Manager IM EMEA Agile Procurement Location: Beerse, Belgium; Zug, Switzerland
Contract type: Full time, permanent
Role Purpose Accountable for delivering procurement results in support of the Innovative Medicine EMEA business strategy. The role partners with EMEA commercial leadership and procurement category teams to execute sourcing strategies, lead procurement initiatives, and manage supplier relationships across multiple markets.
The focus is on driving execution excellence at scale across EMEA, ensuring alignment between global category strategies and regional business needs, while embedding procurement into key business priorities and decision‑making forums.
The role operates within an Agile Procurement model, leading critical sourcing projects and initiatives across multiple markets, and acting as a key connector between business stakeholders, category teams, and Global Services.
In addition, the role requires strong engagement with senior stakeholders to ensure procurement strategies are understood, adopted, and deliver measurable business impact, including value delivery, efficiency improvements, and supplier performance.
Key Responsibilities
Understand EMEA Innovative Medicine business priorities (including local OpCos and ESO) and translate these into procurement-led initiatives
Partner with Procurement Category Leaders to adapt and deploy global strategies to EMEA market realities
Bring subject matter expertise in marketing procurement, including agencies, data & analytics, marketing operations, and distributor services, to shape sourcing strategies, challenge demand, and optimize supplier ecosystems in line with EMEA business priorities
Engage senior EMEA business stakeholders to ensure alignment, adoption, and impact of procurement strategies
Identify regional market trends, supplier dynamics, and innovation opportunities to enhance category strategies
Lead complex, multi-market sourcing events, negotiations, and strategic projects across EMEA
Drive delivery of procurement targets (savings, value, compliance, supplier performance) across assigned scope
Contribute to the continuous improvement of the Agile Procurement operating model, including ways of working with Global Services and category teams
Serve as country / market procurement lead for assigned markets, acting as the primary interface between Procurement and the local business, ensuring business priorities are understood and effectively supported across Marketing, Business Services, and CCFS spend areas
Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or equivalent preferred
Experience: 5–7+ years of procurement experience, ideally in complex, multi-country environments
Industry Experience: Pharmaceutical / life sciences strongly preferred
Skills
Strong procurement execution and sourcing expertise, including complex negotiations
Proven ability to operate as a market-facing procurement lead / business partner
Experience working across multiple markets and stakeholder groups in EMEA
Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including senior leadership interaction
Ability to translate business priorities into procurement delivery across multiple spend areas
Solid project leadership with ability to manage parallel priorities across markets
Strong collaboration across category teams, Agile teams, and Global Services
Strong business acumen, linking procurement outcomes to business impact
Required Skills
Business Data Analysis
Business Savvy
Category Management Strategy
Coaching
Competitive Landscape Analysis
Contract Management
Cost‑Benefit Analysis (CBA)
Critical Thinking
Data Analysis
Market Savvy
Negotiation
New Program Development
Performance Measurement
Process Improvements
Procurement Policies
Relationship Building
Risk Management
Spend Analysis
Strategic Thinking
Supplier Collaboration
Sustainable Procurement
Technical Credibility
Vendor Selection
Preferred Skills
Business Data Analysis
Business Savvy
Category Management Strategy
Coaching
Competitive Landscape Analysis
Contract Management
Cost‑Benefit Analysis (CBA)
Critical Thinking
Data AnalysisMarket Savvy
Negotiation
New Program Development
Performance Measurement
Process Improvements
Procurement Policies
Relationship Building
Risk Management
Spend Analysis
Strategic Thinking
Supplier Collaboration
Sustainable Procurement
Technical Credibility
Vendor Selection
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Contract type: Full time, permanent
Role Purpose Accountable for delivering procurement results in support of the Innovative Medicine EMEA business strategy. The role partners with EMEA commercial leadership and procurement category teams to execute sourcing strategies, lead procurement initiatives, and manage supplier relationships across multiple markets.
The focus is on driving execution excellence at scale across EMEA, ensuring alignment between global category strategies and regional business needs, while embedding procurement into key business priorities and decision‑making forums.
The role operates within an Agile Procurement model, leading critical sourcing projects and initiatives across multiple markets, and acting as a key connector between business stakeholders, category teams, and Global Services.
In addition, the role requires strong engagement with senior stakeholders to ensure procurement strategies are understood, adopted, and deliver measurable business impact, including value delivery, efficiency improvements, and supplier performance.
Key Responsibilities
Understand EMEA Innovative Medicine business priorities (including local OpCos and ESO) and translate these into procurement-led initiatives
Partner with Procurement Category Leaders to adapt and deploy global strategies to EMEA market realities
Bring subject matter expertise in marketing procurement, including agencies, data & analytics, marketing operations, and distributor services, to shape sourcing strategies, challenge demand, and optimize supplier ecosystems in line with EMEA business priorities
Engage senior EMEA business stakeholders to ensure alignment, adoption, and impact of procurement strategies
Identify regional market trends, supplier dynamics, and innovation opportunities to enhance category strategies
Lead complex, multi-market sourcing events, negotiations, and strategic projects across EMEA
Drive delivery of procurement targets (savings, value, compliance, supplier performance) across assigned scope
Contribute to the continuous improvement of the Agile Procurement operating model, including ways of working with Global Services and category teams
Serve as country / market procurement lead for assigned markets, acting as the primary interface between Procurement and the local business, ensuring business priorities are understood and effectively supported across Marketing, Business Services, and CCFS spend areas
Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or equivalent preferred
Experience: 5–7+ years of procurement experience, ideally in complex, multi-country environments
Industry Experience: Pharmaceutical / life sciences strongly preferred
Skills
Strong procurement execution and sourcing expertise, including complex negotiations
Proven ability to operate as a market-facing procurement lead / business partner
Experience working across multiple markets and stakeholder groups in EMEA
Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including senior leadership interaction
Ability to translate business priorities into procurement delivery across multiple spend areas
Solid project leadership with ability to manage parallel priorities across markets
Strong collaboration across category teams, Agile teams, and Global Services
Strong business acumen, linking procurement outcomes to business impact
Required Skills
Business Data Analysis
Business Savvy
Category Management Strategy
Coaching
Competitive Landscape Analysis
Contract Management
Cost‑Benefit Analysis (CBA)
Critical Thinking
Data Analysis
Market Savvy
Negotiation
New Program Development
Performance Measurement
Process Improvements
Procurement Policies
Relationship Building
Risk Management
Spend Analysis
Strategic Thinking
Supplier Collaboration
Sustainable Procurement
Technical Credibility
Vendor Selection
Preferred Skills
Business Data Analysis
Business Savvy
Category Management Strategy
Coaching
Competitive Landscape Analysis
Contract Management
Cost‑Benefit Analysis (CBA)
Critical Thinking
Data AnalysisMarket Savvy
Negotiation
New Program Development
Performance Measurement
Process Improvements
Procurement Policies
Relationship Building
Risk Management
Spend Analysis
Strategic Thinking
Supplier Collaboration
Sustainable Procurement
Technical Credibility
Vendor Selection
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Manager IM EMEA Agile Procurement Arbeitgeber: JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Johnson & Johnson bietet eine herausragende Arbeitsumgebung, die von einer starken Unternehmenskultur geprägt ist, die Innovation und Zusammenarbeit fördert. Als Global Head, IDAR Strategy & Business Operations haben Sie die Möglichkeit, in einem dynamischen Team zu arbeiten, das sich der Entwicklung lebensrettender Medikamente widmet, während Sie gleichzeitig von umfangreichen Weiterbildungs- und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten profitieren. Die Standorte in Allschwil, Basel und anderen internationalen Büros bieten nicht nur eine attraktive Lebensqualität, sondern auch ein inspirierendes Umfeld, das Vielfalt und Inklusion schätzt.
