Procurement Director, Travel, Meetings & Events

About the role

This role leads the procurement of Enterprise Services covering Travel, Meetings and Events categories globally for Johnson & Johnson, representing about $0.4B in spend. It also oversees the agencies delivering these services, together with technology and policy, in partnership with functions such as global finance. The position is based in Bogotá.

Key responsibilities

• Determine global business needs in the categories and devise procurement strategies to support them
• Identify industry trends to build into category strategies and align with the workforce strategy
• Lead and develop the category team, including global strategy, implementation and key supplier management
• Lead major strategic negotiations for owned categories on behalf of the company
• Coordinate with senior business leaders to ensure alignment with business strategies
• Take part in the Business Services Procurement Leadership Team and shape performance targets across the balanced scorecard
• Own and lead category strategy development and implementation (25%) and key global supplier relationships (20%)
• Build relationships with key business stakeholders (25%) and attract, retain, develop and motivate the team (25%)
• Deliver end-to-end operations for Travel, Meetings & Events, including strategy, execution, customer experience and partner management
• Work with the Global Process Owner for Procurement Managed Services to build a roadmap for future ways of working
• Ad hoc assignments as determined by corporate priorities

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree; MBA or higher is desirable
• Minimum 10 years of related experience
• Experience managing people and leading teams
• Understanding of AI concepts and frameworks, including responsible and ethical AI, and experience using prompts to improve efficiency
• 10% domestic (US) and international travel required

Required skills

• Spend management, category management and supplier management
• Project and change management
• Negotiation, supplier selection and vendor management
• Preferred: business data analysis, contract management, cost-benefit analysis, risk management, compliance management, performance measurement and succession planning