Elias Castaneira
Strategic Sourcing & Procurement | Pharma & Life Sciences | Indirect Services & Software
- Role
- Senior Specialist, Source-to-contract, IT at Johnson & Johnson
- Location
- Tampa, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Elias Castaneira
Enterprise procurement and operations leader with 10+ years of experience governing $350MM+ in annual indirect spend across multi-brand pharma portfolios in the U.S. and Canada, driving large-scale sourcing, vendor governance, and cost optimization. Proven ability to lead complex, multi-brand RFPs and vendor consolidations, delivering measurable ROI through end-to-end SAP procure-to-pay governance and execution, strategic vendor partnerships, and data-driven decision making.
Experience
Senior Specialist, Source-to-contract, IT
Feb 2026 — Present · Tampa, FL, US
Lead sourcing and negotiations for complex software, SaaS, and tech agreementsManage end-to-end source to contract process processes including vendor evaluation, RFx, commercial negotiation, and contract executionSupport enterprise tech procurement initiatives while mitigating vendor risk and optimizing commercial terms
Education
Rutgers University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
2011 — 2014
Skills
- Research
- Pricing Analysis
- Public Speaking
- Brand Management
- Waivers
- Event Planning
- Leadership
- Social Networking
- Time Management
- Microsoft Word
- Sap
- Trade Shows
- Microsoft Office
- Ims Data
- Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Social Media
- Market Research
- Strategy
- Marketing
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