Senior Manager MedTech Procurement, Marketing Category, Agencies and Media
Scorpion Therapeutics, Raritan, New Jersey, us, 08869
Role Summary
Senior Manager MedTech Procurement, Marketing Category, Agencies and Media, based in New Brunswick, NJ. We will also consider candidates from Raritan or Titusville, NJ, with the ability to travel to New Brunswick once per week. This role leads the MedTech Marketing – Agencies and Media category strategy, owns supplier relationships, drives cost savings, enforces procurement standards and governance, and delivers performance targets while aligning category strategy with business priorities. Responsibilities
Category Management: Lead the strategy and execution of MedTech Marketing – Agencies and Media category and related sub-categories / commodities. Design forward-looking strategies that advance business priorities, balancing cost, growth enablement, risk, speed, and sustainability. Collaborate with senior business leaders to ensure Procurement strategies meet business needs, are socialized effectively, and are adopted within the business. Value Creation & Cost Optimization: Develop and leverage deep expertise to proactively identify and implement cost-saving measures and establish a robust value delivery pipeline. Outside-in perspective: Identify critical industry market and supply trends and embed them into category strategies to maintain sustainable relevance for MedTech. Sourcing: Lead and provide oversight to the Agile Team and Global Services Team on the operational execution of global category strategies and their implementation, including sourcing events and negotiations. Strategic Negotiations: Lead complex, high-stakes negotiations for owned categories ensuring value creation, risk mitigation, compliance, and relationship outcomes. Contracting: Monitor supplier contracts and lead contract negotiations as needed. Supplier Relationship Management: Lead supplier relationship management process, ensuring speed-to-value, risk management, and supplier performance management. Supplier Innovation & Partnership: Build strategic supplier partnerships that unlock innovation, enable commercial solutions and bring value to the organization Cash Flow Improvement: Deliver cash flow improvement by optimizing payment term to suppliers Functional Leadership: Support the J&J One Procurement strategy and execute joint collaborative initiatives Performance Management: Own delivery against Procurement performance targets within the role’s remit; establish dashboards and lead reviews to ensure target achievement. Risk, Compliance & Governance: Uphold ethical sourcing, data privacy, anti-bribery/anti-corruption standards, and contracting governance; anticipate and address regional risks proactively. Digital & Capabilities: Identify opportunities to advance digital and functional capabilities in category strategies, supplier performance management, and risk mitigation to drive speed, precision, and innovation. Qualifications
Required: Relevant Bachelor's degree (e.g. Business, Engineering, Science); MBA or other Master’s qualification preferred. Required: Minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience, preferably inside and outside Procurement and in different J&J sectors or industries. Skills
Demonstrated skills in Strategic Procurement, Sourcing, Category and Supplier Management. Proven track record of developing and executing category strategies that deliver cost savings, mitigate risk, and improve supplier performance. Strong understanding of sourcing processes, contract lifecycle management, and supplier governance across diverse indirect spend areas. Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to partner effectively with internal functions such as Marketing, Legal, Finance. Excellent negotiation skills, with experience managing complex supplier relationships and high-value contracts. Ability to engage, interact and negotiate value enhancing relationships with suppliers. Strong business acumen with the ability to align sourcing initiatives to broader organizational goals. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present to and influence senior leadership. Proficiency with procurement systems (e.g., SAP, Ariba) and comfort working with data in Excel; familiarity with analytics tools like Power BI or Tableau and AI is a plus. Strong business and finance acumen, deep understanding of managing for impact in complex matrix environment Proven ability to lead, influence, partner on & shape projects with / without direct team / authority; High level of credibility with internal customers, and with the supplier community, based on broad experience Strong user level with data analysis / visualization tools (e.g. Excel, Tableau, PowerBI) and AI tools (i.e. Gen AI and Agentic AI tools, desktop software (e.g., MS Office), eSourcing (SNOW, iCertis, ICD, Scout) Additional Requirements
Location: New Brunswick, NJ; open to candidates based in Raritan or Titusville, NJ with weekly travel to New Brunswick.
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Senior Manager MedTech Procurement, Marketing Category, Agencies and Media, based in New Brunswick, NJ. We will also consider candidates from Raritan or Titusville, NJ, with the ability to travel to New Brunswick once per week. This role leads the MedTech Marketing – Agencies and Media category strategy, owns supplier relationships, drives cost savings, enforces procurement standards and governance, and delivers performance targets while aligning category strategy with business priorities. Responsibilities
Category Management: Lead the strategy and execution of MedTech Marketing – Agencies and Media category and related sub-categories / commodities. Design forward-looking strategies that advance business priorities, balancing cost, growth enablement, risk, speed, and sustainability. Collaborate with senior business leaders to ensure Procurement strategies meet business needs, are socialized effectively, and are adopted within the business. Value Creation & Cost Optimization: Develop and leverage deep expertise to proactively identify and implement cost-saving measures and establish a robust value delivery pipeline. Outside-in perspective: Identify critical industry market and supply trends and embed them into category strategies to maintain sustainable relevance for MedTech. Sourcing: Lead and provide oversight to the Agile Team and Global Services Team on the operational execution of global category strategies and their implementation, including sourcing events and negotiations. Strategic Negotiations: Lead complex, high-stakes negotiations for owned categories ensuring value creation, risk mitigation, compliance, and relationship outcomes. Contracting: Monitor supplier contracts and lead contract negotiations as needed. Supplier Relationship Management: Lead supplier relationship management process, ensuring speed-to-value, risk management, and supplier performance management. Supplier Innovation & Partnership: Build strategic supplier partnerships that unlock innovation, enable commercial solutions and bring value to the organization Cash Flow Improvement: Deliver cash flow improvement by optimizing payment term to suppliers Functional Leadership: Support the J&J One Procurement strategy and execute joint collaborative initiatives Performance Management: Own delivery against Procurement performance targets within the role’s remit; establish dashboards and lead reviews to ensure target achievement. Risk, Compliance & Governance: Uphold ethical sourcing, data privacy, anti-bribery/anti-corruption standards, and contracting governance; anticipate and address regional risks proactively. Digital & Capabilities: Identify opportunities to advance digital and functional capabilities in category strategies, supplier performance management, and risk mitigation to drive speed, precision, and innovation. Qualifications
Required: Relevant Bachelor's degree (e.g. Business, Engineering, Science); MBA or other Master’s qualification preferred. Required: Minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience, preferably inside and outside Procurement and in different J&J sectors or industries. Skills
Demonstrated skills in Strategic Procurement, Sourcing, Category and Supplier Management. Proven track record of developing and executing category strategies that deliver cost savings, mitigate risk, and improve supplier performance. Strong understanding of sourcing processes, contract lifecycle management, and supplier governance across diverse indirect spend areas. Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to partner effectively with internal functions such as Marketing, Legal, Finance. Excellent negotiation skills, with experience managing complex supplier relationships and high-value contracts. Ability to engage, interact and negotiate value enhancing relationships with suppliers. Strong business acumen with the ability to align sourcing initiatives to broader organizational goals. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present to and influence senior leadership. Proficiency with procurement systems (e.g., SAP, Ariba) and comfort working with data in Excel; familiarity with analytics tools like Power BI or Tableau and AI is a plus. Strong business and finance acumen, deep understanding of managing for impact in complex matrix environment Proven ability to lead, influence, partner on & shape projects with / without direct team / authority; High level of credibility with internal customers, and with the supplier community, based on broad experience Strong user level with data analysis / visualization tools (e.g. Excel, Tableau, PowerBI) and AI tools (i.e. Gen AI and Agentic AI tools, desktop software (e.g., MS Office), eSourcing (SNOW, iCertis, ICD, Scout) Additional Requirements
Location: New Brunswick, NJ; open to candidates based in Raritan or Titusville, NJ with weekly travel to New Brunswick.
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