Category Management Director

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, managingvendorsor 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 operationsand manage corporate services.You will be responsible for achieving year-on- year improvement in cost/value, quality, service, process and/or innovation.You will partner with business owners, operating unitsand enabling functions to develop and implement transformational business and supplier strategies that drive increased value in a financially constrained environment.

As a Director, you are a subject matter expert and leverage your knowledge of industry, customer requirements and general business environment to adapt and implement strategic actions for the division. Your ability to interpret your division’s strategy will establish business priorities that support and set long-term direction for the division. Your managerial skills will help us manage and lead people, technological and financial resources within the division.

It is your problem-solving ability and leadership that will make it possible for customers and patients to receive the medicines they need, when they need them.

How You Will Achieve It

• ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

  Category Strategy Design & Management

• Sets objectives for delivery of exceptional category value to Pfizer stakeholders through the timely development, oversight, and delivery of global category strategies aligned with business needs
• Acts as representative for the category internally within S&ES and Pfizer and externally to supplier
• Responsible for managing the execution of category strategies (via category execution team members)
• Manages Sourcing needs for New Product Launch Planning
• Oversees the direction of large complex sourcing projects
• Stay abreast of market trends, industry best practices, and emerging technologies related to the categories managed, and incorporate new ideas and innovations into sourcing strategies
• Coordinates Procurement Value Analysis on Existing Products and Services
• Develops strategy for common category specific templates and tools (TCO / value chain models, term sheets, etc.)
• Coordinates Demand Management: Forecast future needs to anticipate demand and define specifications and requirements
• Manages supplier diversity and sustainability initiatives related to managed categories, and promote responsible sourcing practices across the organization
• Drive visibility of unmanaged spend and strategy to increase managed spend.
• Develops strategies for supplier relationship management to optimize supplier performance and drive cost savings.
• Build and manage strong relationships with key suppliers and stakeholders, and foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Manages and 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
• Develop and maintain supplier segmentation strategy to categorize suppliers based on their criticality to the business, risk level, and potential for innovation and growth

• Business Partner Relationship Ownership

• Manages key stakeholders across the organization to develop and implement sourcing strategies that support business objectives and deliver value
• Develop Global Category Strategies for each category with business partners, ensuring alignment to category mgmt. value levers
• Develops strategy for business partners with relation to business needs for managed categories, ensuring alignment to global category strategy and maximizing category mgmt. value levers