{"id":3208629,"url":"https://alion.io/job/johnson-johnson-senior-manager-supply-chain-procurement-network-transformation","title":"Senior Manager, Supply Chain Procurement - Network Transformation","company":{"id":14152,"name":"Johnson & Johnson","domain":"jnj.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/jnj","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":84,"open_postings":168,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.839,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":8,"computed_at":"2026-10-28T05:59:10Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Cork, Ireland","Zuchwil, Switzerland","Zug, Switzerland","United States"],"countries":["IE","CH","US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":70000,"max_usd":130000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":25},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-23","last_verified_at":"2026-10-28T19:16:09Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"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 jnj.com.\nAs guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.\nJob Function:\nProcurementJob Sub Function:\nProcurement Business Engagement LeadsJob Category:\nPeople LeaderAll Job Posting Locations:\nBridgewater, New Jersey, United States of America, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland, Zuchwil, Switzerland, Zug, SwitzerlandJob Description:\nJob Description\nPosition Job Title: Senior Manager, Supply Chain Procurement - Network Transformation\nScope: Orthopaedics - DePuy Synthes (DPS)\nJob Level: Senior Manager\nJob Family Group: Procurement, Supply Chain\nPreferred Location: Ireland, USA, Switzerland\nRole Type: Permanent position\nJOB SUMMARY\nThe Senior Manager, Supply Chain Procurement will lead all Procurement-related activities for a strategic network transformation project, converting a critical supplier selection into a fully contracted, operationally ready and governable external-manufacturing relationship while protecting uninterrupted product supply.\nThe role owns the Procurement workstream from final contract negotiation through supplier onboarding, implementation, ramp-up and stabilization. It will coordinate the transition strategy for a complex product and supplier portfolio and govern the commercial framework associated with a strategic external-manufacturing relationship. The Senior Manager will work daily across the selected external manufacturer, component suppliers and internal functions to resolve commercial dependencies, secure capacity and continuity protections, deliver cost-reduction commitments and maintain disciplined program governance.\nThis is an execution-intensive leadership role requiring sustained continuity, long-term ownership and sound judgement across sensitive commercial information, complex regulated manufacturing transitions and an enduring business transformation. The role reports to the Director, Orthopaedics Supply Chain Procurement and operates as the primary Procurement interface within the project core team.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\nContract Completion & Commercial Framework\nLead completion and execution of the external-manufacturing agreement following supplier selection, partnering with Legal, Finance, Quality, Supply Chain and business stakeholders.\nTranslate the awarded proposal into clear contractual commitments covering pricing, cost transparency, inflation governance, payment terms, capital and tooling, non-recurring expense, implementation support and change-control mechanisms.\nEmbed service, quality, capacity, business-continuity, validation, regulatory, inventory, phase-in/phase-out and transition protections into the agreement and associated schedules.\nMaintain a structured register of open commercial issues, decisions, assumptions, obligations and approvals through contract signature and implementation.\nSupplier Onboarding & External-Manufacturing Readiness\nLead Procurement onboarding of the selected external manufacturer, including supplier setup, confidentiality and compliance requirements, purchasing enablement, commercial master data and alignment of operating interfaces.\nConfirm the future-state commercial and transactional model, including material ownership, purchase-order flows, sterilization and logistics assumptions, inventory handling, customs or import/export dependencies and finished-goods purchasing arrangements.\nPartner with Quality, Regulatory, Technical Operations, Planning, IT/Systems and the relevant implementation teams to ensure commercial dependencies are reflected in the integrated implementation plan.\nEnsure supplier readiness actions, evidence and commitments are tracked to closure before key transfer and ramp-up decisions.\nComponent-Supplier Transition Strategy\nEstablish and execute the transition strategy for all raw materials and component suppliers supporting the transferred portfolio.\nDefine, by supplier and material family, the appropriate future model, including directed-buy, pure-buy, rationalization or selected-supplier ownership.\nCoordinate supplier communication, due diligence, commercial negotiation, onboarding and cutover requirements while protecting continuity of supply.\nMaintain product-to-supplier and dependency visibility, identify critical materials and single-source exposures, and drive mitigation plans with the relevant functional owners.\nTransfer Execution, Ramp-Up & Stabilization\nRepresent Procurement in the project PMO and technical-transfer governance, maintaining clear milestones, owners, dependencies, risks and escalation paths.\nSupport detailed transfer planning across equipment and know-how transfer, validation, material readiness, pre-build, ramp-down, ramp-up, capacity, ERP/APS integration and operational stabilization.\nCoordinate commercial actions required to enable execution, including purchase commitments, supplier-funded activities, capital and NRE controls, material orders, tooling decisions and transition support.\nLead Procurement issue resolution during implementation and remain accountable beyond award through stable supply, contractual compliance and handover into the future operating model.\nCost, Value Creation & Financial Governance\nGovern the awarded cost model and business-case assumptions in partnership with Finance, ensuring transparent baselines, approvals and change control.\nConvert supplier cost-reduction commitments into a sequenced roadmap with accountable owners, milestones, validation and realization tracking.\nDrive opportunities across material sourcing, supplier rationalization, vertical integration, automation, process optimization, logistics, inventory and commercial restructuring.\nMonitor run cost, project execution cost, working capital, capital, tooling, NRE, claims and other commercial exposures; proactively escalate variance and recovery actions.\nCapacity, Business Continuity & Risk\nSecure and govern capacity commitments aligned with base demand, growth scenarios, forecast variability and future scalability requirements.\nEnsure robust business-continuity provisions address critical equipment, infrastructure, controlled-environment and special-process readiness, logistics, material supply, workforce, systems and financial resilience.\nMaintain the Procurement contribution to the program risk register and lead mitigation of supplier, commercial, financial and continuity risks.\nCoordinate contingency, alternate-source, safety-stock, pre-build and recovery strategies where justified, with clear triggers and decision rights.\nSupplier Performance & Executive Governance\nEstablish governance for the selected manufacturer and critical component suppliers, including operating reviews, executive business reviews, scorecards, action tracking and escalation protocols.\nDefine measurable expectations for service, quality, delivery, capacity, cost, innovation, responsiveness and transfer execution.\nBuild a strategic relationship that supports near-term implementation success and longer-term business growth, new-product introduction, innovation and continuous improvement.\nProvide concise, fact-based updates and recommendations to project leadership and Procurement leadership, clearly distinguishing confirmed facts, working assumptions, risks and decisions required.\nCross-Functional Leadership & Compliance\nAct as the single Procurement point of accountability across the project core team and selected supplier interface.\nPartner closely with PMO, Planning, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, R&D, Technical Operations, IT/Systems, Finance, Legal, Commercial and relevant implementation teams.\nMaintain complete sourcing, contracting, approval, governance and supplier records in line with applicable Procurement and quality processes.\nLead through ambiguity and competing priorities, create alignment across functions and geographies, and escalate material issues early with recommended paths forward.\nQUALIFICATIONS\nRequired\nBachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, Operations or a related field.\n8+ years of progressive experience in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain, External Manufacturing, Operations or a related field.\nDemonstrated experience leading complex direct-material sourcing, supplier transitions, manufacturing transfers or external-manufacturing implementations.\nStrong experience negotiating and implementing complex supply or external-manufacturing agreements, including cost models, capacity, continuity and performance provisions.\nProven ability to lead cross-functional workstreams in a regulated manufacturing environment and influence senior internal and supplier stakeholders.\nStrong financial and commercial acumen, including business cases, total-cost analysis, cost-reduction roadmaps, capital/NRE governance and supplier financial risk.\nAbility to manage a high volume of interdependent actions with disciplined governance, clear documentation and timely escalation.\nPreferred\nMBA, advanced degree or professional Procurement, Supply Chain or Project Management certification.\nExperience in MedTech or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.\nExperience with medical-device technology transfer, validation/qualification, regulatory change and supplier-quality interfaces.\nExperience with contract manufacturing organizations, multi-tier direct-material supply networks, ERP integration and supplier onboarding.\nMulti-country experience and the ability to lead supplier operations and cross-functional collaboration across regions.\nKEY COMPETENCES\nExternal Manufacturing Implementation | Complex Contract Negotiation | Strategic Sourcing | Supplier Transition | Supplier Relationship Management | Technical Transfer Support | Commercial Governance | Cost and Value Delivery | Capacity Planning | Business Continuity | Risk Management | Cross-Functional Leadership | Executive Communication | Program Governance | Change Management | Regulated Manufacturing.\nRequired Skills:\nPreferred Skills:\nBusiness Data Analysis, Business Data Analysis, Business Process Management (BPM), Business Savvy, Category Management Strategy, Change Management, Compliant Spend, Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), Critical Thinking, Developing Others, Financial Competence, Inclusive Leadership, Industry Analysis, Leadership, Negotiation, Operational Excellence, Performance Measurement, Procurement, Procurement Policies, Procurement Systems, Program Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Thinking, Supplier Collaboration {+ 1 more}The anticipated base pay range for this position is:\nBenefits:\nIn addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ 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