Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Procurement/Surgical Robotics – OTTAVA

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 As 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. Job Function: Procurement Job Sub Function: Strategic Sourcing Job Category: People Leader All Job Posting Locations: Santa Clara, California, United States of America Job Description: Johnson & Johnson RAD (Robotics and Digital) is seeking for a Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Procurement/Surgical Robotics – OTTAVA, for our Santa Clara, Location. 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 https://www.jnj.com/ (https://www.jnj.com/. About MedTech Surgery   Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.  Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting.  Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at  https://www.jnj.com/medtech   Purpose:   As the Sr. Manager Strategic Sourcing, this role will lead a team of sourcing professionals responsible for building and scaling a best-in-class sourcing organization to support the commercialization of Ottava and Digital Solutions. This leader will be accountable for establishing the sourcing operating model, standard work, and category strategies required for commercialization. The role will drive a resilient and optimized supply base, ensuring alignment to cost, quality, delivery, and innovation objectives. A critical focus will be enabling sustainable financial performance, including a robust CIP pipeline, PPV & market movement inflation management, while ensuring supply continuity and scalability to meet future demand. This role will lead, create, champion, and ensure endorsement of key supplier initiatives and projects (along with full allocation of resources) to meet or exceed time, cost, and quality goals. This role offers an opportunity to make an impact to a fast-growing organization in one of J&Js key growth areas of Surgical Robotics & Digital Solutions. The Sr. Manager Strategic Sourcing will have a unique opportunity to make an immediate business impact & ensure the organization can achieve long term business goals. This position reports to the Director of Strategic Sourcing for Robotics and Digital Solutions. Key Role Responsibilities Team Leadership & Capability Building Lead, coach, and develop a team of sourcing professionals to deliver on commercial objectives Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and performance expectations aligned to business priorities Build organizational capability across Strategic Sourcing, negotiations, supplier management, category strategies, and financial acumen Sourcing Strategy & Supplier Management Operating Model Define and implement the sourcing operating model and standard work Develop and deploy category strategies in alignment with enterprise/category teams Establish scalable processes for supplier selection, contracting, and performance management Understand, illustrate, and mitigate supply continuity risks and threats, to ensure supply continuity Develop a deep understanding of the Ottava & Digital Solutions robotics commercial strategy and trends to support the development of the correct operational strategies in support of customer needs Manage and balance process and procedure changes in highly matrixed organization Builds supplier & internal partnerships to ensure products launch on time, and suppliers can ramp to future demand levels Support initiatives on Procurement Citizenship including diversity and inclusion Financial Ownership & Performance Drive NPI and commercial Sourcing efforts to support COGS (Cost Of Goods Sold) improvement & create a GP (Gross Profit) improvement roadmap Own and deliver financial commitments including CIPs, PPV/inflation/market movement management Develop and manage savings pipelines and track actuals vs. commitments Partner with Finance to ensure accurate forecasting, reporting, and risk mitigation Lead RFP/I/Qs Request For Proposals/Information/Quotes and Supply agreement contracts and/or provide guidance to team QUALIFICATIONS Required Skills Bachelor’s Degree (preferred Engineering degree-mechanical, electrical, etc.) SAP or similar project Software toolkit experience Track record of successfully completing complex projects (within time, cost, & quality parameters) is required Experience imple