Senior Category Manager, Global Procurement

PCI TRGR Penn Pharmaceutical Services Ltd; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PCI TRGR Penn Pharmaceutical Services Ltd is seeking a Senior Global Category Manager to lead indirect procurement. You will craft and execute category strategies, run RFx events, negotiate contracts, and optimize supplier performance while aligning with ESG goals. This role requires cross-functional collaboration and travel to sites as needed.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in procurement or category management, strong analytics, and proven negotiation skills in multinational environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in procurement or category management.
• Experience in multi-national companies dealing with indirect spend.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category strategies for indirect procurement.
• Lead RFx events, negotiate contracts and manage supplier relationships.
• Drive cost savings, risk management, and ESG alignment within categories.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders and monitor performance metrics.

Skills

Procurement experience

Supplier management

Analytical skills

Market intelligence gathering

Negotiation skills

Communication and interpersonal skills

Project management

Agile problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Power BI

PowerPoint

Tableau

Job description

## Senior Category Manager, Global ProcurementApply: Philadelphia, PA, USA: Full time: Posted Today: JR120081Life changing therapies. Global impact. Bridge to thousands of biopharma companies and their patients.**We are PCI.**Our investment is in People who make an impact, drive progress and create a better tomorrow. Our strategy includes building teams across our global network to pioneer and shape the future of PCI.**Senior Global Category Manager, Indirect Procurement** is a strategic partnership role that will develop and execute the strategy for the assigned category, delivering savings and value while managing risk and key supplier relationships. This will include leading complex RFx events, negotiating contracts, building multi‐year category roadmaps, and translating spend analytics into action. You will partner with stakeholders across PCI in designing and executing the assigned global category strategy, aligning on business goals, cost objectives, and key initiatives. You will be responsible for managing and optimizing category performance, while driving savings through strategic planning, supplier management, and end-consumer focused decision making. This role offers the opportunity to be entrepreneurial, directly influence the bottom line and shape how procurement supports the business. This position is ideal for a strategic thinker who can also execute – offering autonomy, and the chance to make meaningful improvements in a dynamic, continuous‐improvement environment. This role will report directly to the Senior Director, Indirect Procurement. Key Responsibilities:* **Develop and execute assigned category strategies** **by** evaluating business stakeholder requirements, industry trends, competitor activity, and customer behavior to inform category strategy.* **Conduct supplier / category spend analysis,** should-cost modeling and market/competitive research to identify cost optimization opportunities* **Manage supplier relationships** to secure collaborative partnerships that maintain performance, adhere to reporting requirements, mitigate risks and drive cost savings and innovation initiatives.* **Risk and compliance:** manage supply risk, ensure policy compliance, and support sustainability and diversity goals within the category.* **Lead end-to-end category management and sourcing** — from strategy to negotiation and contract execution — ensuring compliance, sustainability, risk management, and quality.* **Integrate ESG and sustainability initiatives** into sourcing and category strategy decisions to align with PCI’s ESG goals.* **Mentor and develop team members** to enable the opportunity to build analytical, strategic, and overall best-practice capabilities across the entire procurement team.* **Facilitate cross-functional collaboration:** Work closely with all functional stakeholders (e.g., Manufacturing, Project Management, Finance) across the organization to align category strategies with overall business objectives.* **Drive collaboration with local site procurement teams** to effectively manage supplier performance, category strategy implementation, and adherence to end-to-end procurement processes* **Design and execute performance monitoring** to track category performance metrics (e.g., savings goals, business objectives), analyze data, review compliance, and adjust strategies to improve results.* **Deploy a robust risk management** process to develop exit strategies and follow supplier management process to mitigate risk.* **Execute indirect procurement category sourcing activities** including the development and execution of RFXs, business requirements gathering and development of supplier selection criteria in collaboration with cross-functional teams.* **Develop and drive negotiation strategies** with vendors, including gaining alignment from stakeholders, leading cross-functional, category-based negotiation teams, and implementing appropriate supplier risk analysis.* **Industry landscape knowledge** includes the research and sharing of information on industry category trends and best practices; and leverage market tools and benchmarks to inform decision making.* **Forge close working relationships throughout the company, suppliers** and use influence and persuasion skills to drive results.* Position is a remote position with occasional travel to sites and team meetings.## **Skills & Qualifications*** **Procurement experience:** Strong category management expertise and knowledge of Procurement processes, best practices, and building category strategies* **Supplier management:** Proven track record of maintaining robust supplier relationships and deploying rigorous performance management activities.* **Analytical skills:** Ability to process and interpret data to make informed decisions that impact category decision making,* **Market intelligence gathering**: Knowledge of market trends, regulatory compliance, and ESG considerations.* **Negotiation skills:** Experience engaging in direct supplier negotiations with data- & analytics-based information, includes using cost models, market intelligence, and analytically driven arguments to strengthen leverage* **Communication and interpersonal skills**: Clearly express ideas and information through spoken and written forms. Ability to communicate strategies clearly to leadership stakeholders.* **Project management**: Plan and execute category initiatives efficiently and on a set timeline.* **Agile problem solving:** **Ability to swiftly adjust procurement strategies and processes** in response to changing market conditions.* **Proficiency** In Power BI, PowerPoint Tableau, or similar tools to analyze market trends, supplier performance, and category profitability.* **Ability to leverage** AI tools to conduct spend analysis, should-cost modeling* **Knowledge** of Spend Management and Supplier Collaboration software solutions* undefined**Minimum Qualification Requirements Education*** Bachelor’s degree or equivalent of education and experience* Master’s degree preferred.**Experience*** Minimum 8 years’ experience in Procurement or category management, preferably in multi-national company and across multiple categories of spend.Track record in successfully managing all aspects of an indirect supply chain categoryJoin us and be part of building the bridge between life changing therapies and patients. 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