About Johnson & Johnson 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/. This position will lead the Travel Meetings & Events (TME) Procurement Category for India and Southeast Asian markets (excluding Singapore) covering the category areas of individual & group Air Travel, Hotel, Meetings & Events, and collaborate with the APAC Global Service Ground Transportation team. The candidate will be responsible for delivering the TME Category strategy, goals and objectives, in addition to savings targets for his/her markets, work closely with the TME Global Category Lead, Regional APAC Lead, and team to ensure the global strategies are implemented in markets under their responsibility, and will partner with stakeholders from various functions across all sectors in the region to deliver business initiatives. Major responsibilities: 1. Regional Sourcing Strategies + Responsible for execution and/or implementation of global and regional strategies, keeping the regional sourcing strategy current and relevant and aligned to the overarching global strategy while meeting local and regional business needs. + Lead or support key global subcategory procurement initiatives + Understand stakeholder needs and ensure that regional / global strategies address these requirements + Be on top of the latest market and trends that will benefit J&J. 2. Cost Savings + Identify cost savings opportunities that will bring efficiencies in the delivery of services + Flawless execution of global projects on a market level + Collaborate with business stakeholders and Procurement Business Engagement Leads (BELs) in the markets to identify opportunities to reduce cost and/or deliver cost-effective solutions + Keep a regional or global mindset to ensure projects are leveraged and value maximized + Collaborate with Global Category team by providing APAC inputs in global projects or negotiations 3. Procurement Operations + Overall responsibility to improve procurement operational metrics such as driving spend to preferred suppliers, no-touch channel opportunities, achieve CSAT score targets for Meetings, etc. + Optimize and implement improvements in sourcing processes, partner and leverage Global Services resources to ensure customer satisfaction + Implement sourcing processes that will help improve compliance to Procurement Policies 4. Stakeholder management + Build stakeholder relationships to drive value to the business and ensure procurement support on all requirements and any unmet needs + Enforce and ensure understanding of procurement policies and processes to drive compliance 5. Supplier management + Manage relationships especially with Preferred Strategic Suppliers in the region – leveraging on supplier expertise to drive relevant discussions with the business, tracking supplier performance on key projects or ongoing services, and providing feedback for performance improvement to maximize delivery of services to J&J + Generate innovative solutions by partnering with strategic vendors for value-creation + Work with contracting teams to ensure contracts are in place and compliant to policies and minimize risk and liability to J&J + Establish a regular cadence of meetings with strategic suppliers (quarterly/annually etc.) and engage regional leadership to identify category improvement opportunities Others Regular updates and alignment to Procurement leadership/ Global Category Lead **Qualifications** + Must hold a bachelor's degree. + Preferred experience in Business, Procurement, or the Travel & Meeting industry, or in an international environment. + Minimum of 4 to 7 years of relevant experience. 3. Required Competencies and Skills: + Strong Collaborative Leadership and Influencing Skills + Decision making and problem solving + Strategy Development and Negotiations skills + Strong analytical skills and data management competency + Effective oral and written communication skills + Expertise in Commercial Agreements and knowledge of Legal and Compliance requirements + Stakeholder engagement and supplier relationship management