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About the Role
The Senior Category Manager plays a key role in shaping global sourcing strategies to ensure sustainable, competitive supply and high service quality for interventional clinical trials. This role combines strategic responsibility for a global category with active supplier management, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement of sourcing approaches.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for sourcing activities within global Human Pharma’s clinical services categories.
- Assume responsibility for a worldwide category, managed in a highly centralized manner, by consistently challenging the existing status quo.
- Identify enhancements and convince upper management to follow new ways of working.
- Act as global supplier manager for core service providers, establishing and enforcing a robust governance system to ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.
- Further develop and strengthen relationships with external strategic partners.
- Closely monitor the market and identify suppliers that best fit business needs.
- Continuously observe supply markets, search for new partners, service providers and solutions, while analyzing and mitigating risks within the category.
- Manage a high volume of sourcing requests independently and ensure successful negotiation outcomes.
- Manage resulting contracts in close alignment with internal business partners.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to implement cutting-edge methods of working and contribute to improvements in speed, cost efficiency, value generation, use of new technologies and optimization of buying channels.
- Support the development and upskilling of sourcing colleagues through training and mentorship.
Requirements
- Strong experience in global sourcing / procurement operations within a Pharma, Contract Research Organization (CRO), or Biotech environment.
- Experience running early clinical trials with Clinical Pharmacology Units.
- Knowledge of market intelligence and sourcing practices related to Clinical Development services.
- Experience with fully outsourced clinical trials is considered an additional asset.
- Solid understanding of established sourcing methodologies, including demand management, market and supplier analysis, compliance management, due diligence, risk management, supplier relationship management, contract management, and negotiation techniques.
- Extensive experience working on international projects and collaborating with cross-functional teams comprising both internal and external stakeholders.
- Open-minded, motivated and persuasive approach.
- Strong internal and external relationship management skills.
- Willingness to take on responsibility.
- Team-oriented mindset with the ability to work collaboratively in diverse, cross-functional and international teams.
- Strong communication skills in English.
- Proficiency in German would be an advantage.
Skills
- Global sourcing
- Procurement operations
- Clinical trials
- Market intelligence
- Sourcing practices
- Demand management
- Market analysis
- Supplier analysis
- Compliance management
- Due diligence
- Risk management
- Supplier relationship management
- Contract management
- Negotiation techniques
- International project management
- Cross-functional team collaboration
- Stakeholder engagement
- Relationship management
- Communication skills
Location
- Remote (UK or Ireland)
- Occasional business travel to Germany
Work Type
- Fully remote
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Master's degree in Business Administration or related field, or equivalent professional qualification.
- Bachelor's degree combined with relevant professional experience will also be considered.
About the Company
- Boehringer Ingelheim has been recognised as a Top Employer in the UK, demonstrating our commitment to building an exceptional workplace through strong people practices and supportive HR policies.