Manager, Category Sourcing

Role Summary

The Category Management Manager role supports a set of Pfizer categories within a specific function North Americas Supply Chain

• Develop strategies and provide guidance to others for delivery of exceptional category value to Pfizer stakeholders through the timely development, oversight, and delivery of global category strategies aligned with business needs. Supported category Supply Chain
• Supports the development of category strategies and partners with category execution teams for implementation, where applicable
• Develop and maintain category plans that align with overall sourcing strategy and support near and long-term business objectives
• Manages or provides support to large sourcing projects, directly supporting the execution of activities, where needed (e.g., requirements gathering, negotiations, sr. stakeholder business signoff, etc.)
• Develops and applies comprehensive knowledge of market trends, industry best practices, and emerging technologies related to the categories managed, and incorporate new ideas and innovations into sourcing strategies
• Develop and maintain value measurement methodology and process (by category)
• Implements metrics to measure and continuously improve data-driven supplier outcomes
• Drives visibility of unmanaged spend and strategy to increase managed spend
• Leads data quality efforts led by Sourcing Intelligence team to ensure high quality category insights
• Leads strategy for common category specific templates and tools (TCO / value chain models, term sheets, etc.)
• Provides guidance to identify potential taxonomy amendments and data quality initiatives
• Leads / Co-leads supplier diversity and sustainability initiatives related to managed categories, and promote responsible sourcing practices across the organization

• Contributes to the supplier relationship management process to optimize supplier performance and drive cost savings
• Develops and maintains relationships with key suppliers, negotiates terms and monitors performance against established KPIs
• Leverages strong relationships with key suppliers and stakeholders to foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Leads regular business reviews with suppliers to track performance, identify areas for improvement, and ensure excellent source value delivered to Pfizer in terms of quality, delivery, cost, and service levels
• Drive supplier innovation by collaborating with supplier to identify new products, technologies, and process that can deliver exceptional value to Pfizer
• Lead supplier segmentation strategy to categorize suppliers based on their criticality to the business, risk level, and potential for innovation and growth

• Work with key stakeholders across the organization to develop and implement sourcing strategies that support business objectives and deliver value
• Work independently to develop Global Category Strategy for the category managed with business partners, ensuring alignment to category mgmt. value levers
• Work independently for the business partners with relation to business needs for managed categories, ensuring alignment to global category strategy and maximizing category mgmt. value levers
• Work with internal stakeholders to identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, rationalization, and optimization, and implement appropriate supplier management strategies
• Work independently with internal stakeholders, including business leaders and cross-functional teams, to understand business requirements and develop sourcing strategies that align with company goals and objectives
• Co-leads projects globally as part of stakeholder core team.

• Typically supports but doesn’t directly manage spend for category under management
• Manages the Supply Chain category with subcategories such as clinical logistics or local LSP.
• Typically supports leadership with business stakeholder relationship responsibilities

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations & Supply Chain Management, or a related discipline
• Demonstrated ability to be part of and contribute to complex, cross-functional projects
• Strong Team player
• Business operations acumen and client engagement and customer relationship management skills
• Experience managing and working with cross-functional teams
• Excellent communication skills to be able to effectively translate the high-level goals/vision into actionable items for the team
• Ability to engage with senior executives/ business stakeholders to communicate and review decisions
• Negotiation skills to be able to negotiate contracts and pricing with suppliers
• Comfort with ambiguity & ability to identify innovative sourcing strategies
• Strong business operations acumen
• Ownership mentality, entrepreneurial and creative
• Effective project management & communications skills
• Business English required

• Typical Years of
  
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