Global Supplier Risk & Resilience Leader

Takeda; Łódź; Hybrid; PLN 272,000 - 374,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda seeks an experienced Supplier Risk and Resilience Lead to drive global strategy, governance, and end-to-end risk management for critical suppliers, ensuring continuity and resilience across the organization.

You will own the framework, collaborate with specialist teams, and report on risk and disruption incidents, while traveling up to 10% to support supplier risk reviews and resilience initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in supplier risk, third-party risk management, procurement, supply chain resilience, business continuity, or enterprise risk.
• Experience designing or leading risk frameworks, governance, and cross-functional mitigation programs in a global organization.
• Strong experience with supplier business continuity planning assessment, disruption management, and executive risk reporting.
• Experience leading people, projects, or major global workstreams in a matrix environment.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.
• Experience in pharmaceuticals, life sciences, healthcare, or another highly regulated and supply-critical industry.
• Relevant certification such as ISO 31000, Certified Professional in Supply Management, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Own the global supplier risk and resilience strategy, service catalogue, governance model, risk appetite alignment, and multi-year roadmap.
• Design and improve the end-to-end supplier risk management framework, from onboarding and segmentation through monitoring, mitigation, periodic review, escalation, and offboarding.
• Lead a consistent approach across various risk domains, while keeping ownership with the relevant specialist teams.
• Own critical supplier and supply chain resilience standards, including business continuity planning expectations, recovery preparedness, scenario planning, stress testing, and mitigation governance.
• Establish early warning, escalation, incident triage, and disruption response protocols, including decision rights and links to enterprise crisis management.
• Provide executive reporting on supplier risk portfolio, threats, exposures, gaps, and incidents.

Skills

Strategic thinking

People leadership

Executive communication

Analytical skills

Crisis leadership

Influence across functions

Integrity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Advanced degree in related field

Job description

Takeda seeks an experienced Supplier Risk and Resilience Lead to drive global strategy, governance, and end-to-end risk management for critical suppliers, ensuring continuity and resilience across the organization.

You will own the framework, collaborate with specialist teams, and report on risk and disruption incidents, while traveling up to 10% to support supplier risk reviews and resilience initiatives.