Senior Category Manager, Direct Materials

About This Role:

As a Senior Category Manager for Direct Materials, you will play a pivotal role in optimizing and innovating key categories crucial to Biogen's operational footprint. Reporting to the Associate Director of Global Strategic Sourcing, this position sits on the Global Strategic Sourcing team, focusing on the direct material space for internal manufacturing operations, including categories like chemicals, filters, and resins. You will be responsible for managing category strategies and sourcing initiatives across various modalities, such as Biologics, Oral Solid Dosage, Parenteral filling, ASOs, and Clinical Label & Packaging. This Senior 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, executing RFx events, lead contract negotiations, supply risk management, and supplier relationship management.

What You'll Do:

• Lead subcategories within Biogen's Direct Materials category to develop and implement strategies.
• Support globalization of processes to drive efficiency, leverage, and savings.
• Lead cross-functional teams using spend data analytics, market research, and cost modeling to identify high-value opportunities.
• Partner with stakeholders to build relationships that facilitate business value and savings.
• Regularly monitor the market to understand leading practices and changes in market conditions.
• Develop and implement global strategic sourcing initiatives for cost efficiency, supplier performance, and risk management.
• Champion ongoing continuous improvement and ensure efficiency of events through RFx events.
• Lead negotiations and contract management to ensure best practices.
• Execute supplier management activities, providing oversight and development based on defined criteria.
• Serve as a partner for critical suppliers, managing business review planning and issue escalations.
• Collaborate with global stakeholders to align sourcing strategies with business objectives.

Who You Are:
You are an experienced procurement professional with a strong background in sourcing and negotiation within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry. You thrive in a collaborative environment, engaging with diverse subject-matter experts to enhance category strategies and drive process improvements. You excel in presenting and interacting with senior management and suppliers, leveraging your expertise in cGMP materials sourcing.

Required Skills:

• 7+ years of direct procurement experience in raw materials, manufacturing, or supply chain within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
• Accomplished in category management with expertise in Large Molecule Direct, Small Molecule, Antisense Oligonucleotide (ASO) or Parenteral Fill Materials Procurement.
• Strong experience in negotiation of contract and commercial terms.
• Strong project management skills with ability to plan, assign resources, manage progress, remove barriers, manage change, resolve conflict, build consensus, and motivate team members across multiple projects concurrently.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills to build effective relationships and influence stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills to tailor messages to different audiences.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor's Degree in Life Sciences or a related field.

Preferred Skills:

• C.P.M./CPSM certification desirable.
• Experience with Oracle ERP, Tableau, Veeva Quality Vault, Business Objects, PowerBI, and Coupa.

Job Level: Management

Additional Information

The base compensation range for this role is: $120,000.00-$161,000.00

Base salary offered is determined through 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 paid 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.

Client-provided location(s): Research Triangle Park, NC

Job ID: Biogen-REQ21911

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-10-30T23:56:40