Senior Indirect Sourcing & Category Manager

Keenova Therapeutics plc; Malvern (Chester County); On-site; USD 111,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Keenova Therapeutics plc in Malvern, PA (with Bridgewater, NJ) seeks a Strategic Sourcing Category Manager, Indirect, to drive enterprise-wide indirect spend strategies and lead cross-functional sourcing initiatives. The role partners with Finance, Legal, IT, Compliance and other functions to optimize value and mitigate risk while delivering annual savings goals.

Responsibilities include managing RFx events, negotiations, MSAs and SOWs, and leveraging CLM and spend analytics tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; MBA preferred.
• 7–10+ years in Strategic Sourcing or related fields.
• Experience with indirect spend categories such as IT, Marketing, HR.
• Experience negotiating MSAs, SOWs, and other contracts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category strategies that align with business priorities and deliver measurable value across assigned spend categories.
• Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing events, including spend analysis, market assessments, supplier qualification, RFx development, proposal evaluation, negotiations, supplier selection, and contract execution.
• Establish annual savings and value creation objectives with business stakeholders.
• Identify and realize cost reduction, cost avoidance, supplier innovation, and process improvement opportunities.
• Analyze market conditions, supplier capabilities, pricing trends, and competitive benchmarks to support sourcing decisions.
• Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, Finance, Information Security, and business stakeholders to execute agreements and manage supplier risk.
• Partner with suppliers and business stakeholders to identify innovation opportunities that improve patient outcomes, operational efficiency, commercial effectiveness, and business performance.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, procedures, and applicable regulations.
• Utilize procurement systems, contract lifecycle management tools, and spend analytics platforms to drive procurement excellence.
• Internal Customer Relationships: Build trusted relationships with business stakeholders and serve as a strategic advisor on sourcing, supplier management, and procurement best practices.
• Supplier Relationships: Develop and maintain strategic supplier relationships focused on performance, innovation, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder mgmt

Analytics

Project mgmt

Excel

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree / MBA preferred

Tools

Coupa

Fairmarkit

Ariba

Ivalua

Jaggaer

SAP

IntelAgree

Job description

Keenova Therapeutics plc in Malvern, PA (with Bridgewater, NJ) seeks a Strategic Sourcing Category Manager, Indirect, to drive enterprise-wide indirect spend strategies and lead cross-functional sourcing initiatives. The role partners with Finance, Legal, IT, Compliance and other functions to optimize value and mitigate risk while delivering annual savings goals.

Responsibilities include managing RFx events, negotiations, MSAs and SOWs, and leveraging CLM and spend analytics tools.