Global Category Manager

vor 7 Monaten


Basel, Schweiz Lonza Vollzeit

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

In this role you will be responsible for all soft services categories (janitorial and cleaning, security, food, reception etc.) and hard services (M&E, HVAC, fabrics, etc.). You will support MRO, Real Estate and site services' and you will be fully accountable for the spend and identify/deliver value based on category management excellence to manage ~150 MCHF annual spend.

You will drive category expertise through an in depth understanding of the markets and its players, required services and technologies, geographical spread, supply markets/ trends, cost drivers and the impact to Lonza’s business model.

Key responsibilities:

- Lead projects to improve quality of service, foster standardization, automation and innovation, implement projects globally according to the agreed sourcing strategy
- Drive annual cost savings in each assigned spend category and track savings programs in relevant financial and sourcing repositories
- Manage cross-functional international teams, achieve global targets, ensure the accurate scope and set the right priorities.
- Analyse and interpret requirements, spend information as well as future demand plans in the assigned spend categories to create and execute strategic category strategies
- Establish and manage KPIs dashboard together with the business stakeholders to monitor process performance, quality and customer satisfaction for driving continuous performance improvements globally, regionally and locally

Key requirements:

- University Degree B.Sc. Economics / SCM / Procurement or similar
- Experience with collaborative outsourcing
- Extensive experience within category management / Procurement within the pharma or life sciences industry or similar
- Fluency in English is required
- Acts and behaves as role model to leverage entire organization
- Strong leadership skills with ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks to tight deadlines

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problem



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