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Job Function:

Procurement

Job Sub Function:

Multi-Family Procurement

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Job Description:

Position Summary

Accountable for delivering procurement results in support of the Innovative Medicine Japan business strategy. The role partners with Japan IM business leaders and procurement category teams to execute sourcing strategies, lead procurement projects, and manage supplier relationships. Focus is on execution excellence within Japan.

Will be responsible for leading critical procurement processes and projects as part of an agile team, and acting as a regional category champion within the broader IM APAC procurement team. This role requires engaging with business partners and stakeholders to align procurement activities with the organization's objectives. The individual will also provide sourcing, supplier relationship management, project management, leadership, and oversight to ensure timely, on-budget, and high-quality delivery of priorities.

The role’s scope of responsibilities include:

• Understand the Japan Innovative Medicine business priorities and partner with Procurement Category Leaders to devise strategies that advance those priorities

• Collaborate with senior business leaders to ensure Procurement strategies meet the business needs, and are adopted within the business

• Identify local or regional, or business area specific industry trends that Procurement must build into its category strategies to ensure sustainable relevance to the business

• Lead major strategic sourcing events and negotiations, and projects as required, mostly focusing on Japan J&J IM, but sometimes including other parts of the organization

• Deliver against performance targets for the Innovative Medicine Procurement organization in the role’s areas of responsibility, and ensure target achievement

Major Duties & Responsibilities

35%-Lead sourcing events, negotiations, and supplier selections for Japan

30%-Execute procurement projects aligned to category and business strategies

20%-Partner with Japan business stakeholders to support IM priorities

15%-Supplier management, continuous improvement, and procurement community engagement

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred
• Experience: 5–7 years relevant procurement experience
• Pharmaceutical or life science experience is an asset

Skills:

• Business-level Japanese and English
• Procurement execution expertise, negotiation, stakeholder management, project leadership, as well as strong business acumen, influencing and cross-functional collaboration skills

Travel on the Job:

Approx. 5%

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Benchmarking, Business Data Analysis, Business Savvy, Category Management Strategy, Compliant Spend, Conflict Resolution, Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), Developing Others, Inclusive Leadership, Industry Analysis, Leadership, Market Savvy, Negotiation, Performance Measurement, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Supplier Collaboration, Sustainable Procurement, Team Management, Vendor Management, Vendor Selection