strategies to advance those priorities - Identify industry trends that Procurement must build into its category strategies to ensure balanced relevance to the JJIM business - Direct and manage the Latin America Agile Team operating across several countries; engage key stakeholders in each cluster to understand local JJIM business needs, ensure effective implementation of global category strategies, and oversee delivery of sourcing and contracting services for specified activities. - Work to align Procurement's activities directly with business leaders inclusive of Commercial, Finance, Legal, COEs, and Global Services teams. - Lead major strategic negotiations for owned categories on behalf of the JJIM business - Ensure new product launches are prioritized by category teams and coordinate across Sales, Marketing, Global Services, and Therapeutic Areas to deliver on launch commitments. - Be the Business Engagement Leader with regional heads, and where appropriate, directly with senior business leaders, to ensure alignment with regional business strategies - Participate in the JJIM Americas Procurement Leadership Team to provide leadership to the function regionally in the achievement of business objectives - Develop performance targets for the JJIM Procurement organization in the role’s areas of responsibility, and ensure target achievement - Partner with Latin America Governance Council members to foster regional Talent Progression and to strengthen the Power of One Procurement in LATAM. - At times, sponsor JJIM Procurement initiatives to deliver standardized process and value across the organization as a member of the JJIM Extended Leadership Team (ELT) Education - Bachelor’s Degree required; MBA or further advanced degree desirable Required Experience and Skills - Minimum of 10 years related work experience - Strong business insight to understand challenges through the eyes of the regional business leaders - Influencing skills to persuade others to change behavior in pursuit of a common goal - Strong leadership and collaboration at the senior executive level, as well as with peers - Strong verbal and written communication skills to expertly present sophisticated information to senior executives - Broad-based understanding of core procurement areas of focus (spend management, category management and supplier management) - Strong project management and organizational change leadership capabilities - Proven learning agility, and the ability to improve both yourself and the people around you Preferred Experience and Skills - Ability to present to large audiences - Proven track record in attracting and developing talent - Ability to encourage an organization to achieve stretch goals - High level of credibility with internal customers and with the supplier community, based on broad experience - Experienced in leading cross-functional teams and driving significant change programs - Multi-country and multi-industry experience across varied geographies and businesses - Proven flexibility and desire to respond to changes in the external environment, while ensuring the organization is able to effectively and efficiently move through transitions - Proficiency in English (written and oral) required - Requires up to 10% domestic and international travel Additional Information Pay Grade: 40 Legal Entity: São Paulo: 7585-Janssen Cilag Farmaceutica Ltda.; Colombia: 7060-Janssen-Cilag S.A. #J-18808-Ljbffr