Job Function: Procurement
Job Sub Function: Multi-Family Procurement
Job Category:Professional
All Job Posting Locations:New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
Job Description:Johnson & Johnson is hiring a
Senior Manager, Procurement, Legal Services to be located in New Brunswick, NJ.
The Senior Manager, Legal Services Procurement will play a critical role in supporting the procurement strategy and management of Johnson & Johnson's global legal services spend portfolio. This individual will partner closely with Legal, Finance, and Procurement stakeholders to drive value, support category initiatives, and advance sourcing, supplier management, and operational excellence objectives.
The role requires strong business partnership skills, commercial acumen, and experience managing sophisticated professional services categories. The Senior Manager will lead key strategic initiatives, support supplier relationship management, and contribute to the development and execution of category strategies that deliver quality, innovation, risk management, and financial value.
Responsibilities:- Support the development and execution of category strategies that align with business objectives and deliver measurable value across legal services spend.
- Partner closely with Legal and business stakeholders to understand requirements, identify opportunities, and ensure procurement strategies support organizational priorities.
- Lead sourcing events, negotiations, contract management activities, and supplier selection processes across legal services categories.
- Build and maintain relationships with law firms, alternative legal service providers, legal technology suppliers, and other strategic partners.
- Drive supplier performance management activities, including business reviews, scorecards, data analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Identify opportunities to improve cost, service, quality, innovation, and risk management outcomes through supplier and category strategies.
- Support the delivery of annual value targets and procurement objectives through effective category management and commercial execution.
- Analyze market trends, supplier capabilities, and industry developments to identify opportunities and risks impacting the category.
- Collaborate across global and regional teams to implement sourcing strategies, governance processes, and best practices.
- Escalate and help mitigate supplier, commercial, and operational risks that may affect business outcomes.
- Contribute to procurement transformation, process improvement, and innovation initiatives that enhance the effectiveness of Legal Services Procurement.
Qualifications:- A minimum of a bachelor's degree is required. Juris Doctorate/Advanced degree is preferred.
Experience and Skills:Required:- A minimum of 7 years of relevant professional experience
- Proficient in core procurement areas of focus (e.g. Category Management, Business Engagement and Supplier Management).
- Demonstrates courageous leadership, vison-setting, communication, influencing, teamwork skills
- Advanced relationship management abilities at the leadership level
- Able to prioritize requests and propose effective cost/customer service alternatives.
- Ability to show judgment and creativity in developing innovative approaches and resolving issues
- Strong project and organizational change capabilities
- This position is located in New Brunswick, NJ and may require up to 10% travel.
Preferred:- Experience in Legal Sourcing or working with or within law firms
- Strong influencing skills with ability to see issues from multiple viewpoints and understand differing needs of partners (e.g., businesses, Procurement LT, Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain)
- Strong verbal and written communication skill with ability to expertly present complex information. Strong executive presence.
- High level of credibility with internal customers, and with the supplier community
- High degree of business insight and tried team-building and cross-functional leadership skills
Required Skills:Preferred Skills:The anticipated base pay range for this position is :$122,000.00 - $212,750.00
Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company's long-term incentive program.
Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation -120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado -48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington -56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays -13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave - 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave - 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave - 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
Volunteer Leave - 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off - 80 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits
