Global Category Leader​/ Responsable Catégorie Achats - Media Planning & Buying Services

Title:

Global Category Leader/ Responsable Catégorie Achats
- Media Planning & Buying Services Company:

Ipsen Pharma (SAS)
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Job Description:

Global Category Leader – Media Planning & Buying Services Division / Function :
Global Procurement / Commercial

Location:

Paris or LondonWHAT
- Summary & Purpose of the Position The Global Category Leader – Media Planning & Buying Services is responsible for defining and deploying global and regional procurement strategies for Media Services, enabling marketing effectiveness, commercial value delivery, and consistent execution across markets. The role is responsible for designing and deploying a high-performing, scalable, and innovative agency ecosystem, ensuring strong affiliate-level adoption while balancing global consistency with local relevance.

Reporting to the Senior Director – Global Marketing Procurement, the role acts as a strategic partner to Global Brand Teams, Global Digital, Corporate Affairs, Medical Affairs while ensuring strong collaboration with regional procurement and Brand’s affiliates network (incl. North America).WHAT
- Main Responsibilities & Technical Competencies Global & Regional Category Strategy with Affiliate Impact
• Be accountable for end-to-end Category Management for Media Planning & Buying Services, including strategy, sourcing, supplier performance, governance, and value delivery at global and regional levels.
• Define and lead global and regional sourcing strategies supporting Media Strategy & Planning, Media Buying, Digital Media, Content and Publishing services, in close partnership with Global and Affiliate Brand Teams, Neurosciences, Corporate Affairs, Medical Affairs leadership (incl. North America)
• Determine the most relevant level of strategy (global vs. regional) to best support brand ambition, agency models, and market needs
• Ensure strategies deliver tangible value at affiliate level (incl. North America), are scalable across markets, and balance global consistency with local relevancy.
• Align strategies with brand lifecycle stages (prelaunch, launch, maturity) and therapeutic priorities, including Neuroscience
• Maintain a strong understanding of the external landscape, key market trends, and emerging innovations, and translate these into recommendations to continuously evolve the category strategy.
• Lead strategic sourcing and negotiations for major engagements (300k), including global framework agreements, rate cards/pricing models, and performance-based contracts.

Value Delivery & Deployment Across Affiliates
• Design and continuously improve the supplier ecosystem, including scope of work structures and commercial frameworks that enable innovation, speed, and consistency across markets
• Ensure effective deployment and adoption of global and regional frameworks across affiliates
• Monitor value realization and performance across regions (North America, EMEA, JAPAC & LATAM)
• Leverage spend analytics, supplier benchmarking, and market intelligence to identify value creation, innovation, and risk mitigation opportunities across the Communication category.
• Business Partnering & Affiliate Network Leadership
• Animate and enable the International and NA Procurement Business Partner community through regular…