Strategic Global Category Lead – Clinical Development

USA - 3310 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

You will shape supplier portfolios, drive cross-functional collaboration, govern contracts, and deliver End-to-End category initiatives, with emphasis on governance, performance, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in procurement or category management within global organizations.
• Proven ability to develop and execute category strategies.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen with measurable value delivery.
• Subject-matter expertise in clinical development or healthcare/pharma category

Responsibilities

• Define and lead category strategies that maximize value from external spend.
• Act as strategic partner to senior leaders aligning category priorities with objectives.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration to deliver category goals and supplier partnerships.
• Own contracting and commercial strategy across the portfolio and governance of MSAs and SOWs.
• Coach category managers toward best-practice category-management and build succession paths.

Skills

Category management

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder mgmt

Negotiation

Data-driven decisions

Leadership

Supply chain

Change management

Contract governance

Digital analytics

Education

MBA

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

You will shape supplier portfolios, drive cross-functional collaboration, govern contracts, and deliver End-to-End category initiatives, with emphasis on governance, performance, and continuous improvement.