Senior Category Manager

Role Summary

Senior Category Manager, R&D Procurement, Laboratory Supplies and Services, supporting the Innovative Medicine R&D and QC lab network. Responsible for developing and leading the global category strategy for laboratory supplies, consumables, and services, and managing supplier relationships to drive innovation and cost management across the network.

Responsibilities

• Determine the Innovative Medicine business needs for the R&D laboratory network globally for Lab supplies, consumables, and services
• Develop and implement the global Category strategy for these services that aligns with the needs of the Innovative Medicine business
• Identify industry and market insights and benchmarks (including peer-to-peer insights) to create value and bring opportunities to key stakeholders that address current and evolving business needs
• Develop, implement, lead, and monitor key supplier relationships through governance strategies, leveraging the procurement supplier management model, to drive innovation and optimal supplier performance
• Partner with procurement colleagues across Category teams (including Supply Chain, CCFS, Medtech) to develop and implement cross-Category governance/supplier management strategies for key suppliers
• Partner with Business Unit and Global Services sourcing colleagues to lead major sourcing events & strategic negotiations
• Supplier risk management: Monitor and mitigate business risk leveraging procurement risk management tools and processes
• Develop, implement, and monitor targets for the Category to contribute to the broad goals of Innovative medicine (Business Plan, Savings, Cost Management, Supplier Management)
• Implement regular review sessions with key business and procurement leaders to communicate progress against established targets and ensure ongoing alignment
• Engage with BU and GS sourcing colleagues as needed on an ongoing basis to ensure category needs for sourcing and contracting support fully leverage the R&D procurement operating model

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree
• Preferred: Master’s degree or further advanced degree in sciences or business
• Minimum of 8 years of related working experience
• Strong business acumen – the ability to understand business challenges and develop supply option solutions
• Influencing skills – the ability to persuade others to change behavior in pursuit of a common goal
• Strong verbal, written communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to prepare and present complex information to business and procurement leadership
• Broad-based understanding of core procurement areas of focus (spend management, category management, supplier management, and negotiation)
• Demonstrated learning agility
• Demonstrated project management skills to effectively engage and lead cross-functional teams to reach a targeted outcome

Skills

• Advanced Analytics, Business Data Analysis, Business Savvy
• Category Management Strategy, Competitive Landscape Analysis, Negotiation
• Contract Management, Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), Critical Thinking
• Leadership, Mentorship, Relationship Building
• Market Savvy, Risk Management, Spend Analysis
• Organizing, Performance Measurement, Process Improvements
• Sustainable Procurement, Supplier Collaboration, Technical Credibility

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Master’s degree or advanced degree preferred