Global Category Manager Lab Equipment & Maintenance

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Job Description

• Develop and execute category strategies for Lab Equipment & Maintenance that maximize enterprise value across $150m+ while balancing financial performance, innovation, risk, sustainability, and business outcomes
• Act as a strategic business partner, influencing how external spend is deployed to support organizational priorities, growth objectives, and operational excellence
• Leverage market intelligence, supplier insights, digital capabilities, and data-driven decision making to identify opportunities and accelerate value creation

Lead cross-functional collaboration to translate category strategies into measurable business results, ensuring effective stakeholder alignment and execution
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ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Develop, implement, and continuously evolve category strategies aligned with enterprise priorities, business objectives, and long-term value creation goals
• Leverage market intelligence, spend analytics, supplier insights, and emerging technologies to identify opportunities, shape demand, and inform category decision-making
• Own the category pipeline and deliver measurable outcomes across cost optimization, supplier innovation, risk management, sustainability, and business performance
• Partner with stakeholders to influence requirements, specifications, service models, and sourcing decisions that maximize enterprise value
• Lead cross-functional collaboration to translate category strategies into executable initiatives and measurable business results
• Lead and manage cross-functional category initiatives and projects, ensuring delivery of measurable business results against defined objectives and timelines
• Design and manage supplier ecosystems that balance competitiveness, innovation, resilience, performance, and long-term business needs
• Establish and oversee supplier governance, segmentation, and relationship management strategies to drive performance, value realization, and continuous improvement
• Accountable for delivering the category's value-delivery targets and KPIs, spanning the enterprise value framework of P&L impact, P&L protection, and cash improvement, plus value beyond savings (risk, business performance, innovation, sustainability).
• Build and maintain a high-performing supplier ecosystem that balances innovation, competitiveness, resilience, and long-term business needs, while including Quality and Sustainability requirements.
• Drive end-to-end Master Service Agreement (MSA) contract management for the category, establishing the commercial frameworks (pricing, catalogue terms, discounts) that downstream Service Agreements, SOWs, and purchase orders draw against.
• Accountable for end-to-end management of all categories spend, including active tail-spend management (analysis, classification, and control/buying approaches) and mapping categories to compliant, preferred buying channels to maximize coverage, adoption, and value capture.
• Integrate risk management, business continuity, responsible sourcing, and sustainability considerations into category and supplier strategies
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, contractual obligations, regulatory requirements, and enterprise governance standards
• Mentor cross procurement team members, sharing best practices, and fostering continuous improvement
• Ability to foster strong collaboration and influence across key stakeholder groups, including Business Functions, Global Finance, Value Delivery Team, Takeda Business Solutions, Legal, Procurement, and other cross-functional teams to deliver sourcing strategies and business outcomes

Education:

• Bachelors degree in supply chain or other relevant category related field
• MBA preferred

Behavioral:

• Shapes strategy upstream through close business partnership
• Deliver total enterprise value beyond savings
• Takes ownership of spend and outcomes end to end
• Uses curiosity, insights, and data to drive better decisions

Competencies and skills:

• 10 + years of experience in category management, strategic sourcing, procurement, or related commercial functions within complex global and matrixed organizations
• Proven experience developing and executing category strategies that deliver sustainable enterprise value and support business objectives
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including expertise in sourcing, negotiations, supplier economics, total cost of ownership (TCO), contracting, and value management
• Proven experience procuring equipment and maintenance services within a GxP-regulated environment, with a strong track record of developing and implementing complex service contracts to manage high volumes of assets**.** Track record of delivering measurable outcomes across cost optimization, productivity, innovation, business performance, risk management, and sustainability objectives
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage, challenge, and align senior leaders across functions, business units, and geographies
• Experience leveraging market intelligence, spend analytics, and data-driven insights to inform strategic decisions and identify value creation opportunities
• Strong supplier relationship management capabilities, including supplier segmentation, governance, performance management, and innovation partnership development
• Knowledge of risk management, business continuity, regulatory requirements, and sustainable procurement practices, with the ability to integrate these considerations into category strategies
• Experience utilizing digital procurement technologies, advanced analytics, automation, and AI-enabled solutions to enhance decision-making and business outcomes
• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to influence outcomes and drive change in a dynamic environment
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Availability for business travel of approximately 15-20%

Locations

Lodz, PolandBase Salary Range:

zł272,200.00 - zł374,330.00

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Worker Type

EmployeeWorker Sub-Type

RegularTime Type

Full time