Global Category Manager - 12 Months Ftc H/F - Norgine

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At Norgine, our colleagues Dare themselves to be different and try new things, Drive to achieve their goals and beyond, and Develop themselves and their community.

We call it the 3D career at Norgine and it offers you a fully-rounded experience with no limits.

Bring everything about yourself that you're proud of, whether that's your passion for making a difference, focus on others' well-being, or intellectual curiosity to unleash in a fast-paced environment and supportive community.

In return, get a sense of belonging, a long-term career with ongoing development and upskilling, and a company that cares about people's wellness as much as you do.

Norgine: Transforming Healthcare, Backed by Over a Century of Expertise.

Want a 3D Career? Join Norgine.

At Norgine, our colleagues Dare themselves to be different and try new things, Drive to achieve their goals and beyond, and Develop themselves and their community.

We call it the 3D career at Norgine and it offers you a fully-rounded experience with no limits.

Bring everything about yourself that you're proud of, whether that's your passion for making a difference, focus on others' well-being, or intellectual curiosity to unleash in a fast-paced environment and supportive community.

In return, get a sense of belonging, a long-term career with ongoing development and upskilling, and a company that cares about people's wellness as much as you do.

Because at Norgine, we transform lives with innovative healthcare solutions.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Global Category Manager - 12 Months FTC to join Norgine.

Core Responsibilities

The Global Category Manager leads the development and execution of purchasing strategies for key spend categories, ensuring value creation through effective sourcing, negotiation, supplier performance management, and continuous improvement. The role drives cross-site implementation, manages multi-functional stakeholder relationships, and champions change to strengthen organisational purchasing capability and support the One Norgine culture.

If you want a multi-dimensional 3D career in a leading healthcare organisation, join us.

Benefits

Our benefits may vary per location. Please liaise with the Norgine TA representative to obtain more information.

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RESPONSIBILITIES

- Lead and coordinate central-led strategic sourcing activities across external manufacturing sites (CMOs) in partnership with stakeholders.
- Lead the CMO Category: develop and roll-out the multi-year sourcing strategy
- Partner and provide on-the-ground support to all CMO's to deploy sourcing tools, parameters, and best practices.
- This role is ideal for candidates with a background in engineering and/or business management with experience and technical knowledge within pharma and/or FMCG's industry. The role will drive sourcing engagements, manage supplier relationships, secure business continuity and compliance, mitigate risks, develop supplier innovation, and lead cross-functional projects to ensure timely and cost-effective procurement management of External Manufacturers (CMO's) for finished products and Active pharmaceutical ingredients (API's).
- Lead the execution of strategic sourcing fundamentals (category strategies, competitive RFPs, regional sourcing, supplier consolidation, long-term contracts, etc.) for the CMO portfolio and partner with Supply Chain teams to drive innovative sourcing solutions in line with project requirements and company growth ambition.
- Lead the Source to Contract Process and Contract Management activities for CMOs.

Category Management

- Deliver specific category goals within a significant category plan/program in line with the organization's purchasing/procurement and/or sales strategy. Identify improvements to the plan/category program.

Sourcing

- Collect and analyse the key cost drivers, market dynamics and issues, areas of innovation, and alternative suppliers for a low-risk area with many alternatives and minimum costs to change, in consultation with relevant functions to provide solid market information for decision-making.

Supplier Management

- Monitor, review, and highlight any gaps in the performance of a portfolio of smaller suppliers to recommend and ensure delivery of improvements by suppliers or to renegotiate or change contract/supplier.

Stakeholder Management

- Plan and deliver stakeholder engagement activities to develop effective working relationships for projects and to ensure that stakeholder needs and concerns are identified and met.

Continuous Improvement

- Contribute to reviewing existing operations in own area of work, and generate new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvements.

Horizon Scanning

- Explore and develop a basic understanding of external developments or emerging issues and contribute to the evaluation of their potential impact on, or usefulness to, the organization.

Personal Capability Building

- Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfil personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.

Compliance Responsibility

- Complies with applicable rules, laws, regulations and guidance governing their role responsibilities.

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES

Communicates Effectively

- Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. For example, listens attentively and takes an interest. Keeps others well informed; conveys informati