Procurement Director, Travels, Meetings & Events

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Job Function:

Procurement

Job Sub Function:

Multi-Family Procurement

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

Job Description:

This role is accountable for leading the procurement of Enterprise Services including Travel, Meetings and Events categories globally for Johnson & Johnson, representing approximately $0.4B in spend. Further, this role oversees agencies delivering travel and meetings & events services, technology, and policy in partnership with other functions such as global finance.

The role’s scope of responsibilities include:

• Determine business needs globally in the categories, and devise Procurement strategies to advance those priorities
• Identify industry trends that Procurement must build into its category strategies to ensure sustainable relevance to Johnson & Johnson’s workforce strategy
• Lead and develop the category team, responsible for global category strategy development and implementation, and key supplier management, for the relevant categories
• Lead major strategic negotiations for owned categories on behalf of the Johnson & Johnson
• Coordinate with senior business leaders within J&J to ensure alignment with business strategies
• Participate in the Buisness Serivces Procurement Leadership Team, to provide leadership and drive an inclusive culture across the global team
• Shape performance targets for the Business Services Procurement organization across the balanced scorecard and ensure target achievement
• Deliver and shape end-to-end operations for Travel, Meetings & Events, including strategy implementation, execution, customer experience, and partner management
• Partner with the Global Process Owner for Procurement Managed Services to build a roadmap for future ways of working
• Demonstrates an understanding of AI concepts and frameworks, including awareness of responsible and ethical AI practices, and has experience generating effective prompts to boost efficiency and productivity

 

Major Duties & Responsibilities

• 25%: Own and lead category strategy development and implementation
• 20%: Own and lead key global supplier relationships
• 30%: Attract, retain, develop, and motivate talent in the team
• 25%: Build relationships with key business stakeholders

Other Duties: Ad hoc assignments as determined by corporate priorities

  

Required Qualifications

Required Minimum Education:  Bachelors Degree, MBA or further advanced degree is desirable

Required Years of Related Experience:  Min 10 years

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Uncompromised requirements for the role): 

• Strong business acumen – the ability to understand challenges through the eyes of the business leaders
• Influencing skills – the ability to persuade others to change behavior in pursuit of a common goal
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills at the senior executive level, as well as with peers
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to confidently present complex information to senior executives
• Broad-based understanding of core procurement areas of focus (spend management, category management and supplier management)
• Strong project and change management capabilities
• Demonstrated learning agility, and the ability to improve both yourself and the people around you
  

Travel on the Job: Yes 

Percentage Travel: 10%

Type of Travel Required: Domestic (US), International

People Management Experience: Yes

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Business Data Analysis, Business Savvy, Category Management Strategy, Compliance Management, Contract Management, Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), Critical Thinking, Developing Others, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Market Savvy, Negotiation, New Program Development, Performance Measurement, Procurement Policies, Relationship Building, Risk Management, Spend Analysis, Strategic Thinking, Succession Planning, Supplier Collaboration, Sustainable Procurement, Vendor Selection