Sr Procurement Specialist, MRO

Johnson & Johnson • Jacksonville, FL

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About The Position

The Senior Procurement Specialist leads procurement planning and execution for maintenance, repair, operating, and spare-parts materials supporting Johnson & Johnson Vision Care’s Jacksonville campus. The role is the primary operational procurement interface with the integrated supplier, translating approved inventory and asset-care requirements into reliable, compliant, and cost-effective supply solutions. It also drives strategic sourcing for critical suppliers, strengthens supplier performance and accountability, establishes appropriate quality and commercial agreements, and reduces supply continuity risk.

The position works with the Spare Parts & Asset Inventory Analyst, whose focus is internal part strategy, inventory parameters, consumption analysis, and stocking decisions. The specialist turns inventory strategies, repairable-unit needs, obsolescence risks, and asset priorities into executable purchasing and supplier plans. The role may require up to 10% domestic and/or international travel to other locations and sites.

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in procurement, buying, materials planning, supply chain, supplier management, or a related manufacturing function.
• Demonstrated ability to execute purchase-to-pay processes and manage supplier delivery, pricing, negotiations, order exceptions, and performance issues.
• Demonstrated capability in strategic sourcing, requests for quotation or proposal, commercial analysis, supplier agreements, and total-cost evaluation.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, problem-solving, follow-through, and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to communicate risk and recommendations clearly to cross-functional partners and leadership.
• Proficiency with enterprise resource planning and procurement systems.
• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent university degree, or equivalent relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

• A degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of supplier qualification, quality agreements, change control, nonconformance, corrective action, continuity risk, and alternate-source development.
• Knowledge of maintenance, repair, and operating materials, spare parts, original equipment manufacturer components, repair services, or technical services in a regulated or highly automated manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of SAP, Maximo, and Ariba.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day procurement execution with the integrated supplier, including priorities, service expectations, escalation paths, and accountability for results.
• Convert spare-parts requirements into accurate requisitions, purchase orders, confirmations, and delivery schedules while following procurement policies and delegated authority.
• Manage open orders, acknowledgements, lead times, expedites, past-due lines, backorders, invoice or receipt discrepancies, and urgent breakdown purchases to protect manufacturing continuity.
• Lead integrated supplier performance reviews using service, delivery, quality, responsiveness, and transactional accuracy measures, and drive corrective actions to closure.
• Develop sourcing strategies for critical suppliers, original equipment manufacturer parts, repair services, and high-risk categories using spend, demand, lead-time, criticality, quality-risk, and total-cost data.
• Lead or support competitive bids, quotation analysis, negotiations, commercial evaluations, alternate-source qualification, supplier rationalization, dual sourcing, localization, and source recommendations.
• Partner with Quality, Procurement, Engineering, and Legal, as applicable, to establish, execute, and renew supplier quality agreements, technical agreements, specifications, and commercial controls for critical suppliers.
• Partner with the Spare Parts & Asset Inventory Analyst and cross-functional teams to translate inventory strategies, repairable-unit needs, obsolescence risks, and asset priorities into executable purchasing and supplier plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior