Associate Manager, Risk Management, EMS

Job Function:

Procurement

Job Sub Function:

Procurement Business Engagement Leads

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Associate Manager, Risk Management, EMS. Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

Job Summary

The Associate Manager, Risk Management EMS will be responsible for the risk assessment and management for the External Manufacturing and Electrical Systems Categories. This individual will support the expansion and implementation of risk management best practices across a global supply base. They will monitor for risk opportunities within Abiomed and outside Abiomed’s control, helping to identify mitigation pathways to ensure stable supply for production growth. This employee will also play a key role in regulatory and compliance initiatives which would impact product availability, and influence new product development programs through category strategy development with Category Managers. Understands and applies Johnson & Johnson’s Credo and Leadership Imperatives in day-to-day interactions with team.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Conduct supply risk assessments for suppliers across holistic risk indicators including strategic, financial, geopolitical, capacity, supply and logistics, cybersecurity, and compliance etc.
• Support developing and executing risk mitigation plans for short term, annual and long-term growth projections in collaboration with category managers.
• Conduct source risk assessment and mitigation plan at product level including new products in development.
• Co-lead management and development of risk alerts based on severity of risks and act with sense of urgency to mitigate risks.
• Support risk management lead and category managers to develop Business Continuity Plans for high-risk suppliers.
• Support in development of overall risk management strategy for procurement and embed those into base business practices.
• Work collaboratively to develop predictive risk management practices and deploy for procurement scope.
• Collaborate with category managers to embed risk management solutions into sourcing strategies, supplier relationship management and contracting activities.
• Support business planning process to incorporate risk management projects and required resourcing.
• Manage operational support and maintenance of supplier risk databases for procurement and supply chain teams.
• Ownership of data management, systems and tools management, and project execution support in risk management group
• Track and Share supply risk monitoring database with defined period.

Qualifications:

Required

• Bachelors in Engineering, Operations/Supply Chain management or related field, MBA/MS preferred.
• Experience in procurement and/ or related supply chains is highly preferred
• Exposure to risk management activities is advantageous.
• Strong analytical mindset and ability to work with complex data / information set is required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skill with ability to confidently present complex information

Preferred

• Experience in multiple disciplines of Supply Chain, including External Operations, Manufacturing, Procurement, Distribution and / or Quality related field is advantageous.
• Familiarity with material categories, including electronics, machining (metal, plastics, ceramics), molding, assembling, Tooling and manufacturing processes, is advantageous.
• Experience to work across regions and understand markets.
• Strong Business Acumen with Medical Devices (specifically Abiomed relevant industry) experience preferred.
• Continuous improvement/lean/six sigma experience, black belt preferred.
• Experience with SAP or another ERP, digital tools in procurement and risk management is preferred.