Indirect Category Manager

Indirect Category Manager page is loaded## Indirect Category Managerlocations: Paristime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 4 Days Agojob requisition id: R2591846Join Industrial Operations (procurement department) to play a crucial role in supplying our portfolio of active pharmaceutical ingredients to a broad patient population. You will be responsible for delivering active pharmaceutical ingredients to the highest pharmaceutical standards in a Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) environment, with a focus on safety, quality and reliability.The **Indirect Category Manager** defines and deploys the sourcing strategy for the covered segment across the Group, with a strong focus on **cost optimization**, **value creation**, and **risk management**. He/She acts as a **value creator and value enabler**, continuously seeking opportunities to generate financial, operational, and innovation-driven value.As a **flagship ambassador of Procurement**, he/she builds trust-based relationships with stakeholders while having the **backbone to challenge needs**, question legacy practices, and promote total cost of ownership principles. Agile, autonomous, and results-driven, he/she ensures Procurement is recognized as a strategic function and a **key driver of EUROAPI’s competitiveness**.**Day-to-day on the job**### **Sourcing Strategy & Vendor Management*** Define mid- and long-term sourcing strategies aligned with business needs and value objectives.* Implement sourcing processes and deliver recommendations focused on cost efficiency and value maximization.* Manage supplier performance, lead business reviews, and foster trustful and competitive partnerships.* Seek and unlock value in all negotiations, contracts, and supplier interactions.* Conduct global risk assessments to secure sourcing and optimize supplier capacity planning.* Promote responsible sourcing with strong compliance and ethical standards.### **Transversal Management*** Lead and animate the network of buyers/category buyers for the managed segment.* Set ways of working, promote best practices, and drive synergies across sites.* Define and align segment objectives with stakeholders and communicate achievements transparently.* Act as a **value enabler**, supporting internal teams in achieving their goals through optimized demand and supplier innovation.### **Organization & Continuous Improvement*** Identify organizational challenges and recommend structural or procedural improvements.* Promote innovative tools and processes to increase efficiency, savings, and customer satisfaction.* Build KPIs related to cost, service, delivery, technology, and ethics, ensuring continuous improvement.* Champion a mindset of **value seeking**, challenging specifications, volumes, and supplier panels.### **Cost & Value Improvement*** Lead negotiations leveraging global volume and driving year-over-year cost and value improvements.* Maintain a detailed understanding of spend, cost models, and market drivers.* Build and propose budgets supporting EUROAPI’s financial and operational objectives.* Develop three-year visibility on cost and value improvement programs.* Identify internal and external value levers: demand management, panel optimization, innovation, TCO reduction, risk mitigation.**Our requirements*** Business or Technical/Engineering degree (University, Management School, Engineering School, postgraduate programs).* 5–10 years of experience in Procurement within a mature industrial environment (Automotive, Aeronautics, CPG, etc.).* Demonstrated ability to influence suppliers and stakeholders, and to lead impactful sourcing projects.* Proficient in French and English; additional language appreciated.* Strong process knowledge with ability to improve and adapt processes.* Solid understanding of cost models, financial levers, and commercial frameworks.* **Cost- and value-driven mindset**, constantly seeking opportunities to generate impact.* **Self-starter, agile, and goal-driven**, able to lead initiatives autonomously.* Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.* Assertive communicator with excellent stakeholder management skills.* High interpersonal sensitivity and ability to build trust.* Comfortable managing complex, uncertain business situations.* Strong ethics, integrity, and compliance in all business interactions.* Backbone to challenge needs and promote value-based decision making.* Acts as a **procurement flagship**, elevating the function’s visibility and strategic impact.**Our company**EUROAPI is focused on reinventing active ingredient solutions to sustainably meet customers’ and patients’ needs around the world. We are a leading player in active pharmaceutical ingredients with approximately 200 products in our portfolio, offering a large span of technologies, while developing innovative molecules through our Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) activities.Taking action for health by enabling access to essential therapies inspires our 3,450 people every day. With strong research and development capabilities and five manufacturing sites all located in Europe (Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf and Vertolaye in France, Brindisi in Italy, Frankfurt in Germany and Budapest in Hungary), EUROAPI ensures API manufacturing of the highest quality to supply customers in more than 80 countries.EUROAPI is listed on Euronext Paris.**Culture & Values at Euroapi**We bring our culture to life in the way we work every day. Our culture allows career development and talent management, we recognise that how we do things is as important as what we do, and our values define how we achieve our goals and help us to “do things right”.Our values and behaviours are based on the following pillars:* We empower our people to have a greater positive impact.* We create value by placing our customers at the centre of everything we do.* We take responsibility for what we do, always acting in the best interests of the company.* We value and respect all our stakeholders.EUROAPI is committed to a culture of diversity and inclusion that contributes to improved innovation, performance and engagement. We value transparency, mutual respect and equal treatment of people. That is why we strongly protect our employees against any form of discrimination.
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