Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Procurement/Surgical Robotics - OTTAVA

Job Description Johnson & Johnson RAD (Robotics and Digital) is seeking a Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Procurement/Surgical Robotics – OTTAVA, located in Santa Clara, California. Purpose As the Sr. Manager Strategic Sourcing, this role leads a team of sourcing professionals to build and scale a best‑in‑class sourcing organization supporting the commercialization of Ottava and Digital Solutions. The leader establishes the sourcing operating model, standard work, and category strategies required for commercialization. The role drives a resilient and optimized supply base, ensuring alignment to cost, quality, delivery, and innovation objectives. A key focus is enabling sustainable financial performance, maintaining a robust CIP pipeline, managing PPV and market movement inflation, and ensuring supply continuity and scalability to meet future demand. The Sr. Manager will also lead, champion, and ensure endorsement of supplier initiatives and projects to meet or exceed time, cost, and quality goals. This position reports to the Director of Strategic Sourcing for Robotics and Digital Solutions. Key Role Responsibilities Team Leadership & Capability Building Lead, coach, and develop a team of sourcing professionals to deliver on commercial objectives. Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and performance expectations aligned to business priorities. Build organizational capability across strategic sourcing, negotiations, supplier management, category strategies, and financial acumen. Sourcing Strategy & Supplier Management Operating Model Define and implement the sourcing operating model and standard work. Develop and deploy category strategies in alignment with enterprise/category teams. Establish scalable processes for supplier selection, contracting, and performance management. Understand, illustrate, and mitigate supply continuity risks and threats to ensure supply continuity. Develop a deep understanding of the Ottava & Digital Solutions robotics commercial strategy and trends to support operational strategies that meet customer needs. Manage and balance process and procedure changes in a highly matrixed organization. Build supplier & internal partnerships to ensure products launch on time and suppliers can ramp to future demand levels. Support initiatives on Procurement Citizenship including diversity and inclusion. Financial Ownership & Performance Drive NPI and commercial sourcing efforts to support COGS improvement and create a gross‑profit improvement roadmap. Own and deliver financial commitments including CIPs, PPV/inflation/market movement management. Develop and manage savings pipelines and track actuals vs. commitments. Partner with Finance to ensure accurate forecasting, reporting, and risk mitigation. Lead RFP/I/Qs (Request for Proposals/Information/Quotes) and supply‑agreement contracts and provide guidance to the team. Qualifications Must have the following qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (mechanical, electrical, etc.) or equivalent. Experience with SAP or similar project software toolkit. Track record of successfully completing complex projects within time, cost, and quality parameters. Experience implementing digital, automated solutions to optimize business results through digital transformation. 10+ years of sourcing or relevant experience in a high‑urgency/critical‑stakes environment. Demonstrated supplier cost negotiations & contracting experience with favorable financial results in complex negotiations ($M‑savings). Proven leadership, interpersonal communication, and presentation skills to influence business direction. Adaptability to meet & respond to rapidly changing priorities in a high‑ambiguity environment. Use effective change‑management strategies to guide teams through transformations. Preferred Skills Master’s degree (MS, MBA, finance, executive, engineering, SC, IS, etc.). Multi‑country experience. Experience in highly matrixed large organizations and start‑up environments. Professional certifications (APICS‑CPIM or CSCP, PMP, CAPM, ISM, Lean, Six Sigma). Experience in the medical devices industry and knowledge of regulated environments (ISO 13485, 21 CFR 820). Will require up to 20% travel. Additional Requirements Up to 15% domestic and/or international travel. Attendance policy: JNJ Flex Hybrid – three days in office, two days remote. Pay & Benefits Anticipated base pay range: $142,000 to $215,449.50. Employees are eligible to participate in company‑sponsored benefit programs including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑ and long‑term disability, business accident insurance, group legal insurance, a consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)), and a long‑term incentive program. Eligible employees may also receive time‑off benefits such as vacation, sick time, holiday pay, work‑personal‑family time, parental leave, condolence leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, and military spouse time‑off. Equal Opportunity Employer Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. #J-18808-Ljbffr Johnson & Johnson