Global Category Lead: Commercial & Market Services

Zentiva Pharma; Lazio; In loco; EUR 63.000 - 77.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Zentiva is seeking a Category Manager – Commercial & Market Services to define and deploy global category strategies across Communications Agencies, Media, Market Research, and Sales & Promotional Services for Generics Pharma. Based in Rome, Italy, you will partner with Marketing, Finance and Compliance to enable compliant sourcing and cost efficiency.

You will lead end-to-end category management, negotiate with suppliers, manage budgets, and drive value creation through standardisation and

Competenze

• Master’s degree in Procurement, Business, Marketing, or a related field.
• 8–12 years of experience in procurement or category management.
• Strong expertise in category strategy, supplier relationship management, and complex stakeholder environments.
• Proven negotiation and value‑creation track record.
• High financial acumen, including experience with budgets, LRP, TCO, and ROI.
• Fluent in English; additional European languages are an advantage.

Mansioni

• Develop and execute global, multi-year category strategies for commercial and market services.
• Lead end-to-end category management, including spend analysis, demand challenge, contract negotiation, and framework agreements.
• Build and manage structured relationships with strategic suppliers across commercial and marketing categories; monitor KPIs.
• Collaborate with Global and Local Marketing, Sales & Market Access, Finance, Legal, and Compliance.
• Support product launches, portfolio transitions, and market entries through agile and compliant sourcing solutions.
• Play a key role in the annual budget cycle and Long‑Range Plan (LRP).
• Ensure compliance with internal procurement policies and pharmaceutical regulations.

Conoscenze

Category strategy

Supplier relationship management

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Budgeting & LRP

Formazione

Master’s degree in Procurement, Business, Marketing, or a related field

Strumenti

ROI calculations

Budgets & LRP tools

Descrizione del lavoro

Zentiva is seeking a Category Manager – Commercial & Market Services to define and deploy global category strategies across Communications Agencies, Media, Market Research, and Sales & Promotional Services for Generics Pharma. Based in Rome, Italy, you will partner with Marketing, Finance and Compliance to enable compliant sourcing and cost efficiency.

You will lead end-to-end category management, negotiate with suppliers, manage budgets, and drive value creation through standardisation and