Manager - Indirect Category Management

Regeneron; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Regeneron in Hyderabad, India is seeking a Manager for Indirect Category Management Procurement to support our Global Procurement team. This hybrid position involves leading analytics transformations, supporting global indirect category strategies, and collaborating with various teams to deliver micro and macro market analyses.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree, extensive procurement experience preferably in pharma/biopharma, and demonstrate strong leadership in a multinational setting.

Qualifications

• Progressive procurement experience with Pharma/Biopharma experience preferred.
• Proven experience leading teams and processes in a multinational environment.
• Experience managing contractor relationships and sourcing activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team transforming analytics into insights for category management.
• Define and implement global indirect category strategies.
• Deliver market analysis, supplier evaluation, and risk insights.

Skills

Category management principles

Market analysis

Supplier evaluation

Risk management

Data transformation into actionable insights

Influential relationship building

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

ERP systems (Oracle, Zycus, GEP, Ariba)

Standard business applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

At Regeneron, we use science and innovation to develop life‑changing medicines for people with serious diseases. We are seeking a Manager, Indirect Category Management Procurement to join our Global Procurement team and support our India operations. This role involves leading category management enablement, transforming data and market intelligence into actionable insights, and supporting global indirect category strategies in collaboration with global procurement teams, data and analytics partners, and key collaborators.

When & Where

Hyderabad, India (Hybrid)

Discover Your Role

• Lead a team of associates and specialists transforming internal and external analytics into insights that enable global indirect category management strategies.
• Support the definition and implementation of global indirect category strategies aligned to regional and global business needs.
• Deliver micro and macro market analysis, spend analysis, supplier evaluation, and risk insights to support strategy development and partner engagement.
• Partner with data and analytics teams to demonstrate internal and external data sources to identify trends, opportunities, and forecast future strategy direction.
• Facilitate sourcing processes by preparing RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs and managing response collection, analysis, and comparative evaluation across sourcing and SRM events.
• Maintain, standardize, and optimize category management templates, strategy decks, and stage‑gate materials while improving procurement tools and repositories.
• Lead contract management activities, oversee team execution, and track and report category management enablement requests in line with engagement plans.
• You build strong relationships, lead through influence, and operate with integrity and clarity in a global, matrixed, and evolving environment.

This Role Requires

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with progressive procurement experience; Pharma/Biopharma experience preferred.
• Proven experience leading teams, processes, and suppliers across a breadth of categories in a multinational environment.
• Strong expertise in category management principles including market analysis, spend analysis, supplier evaluation, and risk management.
• Experience transforming data and market intelligence into actionable insights to enable category strategies.
• Experience managing and developing associate and specialist‑level professionals, including performance management, coaching, and career development.
• Ability to build influential relationships with collaborators and suppliers to get results.
• Experience in contract management and supporting sourcing and supplier relationship management activities.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems such as Oracle and Source‑to‑Pay platforms (Oracle, Zycus, GEP, Ariba, or similar) preferred.
• Proficiency in standard business applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to operate with integrity, focus, and clarity in ambiguous environments and inspire change and continuous improvement.

EEO Statement

Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief (or lack thereof), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, civil status, pregnancy or parental status, age, disability, nationality, citizenship status, ethnic or national origin, membership of the Traveler community, familial status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Where required, we will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with known disabilities or chronic illnesses during the recruitment process, unless such accommodation would impose undue hardship.