Procurement Specialist

Procurement Specialist

Location: Cork

Duration: 12 months

Hours: 39 hours

This contractor role provides hands-on PMO coordination and delivery support across the Procurement Source portfolio, as well supporting procurement analytics to increase capacity within the Sourcing PMO.

The role will focus on enabling delivery, strengthening governance routines, coordinating stakeholders as well as helping ensure the Procurement Source portfolio is accurately tracked, consistently reported, and supported by reliable spend and savings analytics.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day PMO operational support for the Procurement Source portfolio including tracking milestones, actions, risks, dependencies and decision points

• Support portfolio governance processes by preparing materials, coordinating inputs, documenting decisions, tracking actions, and ensuring follow-up and closure from PMO and leadership forums

• Maintain accurate and auditable portfolio, savings, and spend data, aligned across Procurement and Finance reporting cycles

• Perform procurement spend and savings analytics, including data cleansing, validation, reconciliation, and structured analysis across categories, suppliers, and geographies

• Produce clear status updates, summaries and standardised analytical outputs (tables, charts, dashboards, and summaries) to support sourcing prioritisation, performance tracking, and decision-making

• Support monthly and quarterly reporting cycles, ensuring data consistency, transparency, and readiness for review

• Identify data issues, trends, or anomalies, escalating insights and risks to the Sourcing PMO Lead and relevant stakeholders

• Provide administrative and coordination support, including meeting facilitation, action tracking, document management, and upkeep of shared PMO repositories

•  Act as a reliable execution partner, enabling PMO leadership to focus on strategic, stakeholder, and decision-making activities

How to succeed

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent professional experience

Experience & Skills 

Proven experience supporting Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, PMO, or analytics teams in a delivery-focused role

• Strong hands-on analytics capability, including data cleansing, validation, reconciliation, and interpretation

• Advanced Excel skills essential; experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools is an advantage

• Comfortable working with large, complex datasets and producing management-ready outputs

• Experience supporting portfolio reporting, governance routines, or cross-functional coordination

• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and focused on accuracy and delivery to deadlines

• Able to work independently with direction, manage competing priorities, and deliver defined outputs

• Clear communicator, able to work effectively with Procurement, Finance, and PMO stakeholders

Benefits

This role offers a very competitive hourly rate. This contract will run for 12 months.

about DePuy Synthes

DePuy Synthes is the orthopaedic and neurological businesses of Johnson & Johnson - the world's most comprehensive and broadly-based healthcare company. At DePuy Synthes we specialise in our innovations in healthcare products, services and programs that make a real difference to millions of people across the world. We specialise in joint reconstruction, trauma, extremities, craniomaxillofacial, spinal surgery and sports medicine, and also the VELYS™ Digital Surgery portfolio. Contribute to the next healthcare breakthrough with your next project at DePuy Synthes. 

https://www.jnjmedtech.com/en-US/companies/depuy-synthes

https://www.jnjmedtech.com/en-GB/companies/depuy-synthes

Application Process

We are looking to process the first round of applications within the next 2 working days.

We do not accept applications via email. The pay rate for this role will depend on how you are paid. PAYE, LTD & Umbrella options are available. 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

For more than 130 years, diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) have been part of our cultural fabric at Johnson & Johnson and woven into how we do business every day. Our commitment to respect the dignity and diversity of all is embedded in our Credo.

We know that the success of our business depends on having the best talent in a workforce that reflects the diverse markets we serve around the world and an inclusive culture that values different perspectives and life experiences. That is why we are working to create an inclusive environment where diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences are valued and each one of our people feels that they belong and can reach their potential. No matter who they are. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Johnson & Johnson means “You Belong”.