Procurement Director, Travels, Meetings & Events

About the role

This role leads the procurement of Enterprise Services, covering the Travel, Meetings and Events categories globally for Johnson & Johnson, representing about $0.4B in spend. It also oversees the agencies delivering these services, along 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%)
• Attract, retain, develop and motivate the team (30%) and build relationships with key business stakeholders (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

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 and international travel required

Required skills

• Spend management, category management and supplier management
• Negotiation, contract management and compliance management
• Spend analysis, risk management and cost-benefit analysis
• Project and change management, and strong communication and leadership skills