Senior Manager, Source-to-Contract, EMEA

Senior Manager, Source-to-Contract, EMEA

The Senior Manager, Source-to-Contract, will ensure that the Service Delivery Procurement Source-to-Contract organization delivers results in support of Global Services, OneProcurement and Johnson & Johnson business strategy and objectives. The role works directly with the business, category leaders, and the broader function. Additionally, you contribute to and own the operational execution of prioritized category strategy implementations, sourcing and contracting cases, and other critical functional activities.

·       Lead, mentor, and develop a team of "X to X" Source-to-Contract professionals: providing guidance, training, and support to enhance their skills and performance.

·       Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Source-to-Contract function, including sourcing event management, price and other contract terms negotiation, contract drafting and execution, and stakeholder management activities. Responsibility for delivering based upon the agreed SLAs and ensuring policy and legal compliance.

·       Drive continuous improvements in user experience, effectiveness, and efficiency in assigned areas of responsibility.

·       Support development and implementation of automation, AI (Artificial Intelligence) initiatives governance within assigned areas of responsibility and management of data privacy in procurement.

·       Support digital requirements discipline: gather, document, and translate data needs, data quality, data lineage, integration points and privacy/security controls.

·       Create Value by establishing and nurturing strong relationships with key business partners and leadership across regions in scope with a view to proactively understanding and constructively influence their needs and expectations, secure cross-functional alignment.

·       Change management: training, coaching, and upskilling teams on new digital tools and processes.

·       Program and project management – coordination, risk tracking, milestone governance, and resource planning.

A Bachelor's Degree or equivalent is required.

MBA or further advanced degree is desirable.

· years of Procurement, Finance, or other relevant business experience with minimum 5 years in a management role.

·       Prior experience of leading large teams in a complex matrixed structure and managing key stakeholders internally and externally in a service delivery environment.

·       Strategic mindset. Disciplined data-oriented thinking to be able to plan for long term.

·       Collaboration, Communication & Influencing Skills: Should be regarded as a constructive player representing Source2Contract and overall procurement in various teams within the company and outside. Should have the requisite communication skills to communicate & influence objectives and then develop collaborative relationships both internally and externally to achieve them.

·       Learning Agility & Openness to Change. Comfortable with ambiguity.

Good understanding of Sourcing and Contracting processes and Source-to-settle operations at a high level is preferred.

Fluency in English (written and oral) is required. Fluency in one other language (written and oral) for the supported region(s) is preferred.

Requires up to 5% domestic and international travel.

This position will be part of the EMEA Service Delivery Procurement organization and will primarily support the EMEA region. To ensure effective collaboration with stakeholders across EMEA, the role requires partial coverage of EMEA time zone working hours.

·       Shift: Monday to Friday

·       Hours: 1:00 PM – 10:00 PM (Manila time), including a 1-hour break

·       Duration: 8 hours per day