Global Category Manager - Decentralized Trials
Takeda
Summary
In this role, you will help shape and advance global procurement strategies that support decentralized clinical trials and related clinical technologies. You will be part of a global procurement team and work closely with business stakeholders, suppliers, and cross-functional partners to deliver value across clinical development activities. Your work will contribute to sourcing decisions, supplier partnerships, commercial strategies, and business outcomes that support quality, innovation, risk management, and operational effectiveness. You will play a key role in bringing market insights, data, and industry knowledge into decision-making while helping strengthen supplier performance and long-term partnerships. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by supporting global initiatives and influencing strategies that help enable successful clinical development programs.
Job description
How You Will Contribute
- Develop category strategies that align sourcing activities with business priorities and long-term objectives.
- Lead sourcing initiatives by managing supplier selection, commercial negotiations, and contracting activities.
- Partner with stakeholders to understand business needs and support procurement decisions across clinical development services.
- Manage supplier relationships through governance, performance oversight, and ongoing collaboration with key partners.
- Drive value creation by balancing cost, quality, innovation, sustainability, and risk considerations in decision-making.
- Apply market intelligence to identify opportunities, assess supplier capabilities, and support category planning.
- Advance commercial frameworks by supporting master service agreement strategies and supplier engagement models.
- Leverage digital tools and analytics to enhance procurement processes and improve business outcomes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
- Significant experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, or a closely related field.
- Knowledge of decentralized clinical trials, clinical technologies, and related supplier markets.
- Experience leading commercial negotiations, contract strategy development, and supplier management activities.
- Ability to influence and collaborate effectively with stakeholders across complex global organizations.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to use market insights, data, and business information to support decisions.
- Experience managing supplier performance, governance programs, and business relationships.
- Strong communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills with the ability to work across functions and teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
- Significant experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, or a closely related field.
- Knowledge of decentralized clinical trials, clinical technologies, and related supplier markets.
- Experience leading commercial negotiations, contract strategy development, and supplier management activities.
- Ability to influence and collaborate effectively with stakeholders across complex global organizations.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to use market insights, data, and business information to support decisions.
- Experience managing supplier performance, governance programs, and business relationships.
- Strong communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills with the ability to work across functions and teams.
Company overview
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited is a Japanese multinational pharmaceutical company founded in 1781 and incorporated in 1925. As one of the world's top 20 largest pharmaceutical companies by revenue and the third largest in Asia, Takeda specializes in developing and commercializing innovative medicines across several therapeutic areas including oncology, rare diseases, neuroscience, gastroenterology, plasma-derived therapies, and vaccines. With approximately 49,095 employees globally, the company operates research and development centers, manufacturing facilities, and commercial operations across 39 U.S. states and numerous countries worldwide. Takeda maintains dual headquarters in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, with significant operations in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where it serves as the largest life sciences employer in the state. The company's patient-focused approach is guided by its Takeda-ism values of Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, and Perseverance, emphasizing a commitment to delivering life-transforming treatments while advancing sustainable healthcare solutions. Takeda's extensive portfolio includes both innovative biologics and small molecule drugs, supported by strategic acquisitions and partnerships that have expanded its capabilities in areas such as immuno-oncology and rare disease treatments.