Category Manager Direct Precision Materials
- Compensation
- $127.5K–$171K / yr
- Location
- Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Operations
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- A minimum of 5-8 years of strong procurement experience.
- BSc in Operations/Supply Chain Management, Engineering or related field, MSc preferred
- Good level of understanding of the Direct Precision Materials and industry landscape: Metals, ceramics, precision plastics, packaging materials and chemicals.
- Broad-based understanding of business operations and practices and core procurement areas of focus (e.g., Spend Management, Category Management, Sourcing & Supplier Management).
- Strong leadership, communication (verbal and written), influencing, collaboration skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to confidently present complex information.
- Experience to work across regions and understand markets.
- Strong business sense.
Nice to have
- Experience in other related fields of Supply Chain, including External Operations, Manufacturing, Procurement, Distribution and / or related field is advantageous.
- Medical Devices (specifically Abiomed relevant industry) experience preferred.
- Multi-country and multi-sector experience preferred.
- Continuous improvement/lean/six sigma experience, black belt preferred.
- Experience with SAP preferred, or another ERP, device management and procurement systems.
Full description
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com
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Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of AmericaJob Description:
Abiomed, a part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech is recruiting for a Category Manager for Direct Precision Materials, located in Danvers, MA.
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/.
Key Responsibilities:Category Management
- Develop and/or support the category sourcing strategy for the defined portfolio through Business needs assessment, Market intelligence, Supplier evaluations and sourcing choices.
- Proactively engage business partners to identify needs and incorporate those needs into sub-category strategies.
- Build supply network through developing, identifying suppliers applying deep subject matter expertise based on supply market analysis, industry intelligence.
- Understand supply market trends, competitor analysis to deliver proactive sourcing strategies.
Sourcing:
- Lead or support sourcing initiatives to identify the right supplier partners, Influence decisions, delivering on-going value improvements while driving competitive advantage.
- Develop spend analysis and gather market intelligence in alignment with business goals.
- Develop and lead cost management initiatives; Prepare and execute RFQs for medium to high complexity sourcing decisions; Conduct negotiations with suppliers.
- Build short term, and long-term capacities with suppliers to support business growth.