Procurement Operations Jr. Associate

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 single day, throughout the world. We have more than 275 operating companies in more than 60 countries, with more than 128,700 employees. Our worldwide headquarters is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. Thriving on a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our employees and committed to inclusion. Proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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.

**As a Requisition-to-Pay Associate**:
The R2P Associate will be responsible for being the “single point of contact” (SPOC) for interactions between the requesters, business partners, sourcing specialists and accounts payable specialists ensuring a positive and compliant end user experience. These interactions would primarily be (but not limited to) providing general assistance to purchase requisitions - i.e. Basic navigation guidance/help and more detailed assistance - such as requisition creation, PO creation, receiving, PO closer and status updates.

As an associate you will be accountable for creating a seamless experience for the requestor/business partner when using the Global Service Procurement (GSP).

You are also responsible for insuring compliance to the defined processes when engaging with the various end users (requestor, business partner, suppliers, fellow associates).

**Continuous **Improvement**
- Support initiative related to automations, data analysis, reporting, efficiencies. Etc.
- Identify / Develop best practices & leverage across affiliates to ensure effective & efficient deployment of standard processes within affiliates
- Gather and analyze R2P process and service performance data, perform root cause analysis, use benchmark data and best practices to identify opportunities for improvements.

**Qualifications**:
**Qualifications**:

- A bachelor’s degree is required, with a preferred concentration in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or related.
- 1-2 years of related experience in business related fields
- For this role it is required to manage MS Excel at an advanced level.
- For this role it is required to speak English at an intermediate to advanced level.
- Strong MS PowerPoint, Word and Access skills.
- Experience in creating and managing dashboards using tools such as Excel, Power BI, Power Query, Tableau or similar platforms.
- Solid knowledge of SAP or similar enterprise resource planning systems, with the ability to extract data and generate reports from these systems.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret data to make informed decisions.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to present information clearly and effectively.
- Ability to work in a team and collaborate with other departments within the organization.
- Results-oriented mindset and ability to work in a dynamic, goal-oriented environment.
- Shared Services experience is a plus.
- Skills related to Procurement and experience interacting with customer (customer service experience) processes are a plus.
- Portuguese language command is a plus.

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