Category Manager

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 58,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 54 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.72 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

As a Category Manager, your primary responsibility will be to support the NSC Procurement Department for the North America-based Eurofins companies. You will typically be responsible for one or more of the Spend Categories (e.g. Consumables, Clinical, Service Contracts, Capex, Logistics, IT, Indirects or others ) and refine processes as well as execute new category strategies as they pertain to current projects. Eurofins is searching for a candidate that possesses the following skills:

• Managing a purchasing team and overseeing a portion of the purchasing scope within the US/Canada Purchasing division.
• Full end-to-end ownership of the team and associated categories in scope, including project identification, sourcing leadership, and prioritization in alignment with the Category Manager. Responsible for managing the savings plan to deliver significant value.
• Team Leadership in Sourcing Integration for new acquisitions by engaging suppliers to harmonize pricing and payment terms, ensuring a smooth transition.
• Ownership of the overall project pipeline while assisting the team in developing a robust pipeline. This includes prioritizing projects, appropriately assigning resources, and ensuring the team maintains a sharp focus on delivering value to Eurofins.
• Obtain significant cost savings in your Categories of scope/Projects for Eurofins companies with increasing level of quality and lower delivery time.
• Managing relationship with stakeholders up to Business Line Leadership and effectively collaborate with key stakeholders to understand the organizational priorities. 
• Influence BU leaders and support the team through the change management (including set-up of test plans) to ensure sourcing practices, processes and tools are adopted across the organization.
• Sound analytical skills and use of Excel to conduct both executive and detailed level spend analysis, analyzing trends, ability to link and leverage spend and find savings opportunities.
• Regular reporting of results and preparing reports and presentations for management and communicating key insights to stakeholders.
• Ensuring the integration of key organizational initiatives, such as supplier diversity, sustainability, cash flow improvement, automation, and digitization, into the team's work plans while actively tracking sustained progress on these initiatives.
• Supporting the team and/or leading negotiations with suppliers across a spectrum of complexity, from straightforward agreements to intricate, multi-faceted contract, often collaborating with supplier leadership.
• Cultivating and managing supplier relationships at the leadership level through regular business reviews to align and implement strategies and goals. Additionally, serving as the escalation point for suppliers on major issues to ensure swift resolution and continuous improvement.
• Strong understanding of legal and contractual issues with experience negotiating complex supplier contracts, ensuring comprehensive spend coverage. Ensures team compliance with processes and alignment with legal, business unit, and purchasing management requirements.
• Developing excellent understanding of relevant Eurofins policies, proc