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At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.\nJob Function:\nProcurementJob Sub Function:\nStrategic SourcingJob Category:\nPeople LeaderAll Job Posting Locations:\nBogotá, Distrito Capital, ColombiaJob Description:\nDePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Director, Procurement Operations, located in Bogotá, Colombia.\nJOB DESCRIPTION\nThe Director, Procurement Operations, will ensure that the Regional Service Delivery Procurement Operations organization delivers results in support of Global Services, One Procurement, and DePuy Synthes business strategy and objectives. The role is accountable for reliable, compliant, and user-centered Source-to-Pay service delivery globally and works directly with business leaders, category teams, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Technology, and the broader Procurement function.\nThe Director leads regional managers and service teams, translates enterprise standards into regional execution, and owns performance, capacity, risk, controls, stakeholder experience, digital adoption, and continuous improvement. The role balances standardized global processes with valid country and business requirements in a regulated environment, where supply continuity, quality, traceability, privacy, cybersecurity, and patient impact must inform decision making.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\nDirector, Global Procurement Operations will play a critical leadership role, leading, mentoring, and developing regional managers and professionals and providing the guidance, training, and support required to enhance skills and performance.\nOversee the day-to-day operations of the Source-to-Contract function, including sourcing event management, negotiation of price and other contract terms, contract drafting and execution, and stakeholder management activities.\nOversee the day-to-day operations of Requisition-to-Pay, including Accounts Payable, payments, Procurement Operations, purchase-order lifecycle management, and stakeholder and customer-experience management; deliver against agreed service levels while ensuring policy and legal compliance.\nOwn operational performance across the approved Source-to-Pay service portfolio, including intake and inquiry management, requisition and purchase-order support, buying channels, supplier onboarding and enablement, catalog support, procurement data, operational reporting, and contracting-process handoffs.\nEstablish regional governance, service levels, performance routines, dashboards, capacity plans, escalation paths, and corrective actions, ensuring delivery against defined service commitments.\nPartner with Category Procurement, Finance, Accounts Payable, Legal, Compliance, Quality, Regulatory, Information Security, Privacy, Technology, Supply Chain, and business leadership to align operational services with company requirements and enterprise standards.\nDrive continuous improvements in user and supplier experience, effectiveness, efficiency, control performance, data quality, channel adoption, and cost to serve.\nSupport the development and implementation of automation and artificial intelligence initiatives, and advance digital requirements by defining business needs, data quality expectations, integration points, workflow requirements, reporting needs, privacy and security controls, user testing, deployment readiness, and adoption measures.\nUse operational data, external insights, and structured root-cause analysis to prioritize process simplification, automation, touchless processing, self-service, and recurring-issue elimination.\nEnsure adherence to procurement policy, delegation of authority, segregation of duties, documented procedures, records requirements, and applicable legal, regulatory, and quality expectations; ensure delivery against agreed service levels and own timely remediation of control and audit findings.\nCreate value by building trusted relationships regionally and globally, proactively understanding stakeholder needs, constructively influencing expectations, and securing cross-functional alignment on service and transformation priorities, with accountability for value creation, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.\nProvide executive leadership for major incidents, business continuity risks, supplier-service failures, system disruptions, and material policy or control exceptions.\nIntegrate Leadership Imperatives into organization goals, talent decisions, stakeholder interactions, and day-to-day decision making.\nQUALIFICATIONS\nEducation\nBachelor's degree or equivalent university degree is required.\nMBA, master’s degree, or another advanced degree is preferred.\nExperience and Skills\nRequired\n10-12 years of Procurement, Finance, or other relevant business experience, with a minimum of 7 years in a management role.\nPrior experience leading large teams in a complex matrixed structure and managing key stakeholders internally and externally in a service-delivery environment.\nStrong strategic mindset and disciplined, data-oriented thinking, with the ability to translate long-term priorities into operating plans and measurable outcomes.\nStrong collaboration, communication, and influencing skills, including the ability to represent Procurement Operations with senior internal and external stakeholders.\nExperience owning service levels, operational governance, controls, performance analytics, capacity, change, and continuous improvement.\nLearning agility, sound judgment, and comfort operating through ambiguity and transformation.\nPreferred\nGood understanding of Requisition-to-Pay processes and Source-to-Settle operations at a high level is preferred.\nExperience with SAP Ariba, SAP S/4HANA, ServiceNow, Coupa, Power BI, or comparable platforms.\nExperience in life sciences, healthcare, or another regulated industry. \nFluency in English, written and oral, is required; Spanish or Portuguese proficiency is preferred based on supported regions. \nOther\nRequires up to 5% domestic and international travel. \nWork Location & Schedule\nThis position will support global operations, meaningful coverage of Americas working hours. \nMonday to Friday; exact hours and hybrid attendance will follow local business and employment requirements. \nRequired Skills\nBusiness Data Analysis, Change Leadership, Continuous Improvement, Digital Procurement, Operational Governance, People Leadership, Problem Solving, Risk Management, Service Delivery, Stakeholder Management, Source-to-Pay, Contract Negotiation, Contract Drafting and Execution, Sourcing Event Management, Requisition-to-Pay, Accounts Payable, Payments, PO Lifecycle Management, Customer Experience, SLA Management, Artificial Intelligence\nPreferred Skills\nAutomation, Global Business Services, Life Sciences Operations, Process Excellence, SAP Ariba, SAP S/4HANA, ServiceNow, Supplier Enablement\nJohnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopedics business to establish a standalone orthopedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.\nJohnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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