Procurement Sr. Analyst

Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking a Procurement Sr. Analyst to join our Procurement Team located in Bogotá, Colombia.

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 Sr.Associate will be responsible for being the “single point of contact” (SPOC) for interactions between the requesters and business partners and the sourcing specialists, category leaders, accounts payable specialists and HelpDesk, ensuring a positive and compliant end user experience. These interactions would primarily be (but not limited to) providing general assistance to their purchases needs, processing and supporting their transactions, system doubts/issues, and general assistance in such as requisition creation, PO creation, receiving, invoice block resolution, PO closer and status updates.

As a Sr.Associate you will be accountable for creating a seamless experience for the requestor/business partner when using the Procurement services by coordinating the processes/interactions with the different stakeholders and support areas. As well as receive, analyze, and resolve procurement process inquiries and disputes.

You will be responsible to lead and exceed the different targets to your specific category and ensure full partnership with Sourcing, Category Leaders and Country Leads to achieve main KPIs. You need a strong reporting/data analysis to ensure opportunities are mapped and properly executed. You will monitor compliance and conduct business review meetings, providing insights and creating action plans to contribute to a flawless and efficient process.

You are also responsible for insuring compliance to the defined processes when engaging with the various end users (requestor, business partner, suppliers, fellow associates). Lastly, as the R2P associate you will have the primary responsibility for creating and maintaining supplier data in concert with its use within the source-to-settle process.

You could lead certain specific processes within the area and provide the guideline and strategy to ensure they are aligned to regional/global targets.

**Projects/ Continuous **Improvement**
- Be the representative for LATAM region for Global/Regional initiatives
- 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.
- Lead the mapping, prioritization and implementation of key continuous improvement projects On Time, On Budget & On Quality

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

- A bachelor degree is required, with a preferred concentration in Economics, Finance, Industrial Engineer, Business Administration
- A minimum of 4 years of related experience in procurement
- Shown skill with Procurement & Finance/Accounting processes (Requisitioning, PO, Invoicing, General Ledger)
- Knowledge of Procurement processes (Requisitioning, PO, Invoicing)
- Experience interacting with customer (customer service experience)
- Strong MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills. Ideally experience with Ariba and/or EMarketplace and/or SAP.
- Strong written and oral communication skills with the demonstrated ability to interact with various levels of the organization.
- For this role it is required to speak English and Portuguese at a proficient level
- Excellent customer services skills
- Six Sigma Black and/or Green Belt