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 **Job Function:** Procurement **Job Sub** **Function:** Category **Job Category:** Professional **All Job Posting Locations:** Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan **Job Description:** **Description** **About the Position** This is a Manager level role where you will be principally responsible for several Procurement categories across Marketing and R&D. As the role is agile in nature, based on project criticality, you may be expected to support other category initiatives as well. General responsibilities will include supplier management, sourcing, market studies, engaging with business stakeholders and contract execution. Additionally you may be asked to support internal and external audits, to partake in special Procurement workstreams and projects for system implementations, new business integrations and charitable endeavors. Examples of categories that may be allocated to you would be as follows: Media, Creative & PR Agencies, Contract Sales Organizations, Call Centers, Market Research, Clinical Operations, Travel and Car Fleet. You will work closely with other members of the local Japan Procurement team as well as colleagues from the Asia Pacific Regional Team and Global Procurement colleagues. **Qualifications** Required Core Skills Project Management, Market Research, Negotiations, Supplier Management, Business Engagement, Contract Execution, knowledge of Japan-specific business customs (e.g. Subcontractor Act). **Required Technical Skills** Proficient to Advanced skills in MS Office programs. Heavier usage of Excel and Powerpoint expected. For Excel, at a minimum you will need to have familiarity with Pivot Table analysis, basic index matching / VLOOKUP capability and be able to work with large data sets. **Required Language Skills** + Native Level Japanese proficiency (reading, writing and speaking as you will deal with suppliers both in writing and in meetings). + Business Level English proficiency (reading, writing and speaking as English will be needed for internal matters). Required Qualifications + High School Graduation, with University Graduation (Undergraduate degree or equivalent) and Master's / PhD degrees being a plus. + 5 years of work experience in Procurement and/or Supply Chain. **＜ For Internal Applicants** **＞** + If you are Japan employee, please read “Internal Application Guideline” in Ask GS. Especially if you are less than 18 months in your current role, you are required to obtain application approval from your current manager as well as your respective BUHR. If you are Japan’s employee, you are not able to apply for multiple positions at once. + For Employee Referral Program (ERP), please read and understand the details of the “Employee Referral Program (ERP)” on the AskGS and you have made a compliant referral.