(Senior) Category Manager Devices & Primary Packaging

The Position

Acting globally. Working cross functionally. Making strategic decisions that give new impetus to the company. As (Senior) Category Manager, you will be on a versatile mission to support Boehringer Ingelheim´s future growth in Human Pharma and Animal Health focusing on Devices and Primary Packaging Components.

Eager to make a difference? This is your chance: Welcome to our team!

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Strategic strength, persuasiveness, and assertiveness: You’ll be well prepared to develop and implement sourcing strategies for your global categories that will set new standards with regards to speed to market, long term sustainable sourcing decision, competitive sourcing, and productivity.
• Striving to make innovation happen you’ll keep a close eye on supply markets, search and find new partners, service providers and solutions for your categories, assess risks and develop new channels to create value.
• You lead cross-functional teams that implement innovative processes which result in external cost reduction and negotiations to find competitive solutions and finalize contracts.
• Furthermore, you’ll identify new suppliers, assess existing and prospective ones, and build close relationships to current and new business partners.
• For supply related risks, you liaise closely with internal business partners and local purchasers, to identify, evaluate and classify sourcing risks, devise risk mitigation measures and ensure continuous improvement.
• With your expertise, you will accompany the stakeholders’ in defining their expectations and requirements while preselecting service providers to meet these expectations.
• You provide guidance to the respective Sourcing organizations in the countries how to implement Combination Product Development projects and strategies for Launch and Commercial supply life cycle
  
  
  

As a Senior Category Manager you will additionally take on the following tasks & responsibilities:

• You develop and implement sourcing strategies for complex global categories and drive complex sourcing projects in various sourcing areas.
• In addition, you will define solutions and approaches to satisfy internal stakeholders.
• You will work closely to understand the plans, assess the risks and look for ways to maximize speed of execution and success in the studies and projects
  
  
  

Requirements

• Master’s degree or Diploma in business administration
• Several years of sourcing experience in the pharmaceutical industry, in contracting and supplier relationship management and international market experience
• Specific market intelligence and sourcing experience in the respective category is required
• You additionally have strong project-management skills in complex projects, including experience in leading cross-functional teams that consist of internal and external partners
• Furthermore, you have global and intercultural working experience, ability to work in cross-functional teams and willingness for international business trips
• Open-minded, motivated, persuasive, and perseverant personality with outstanding internal and external relationship management skills and willingness to take on responsibility
• Fluency in English, German knowledge is a plus
  
  
  

As Senior Category Manager additionally:

• Long-term experience in complex contracting and supplier management combined with category specific knowledge and excellent stakeholder management skills
• Experience in the definition of sourcing channels and in developing complex sourcing strategies incl. global implementation and deployment
  
  
  

Ready to contact us?

If you have any questions about the job posting or process - please contact our HR Direct Team, Tel: 49 (0) 6132 77-3330 or via mail: [email protected]

Recruitment process:

Step 1: Online application - application deadline is July 15th, 2024

Step 2: Virtual meeting in the period from mid till end of July

Step 3: On-site interviews beginning of August