Regional Procurement Manager – CAPEX, MRO, Facilities Management & Utilities

Role Summary

The Regional Procurement Manager will provide strategic and operational procurement support to the GMS sites in the East and Central USA across CAPEX, MRO, Facilities Management, and Utilities categories. This role emphasizes forming strong partnerships with Global Category Managers, Local Procurement Business Partners (PBPs), and site stakeholders to ensure seamless procurement execution aligned with global strategies. The Manager will contribute to the development and localization of global category strategies, own regional and site-specific CAPEX & MRO procurement plans, and act as the regional point of contact (SPOC) for CAPEX & MRO procurement activities for the assigned GMS sites. Location: Lexington, MA

Responsibilities

• Act as the CAPEX&MRO Procurement SPOC for the region
• Develop and implement site and project procurement plans for CAPEX&MRO investments in alignment with Takeda’s Procurement and Contracting Policies and Global Category Strategies, including category-specific strategies when not supported by Global teams
• Ensure a high-quality end-user procurement experience by understanding business unit needs and coordinating with global and local procurement resources
• Serve as on-site procurement liaison with Global Engineering function, engineering CAPEX leads, local engineers, project managers and supporting functions to ensure successful CAPEX projects and MRO initiatives
• Represent CAPEX&MRO Procurement at Site and Project Steering Committee meetings and contribute to planning and management of Global CAPEX&MRO team capacity to support local projects
• Provide regional input to Global category strategies and the Procurement Center of Excellence
• Develop a pipeline of category and functional initiatives and opportunities in CAPEX&MRO to meet targets, partnering with site PBPs for delivery
• Prepare and lead procurement tenders for CAPEX&MRO projects, including RFx processes, bid adjudications, and negotiating commercial agreements, MSAs, project-specific SOWs, Change Orders
• Ensure adherence to and effective leveraging of Preferred Supplier Lists across regions
• Participate in KPI/savings planning and realization sessions to meet shared procurement goals
• Monitor supplier performance, conduct regular reviews, report performance indicators to Global Category Managers, and assist with data gathering when escalation is required
• Contribute to Takeda’s compliance culture and uphold Global Code of Conduct and Supplier Code of Conduct
• Demonstrate Takeda values of Integrity, Fairness, Honesty and Perseverance

Qualifications

• Required: Degree in life sciences, business, engineering or a similar field
• Required: 10+ years of strategic and operational procurement experience, preferably within a regulated industry
• Preferred: Procurement certifications (e.g., CIPS)
• Preferred: Effective communication in local language(s)

Skills

• Experience in strategic and operational procurement
• Experience leading cost reduction and value improvement programs
• Experience in procurement support to CAPEX projects

Education

• Degree in life sciences, business, engineering or similar field

Additional Requirements

• Travel required up to 10%