Associate Director, Category Management

Role: Associate Director, Category Management

Employer: One of the global biotechnology companies

Employment Type: Full Time (Permanent)

Work Location: Hyderabad

Work Mode: Hyderabad

Job Description:

We are seeking an Associate Director, Global Procurement Category Management to join our Global Procurement team, supporting our global categories. In this role, you will lead category management across global procurement categories while collaborating with team members, suppliers, Law, procurement colleagues and direct reports. This position offers the opportunity to help shape a procurement capability.

Discover your role:

• Lead category management across a range of global categories.
• Align category priorities with leaders, team members and suppliers.
• Manage negotiations, supplier relationships and stakeholder engagement.
• Drive cost savings, cash flow and efficiency improvements.
• Negotiate contract terms with Law and business partners.
• Use data and market insight to guide category decisions.
• Coach procurement skills and career development across the team.
• You bring clarity and integrity when driving change.

This role requires:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study.
• Progressive procurement experience, including Pharma or BioPharma experience.
• Experience managing global category processes and suppliers.
• Success leading cross-functional teams across sourcing, negotiations and contracting.
• Experience managing supply market evaluation using market intelligence, risk, compliance and financial assessment tools.
• Working knowledge of sourcing, contracting, ERP and eRFx systems preferred, including Oracle, Zycus or Ariba.

Must Have:

• Global Stakeholder Management
• Direct & Indirect Category Management
• People & Leadership Management