Global Category Manager

Global Category Manager

The purpose of this Global Category Manager role is to: Drive and foster a strategic mindset in one or more procurement categories across all FDB sites by creating, communicating and implementing category strategies and plans. To ensure transparency, structure and control in this category, enabling data-driven decision making as well as continuous cost and service improvements. To manage the category's supplier portfolio and ensure that partner and key suppliers are globally contracted (MSA) at an advantage vs their T&Cs.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Creating, implementing, and communicating category strategies based on internal analysis and external market understanding, grounded in the needs of FDBs category stakeholders.
• Supplier management through regular contact moments, facilitated across different organizational levels as well as operational and annual business reviews with key suppliers and partners.
• Driving regular RFx processes on a RFx software platform to drive competition or identify new suppliers, this requires process management, stakeholder management and negotiation engagement.
• Ensure alignment between FDB and supplier capabilities and expectations to enable high impact outcomes.
• Ensure up to date market knowledge in the responsible categories to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
• Conduct risk analyses and drive relevant mitigation projects.
• Solve operational (delivery & cost) issues when escalated from site supply chain management.
• Other duties as assigned from time to time.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree – multiple fields such as business administration, engineering, chemistry, biology, and others are acceptable
• 3 years plus of strategic/tactical procurement & sourcing experience gained in a highly regulated industry
• Proven experience in strategic sourcing, negotiation preparation and execution, category strategy analysis and formulation, financial acumen and analysis

Preferred Education and Expeirence Requirements:

• Masters degree in the above fields or an MBA. Recognized procurement certification from CIPS, CPSM, CPP, NEVI or other other
• 5 years plus of strategic/tactical procurement & sourcing experience, GMP (industry) experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to communicate effectively
• Excellent strategic thinker
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Advanced stakeholder engagement & management,
• Advanced business acumen,
• Ability to operate in uncertainty
• Advanced knowledge in financial acumen and analysis

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies (FDB) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identify or any other protected class.

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