Senior Procurement Manager

Senior Procurement Manager

Position Summary:

Catalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually.

This is a full-time salaried position, located at our Greendale, IN site.

The Senior Procurement Manager is responsible for leadership of procurement sites, sourcing and procuring materials, services and capital for multiple sites. Lead site procurement teams and initiate and foster relationships with site stakeholders, establishing and prioritizing activities for their site teams to achieve objectives and results. The Senior Procurement Manager will work closely with other regional directors, the GPO, key support departments, and critical stakeholders across the company.

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee. 

The Role:

• Ensure site procurement is engaged and aligned with internal customers/stakeholders, gaining stakeholder and leadership support across the sites

• Utilize sourcing and category management processes across sites to understand the business requirements, build the portfolio of purchasing projects and develop sourcing strategies aligned to stakeholder needs

• Identify opportunities, synergies, and risk mitigation across sites to drive procurement value creation

• Develop regional pipeline of opportunities (savings, cash flow, growth, other value), representing local, regional, and global initiatives

• Ensure annual procurement budget (savings, cost avoidance, inflation) are met

• Integrate with GPO, including Category Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Capital, CSR/D&I, and PMO to ensure regions are aligned with GPO initiatives

• Actively participate in building and/or delivering Op Mech, QBR, and other site procurement updates and messaging to stakeholders

• 15% annual travel expectations

• Other duties as assigned

The Candidate:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain or comparable disciplines, required

• Masters preferred; Industry certifications, plus

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive international experience in a procurement or supply chain leadership capacity

• Working knowledge and experience of procurement and best-in-class practices, principles, process, tools and methodologies, required

• Possesses a strong working knowledge and experience in key procurement areas including: Capex, Commodity trading, Insourcing/Outsourcing analysis and assessment, Cost Modeling/TCO, Legal and Contract law, New product development and sourcing, required

• Expertise in supporting Supplier Management and Category Management programs, required

• Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift 0-15 pounds

• Demonstrable leadership experience at Catalent (including but not limited to participation in Catalent-sponsored leadership programs such as NGGL, GOLD, LEAD Now, GM Excellence, and GROW) may be considered in place of external experience

Why You Should Join Catalent:

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process 

• Diverse, inclusive culture 

• 152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays

• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I

• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment

• Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative

• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving a