Overview
As Category Leader – IT, you will design and drive global sourcing strategies for IT hardware, software, and services in a regulated pharmaceutical environment. You partner with IT, Digital, Finance and Business teams to deliver value, cost efficiency, and compliant procurement, while enabling digital transformation and business continuity. You will lead supplier interactions, competitive sourcing, and contract negotiations within a strategic framework. This role combines strategic category management with hands-on execution to optimize licensing, cloud adoption, and platform standardization.
Responsabilità
- Develop and update the Global IT category strategy in collaboration with Category Manager and procurement leadership
- Gather IT requirements, demand forecasts, and consumption patterns to align strategies with business priorities
- Execute category plans across IT hardware, software, and services (ERP, SaaS, licensing, managed services, cloud, etc.)
- Align category strategies with IT/digital roadmaps, cybersecurity, compliance, cost competitiveness, and standardization
- Identify value creation opportunities beyond savings (license/app rationalization, vendor consolidation, cloud adoption)
- Monitor market trends (vendors, licensing, cloud economics, AI) and translate insights into sourcing recommendations
- Lead tactical sourcing activities (RFIs/RFPs, evaluations, contracting) and ensure compliant, competitive supplier selections
- Manage supplier onboarding, qualification, documentation, and day-to-day communications; escalate issues as needed
- Lead strategic supplier interactions, negotiate pricing and terms; monitor KPIs and drive corrective actions
- Support SRM framework implementation and continuous improvement; manage risk via dual sourcing and business continuity planning
- Collaborate with IT, Digital, Cybersecurity, Finance, Legal, and Compliance on cross-functional projects and governance
- Contribute to IT governance bodies and major programs (ERP, cloud/infrastructure transformations, digital initiatives)
- Deliver on-target savings and track realized benefits; support budget alignment and financial planning
- Embed ESG criteria in supplier selection and performance; track sustainability KPIs
Requisiti fondamentali
- Master’s degree in relevant discipline
- 3-6 years in indirect procurement with sourcing, supplier management and contract administration
- Experience in pharma or regulated manufacturing is advantageous
- Strong negotiation, stakeholder management, and project leadership
- Proven ability to run sourcing events, assess bids, onboard suppliers, and contract
- Operational experience with P2P/S2C processes, supplier onboarding, and performance tracking
- Exposure to Quality/Regulatory requirements in purchasing
- Ability to manage global supplier relationships and complex procurement projects
- Understanding of IT cost structures, licensing models, and service delivery
- Knowledge of contractual, legal, compliance, and security aspects in IT procurement
- Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus
- Strong cross-functional and international collaboration abilities
- negotiation
- stakeholder management
- project leadership
- IT category strategy
- SRM (Supplier Relationship Management)
- IT licensing and cost models
Category Leader – IT datore di lavoro: Zentiva Pharma
Zentiva è un datore di lavoro eccezionale, offrendo un ambiente stimolante e innovativo per i professionisti della logistica. Con un forte impegno verso la sostenibilità e l'innovazione digitale, i dipendenti hanno l'opportunità di crescere professionalmente attraverso progetti significativi che influenzano le strategie globali di approvvigionamento. La cultura aziendale promuove la collaborazione interfunzionale e il supporto alla crescita personale, rendendo ogni giorno un'opportunità per fare la differenza nel settore farmaceutico.
