Category Manager, Direct Materials

Job Description

About This Role

The Direct Materials Category Manager will have the opportunity to transform, improve and innovate key categories impacting the operational footprint of Biogen. This Category Manager will ensure the needs of the business are met by leading category management, sourcing strategies, and sourcing process from defining business needs, knowledge of supply marketplace, execute RFx events, lead contract negotiations, supply risk management, and supplier relationship management.  The successful candidate must be able to drive significant value to the business.  This role will report into the Associate Director, Global Strategic Sourcing, Direct Materials.

What You'll Do

•    Execute and lead projects in line with Category and Sourcing strategies including negotiations and project/implementation plans. Supporting the creation of Sourcing and Category strategies by obtaining business requirements from stakeholders and conducting market assessments. Supplier relationship management. This includes development and tracking of key performance indicators for the category of spend, facilitating strategic supplier-company business meetings that drive adherence to contractual agreements, continuous improvement and innovation.
•    Renewing contracts, updating pricing annually, refreshing internal business requirement/ metrics, maintaining supplier capabilities database, scanning the marketplace for changes and managing known or potential business impacts and developing risk mitigation plans, Category maintenance.  This includes contract life-cycle management (e.g., renewing expiring contracts, updating pricing annually, etc.), category databases (e.g., refreshing internal business requirement/impact metrics, supplier capabilities database, etc.), scanning the marketplace for changes and managing any known or potential business impact and developing risk mitigation plans.
•    Supplier relationship management.  This includes development of key performance indicators for the category of spend and supporting key operational due diligence efforts (eg, being a SME during quality audits, interpretation of contracts and obligations therein, etc.)
•    Continuous Improvement.  This includes both department/category business process improvements (e.g., enhancements to the sourcing process, development or revision of key sourcing procedures, documenting processes, etc.) and personal development.
 

Qualifications

Who You Are

 You are an experienced procurement professional with expertise in GMP materials sourcing, contracts and negotiations.   You enjoy collaborating with diverse subject-matter experts to develop process improvements and evolve category strategies. You excel in presenting and interacting with internal senior level management and suppliers.

•    Minimum of 5 years of procurement experience in the following topics.
o    Experience negotiating supplier agreements
o    Track record of building comprehensive category and sourcing strategies that addresses stakeholder needs and market offerings 
o    Demonstrated ability to support multiple, sourcing categories in the Biotech/Pharmaceutical industry and knowledge of technical business functions and GxPs is preferred.  

•    Excellent written, oral communication and presentation skills
•    Ability to influence project stakeholders 
•    Experienced with project management with multidisciplinary stakeholders  
•    Strong experience working in a matrix environment with indirect reporting structures.
•    Ability to develop, enhance and execute on processes and procedures
•    Supplier relationship management and business reviews experience 

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences or a related field.
 

Additional Information

Global Business Services

The vision of Global Business Services (GBS) at Biogen is to be recognized as a world-class Global Business Services organization driven by the desire for excellence in its people, business solutions, execution, and partnerships with internal customers.

We do this by partnering with the business and enterprise functions (internal customers) to identify repeatable, scalable business processes that be standardized, optimized, collocated where appropriate to drive maximum effectiveness in operation, while also driving enterprise efficiencies. GBS will deliver these services by leveraging a global delivery model, operational transparency, and metrics, leveraging global best practices, and a service-oriented process improvement culture.   All solutions will be supported by strong business cases and ultimately monitored for the effectiveness and efficiency against benchmarks and service level agreements.

The base salary range for this position is $106,000 - $135,000. Base salary offered is determined though an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity. 

Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.  In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees and their families' physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to: 

• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
• Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement   
• Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance 
• A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
• Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 days off for Personal Significance
• 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
• 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan   
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year  
• Employee Resource Groups participation     

Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.