Category Manager – Clinical Development Services Procurement

Category Manager – Clinical Development Services Procurement

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) degree minimum
• Minimum of 11 years of experience and 5+ years in-depth strategic and operational procurement experience with a solid working knowledge of category management and ICH E6 R3 Good Clinical Practice “GCP” and/or ICH Q7 Good Manufacturing Practice “GMP”
• Management of project team support to create material value across multiple categories
• Direct experience managing category management projects and development of sourcing strategies
• Change management and process improvement skills with direct experience delivering business process

Responsibilities

• Report to the R&D Procurement Clinical Development Services Procurement Lead and collaborate with the R&D Procurement, Clinical Development Services Procurement Team
• Provide financial and business analysis (e.g., Data mining of Procurement and Financial Systems, output, analysis and interpretation), supporting global market intelligence in the category area and being the focal point for category expertise to the global business and procurement community
• Lead the procurement, sourcing, outsourcing, purchasing or buying of Compliance Services categories, including but not limited to pharmacovigilance services
• Lead competitive procurement, supplier negotiations and contracting through completion
• Lead contract lifecycle management, including but not limited to: Master Services Agreements “MSAs”, Amendments to MSAs, Statements of Work “SOWs”, Change Order Request Forms “CORFs” and Change Orders “COs”
• Support Global Procurement Leadership in the development of formalized Category Management organization structures and category management methods
• Collaborate with R&D Finance and Global Procurement Finance to apply Takeda’s savings guidelines and report P&L cost savings and cost avoidance
• Ensure appropriate Supplier Relationship Management efforts are implemented; the objective of which is to ensure performance delivery, continuous improvement and access to innovation from supplier arrangements to achieve value contribution targets on a global basis

Preferred Qualifications

• Post graduate business-related qualification
• Pharmaceutical, Biopharmaceutical, Biotechnology, CRO or GMP supplier experience is preferred
• Experience with enterprise systems (SAP, Oracle) and Procurement / procure-to-pay tools such as (e.g., Ariba, Emptoris, SAP, Cirtuo) is preferred