Senior Category Strategy Manager

Why Patients Need You

Creating value though procurement processes is keeping our products in production and our innovators innovating. Whether you are part of negotiating contracts, managing vendors or forecasting requirements, your role is critical to getting our medicines in the hands of the people who need them most, faster and more efficiently than ever before.

What You Will Achieve

Working with a dynamic team of procurement experts, you will play an important role in negotiating contracts with suppliers for the procurement of goods, services and supplies. You will facilitate category management, purchase goods and services for ongoing operations and manage corporate services. In this role you lead key strategic cross-functional and transformational strategic projects. Your focus areas will be to develop, manage and enhance supplier relationships, seek continuous improvement opportunities and ensure the appropriate management and development of the procurement capabilities. You will also act as a Subject Matter Expert for Procurement and provide guidance and leadership to colleagues.

As a Senior Manager, your advanced knowledge of the principles and concepts in the discipline and comprehensive knowledge of other disciplines will enable you to lead complex projects across the division. Your ability to develop and manage plans will facilitate in achieving objectives, interpreting internal and external business challenges and recommending best practices for improvements. While managing complex project environments, you will be able to anticipate and troubleshoot roadblocks and influence teams to achieve targets for the division.

It is your dedication that will make it possible for customers and patients to receive the medicines they need, when they need them.

How You Will Achieve It

• Utilize Continuous Improvement to drive the resolution of issues and improve supplier performance.
• Lead regional and core markets’ strategic initiatives within Global Procurement.
• Provide contracts and outsourcing guidance to internal and external stakeholders and drive Procurement strategy as a subject matter expert.
• Build strong relationships within a network of colleagues on all levels and ensure effective linkages with all stakeholders.
• Support Pfizer's Diversity and Inclusion objectives as applicable to strategic category management within Procurement.
• Lead and/or participate in complex global strategic sourcing initiatives across categories.
• Develop, maintain and foster implementation of comprehensive, long range sourcing strategies and plans for assigned category spend areas.
• Effectively execute sourcing and demand management practices, supplier relationship management, risk management, category management, contract negotiations with suppliers for the procurement of goods, services and supplies.
• Lead and manage cost estimate processes for high level scenario planning, asset level outsourcing cost analysis.
• Execute the elements Pfizer's Supplier Management process in accordance with program guidelines.
• Benchmark industry best practices in the assigned spend areas and lead the adoption within Pfizer.
• In collaboration with the global teams, develop standardized reporting packs to be delivered to the Business Units and Finance Leads, including analysis of opportunities to manage spend more effectively.
• Lead and/or support appropriate category trainings and programs to secure an alignment across the region and compliance with all Pfizer relevant policies and procedures.
• Develop ideas and lead projects across subdivision and manage plans to achieve objectives.

Basic Qualifications

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.
• Demonstrated knowledge of procurement systems, processes and procedures.
• Experience with problem solving complex situations.
• Bachelor’s Degree and 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Proficient in MS Office applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in facilitating cross-functional teams,
• Experience delivering against procurement savings goals.
• Master’s degree and relevant pharmaceutical experience.

Work Location Assignment: Flexible

Last Date to Apply to Job: May 5, 2023

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $102,500.00 to $0.00. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus with a target of 17.5% of the base salary. Benefits offered include a retirement savings plan, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Salary range does not apply to the Tampa, FL location.

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

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EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.

Global Procurement