Strategic Supply Specialist

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion are essential to continue building our history of pioneering and innovation, which has been impacting the health of more than 1 billion patients and consumers every day for more than 130 years. Regardless of your race, belief, sexual orientation, religion, or any other trait, YOU are welcome in all open positions at the largest healthcare company in the world.When You Join Johnson & Johnson, Your Move Could Mean Our Next Breakthrough.At Johnson & Johnson MedTech, we unleash diverse healthcare expertise, purposeful technology, and a passion for people to transform the future of medical intervention and empower everyone to live their best life possible. For more than a century, we have driven breakthrough scientific innovation to address unmet needs and reimagine health. In surgery, orthopedics, vision, and interventional solutions, we continue to help save lives and create a future where healthcare solutions are smarter, less invasive, and more personalized.**We are searching for the best talent for STRATEGIC SUPPLY SPECIALIST to be in Independencia.****Purpose**:The Reporting to a Sourcing Manager the Strategic Supply Specialist will support category development, sourcing of components and supplier relationship management for all raw material categoriesThe Strategic Supply Specialist will assist customers in locating and selecting suppliers for purchases per category strategies, negotiate prices, administer contracts, track supplier performance, develop non-strategic suppliers, develop, and improve business processes or category strategies, and support sites as needed.**You will be responsible for**:Under limited supervision and in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws/regulations and Corporate Johnson & Johnson, procedures and guidelines, this position will be responsible for the following:**POLICIES**:Know & follow EES policies & procedures related to work activities performed in area of responsibility.**TRAINING**:Complete training in area of responsibility within allowed time-period. Training is required for changes in existing policies & procedures, for new assignments & for implementation of new policies & procedures. Complete required periodic re-training in areas such as safety & environmental.**SAFETY**:Follow all company safety policies & other safety precautions within work area. Promote safety to all associates that enter work area.**STRATEGIC SUPPLY SPECIALIST **Trainee, Assistant & Primary level responsibilities:- Follow J&J and EES Records Management Policies for Convenience Information, Records Retention Schedules, Training and Education, Document Hold Notices, Records Cleanout, Inactive Records and Information Management, Vital Records, and third-party vendor if applicable.- Understand the basic business needs and capabilities for spend categories or business processes.- Ensure training on and compliance with relevant company procedures.Seek to improve capabilities of the supplier base or business processes.- Report performance data for assigned categories or business processes.- Communicate, monitor, and aggressively manage compliance with the sourcing strategy or business process.- Establish relationships with other functions (e.g. engineering, operations, marketing, quality) to ensure understanding and support of strategic sourcing perspective to key processes.- Track and manage performance of suppliers and ensure that performance issues are quickly addressed.- Lead annual productivity improvements with suppliers pursuing cost reduction opportunities in alignment with the sourcing strategy (e.g. lowering inventory levels, increasing yields, improving supplier operations, etc.).- Partner with key stakeholders and partners to address technical issues for components and processes.- Other responsibilities may be assigned & not all responsibilities listed may be assigned.**STRATEGIC SUPPLY SPECIALIST responsibilities**- Develop and expertise in the business needs and capabilities for major spend categories or key business processes. Keep up with supply market trends, supplier.- Economics, and best practice sourcing.- Identify sources of data for performance metrics, create a process to collect data, and champion the collection efforts.- Champion annual productivity improvements by leading internal & joint supplier / teams pursuing cost reduction opportunities in alignment with the sourcing strategy (e.g. lowering inventory levels, increasing yields, improving supplier operations, etc.).- Contribute to the continuous development of sourcing knowledge base and best- Practice by identifying and implementing sourcing “pockets of excellence”.- Other responsibilities may be assigned & not all responsibilities listed may be assigned.**The following must be included for all positions**:- Responsible for communicating business related issues or opportunities to next management level.- For those who