Category Manager

Hobson Prior are currently looking for a Category Manager to join one of the largest biotechology companies who are devoted to improving the lives of patients by delivering pioneering medicines and diagnostic tests world-wide. This position will be on a contract basis, located in Switzerland.

Job Responsibilities:

• Accountable for proactively identifying opportunities, engaging, and partnering with Business stakeholders and regional Procurement, and managing Category suppliers to deliver overall Category performance and saving targets.
• Support the definition of Category Strategy and Annual Pipeline for the Category of External Manufacturing Services.
• Collate supplier, market, category and internal data and Business requirements to formulate and validate the Category Strategy and develop a pipeline of proactive initiatives based on the Category Strategy, local requirements and stakeholder planning activities.
• Provide deep expertise in supporting the realization of Procurement targets, including delivery of high value sourcing, demand management, process re-engineering, and supplier performance and innovation activities.
• Develop category buying guides and content to translate the Category Strategy and outcomes into clear guidance and executable content.
• Responsible as a member of the direct procurement team within the future ERP program.
• Represent as a liaison between Business Process Management, Direct Procurement and the ERP program workstream.
• Support the project team in analysing business operations to assist in the design/redesign and documentation of business processes and clear definition of the business requirements regarding processes for the CMO Business Scenario.
• Co-operate with operational teams, key users and other stakeholders to ensure understanding and alignment of reporting needs and E2E data governance processes.
• Compliance with all policies and procedures on a global and local level is an essential part of the design considerations.

Key Skills:

• Proven capability in negotiation, conflict resolution and stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication and project management skills.
• Category Management and Project organizations.
• Able to analyse, design, describe and test IT solutions from an E2E business process understanding.

Requirements:

• University degree, with Business or Life Sciences degree preferable.
• Business level fluency in English.
• Minimum of 3+ years in-depth strategic and operational procurement experience with knowledge of category management and advanced strategic sourcing.
• Minimum of 3+ years of overall business experience, including working within a regulated industry for regulated categories with familiarity of relevant legal risks and issues.
• Understanding of process-based/cross-process IT systems (ERP and decentralized systems) for the relevant functional area.
• Strong business process knowledge and experience in the respective functional area.
• Change management and process improvement skills with direct experience in delivering complex business process / organizational change.
• Demonstrated Knowledge of CMO procurement processes, standards and how they relate to operational business.
• Demonstrated business improvement experience.
• In-depth knowledge of respective business processes in the functional area of Procurement, e.g. direct procurement, Material Resource Planning.

Apply now:

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