Global Category Manager ICT & Professional Services

Global Category Manager ICT & Professional Services

Strategic Build-up Role | Pillar Project | Pharma & Nutraceuticals

Location: Bornem

As an Indirect Procurement Global Category manager ICT & professional services you will play a pivotal role in our organization by joining a build-up position in the Pillar project. In this strategic role, you won't just manage a portfolio. You will be instrumental in shaping the future direction of our ICT and Professional Services categories. If you are a leader who thrives on building new structures, managing complex stakeholder environments and driving value through category management excellence, this is the opportunity for you.

What you will get:

• An agile career and dynamic working culture

• An inclusive and ethical workplace

• Compensation programs that recognize high performance

• A variety of benefits dependent on role and location

• The full list of our global benefits can be also found on https://www.lonza.com/careers/benefits.

What you will do:

• Work closely with relevant stakeholders to ensure business requirements are understood.

• Manage and assume full accountability on the assigned categories: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Professional Services.

• Identify and deliver value, based on category management excellence and by applying a professional and strategic approach to manage and negotiate this external spend portfolio.

• For the assigned categories, drive category expertise through an understanding of required technologies, geographical spread, supply markets & trends, cost drivers, and the impact to the CHI business model.

• For the assigned categories, develop supplier relationships that leverage supplier capabilities, improve supply continuity, and reduce total cost of ownership.

• Support reporting for the assigned portfolio (KPIs, budgeting, demand management, BSR).

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain ( (an MBA or advanced degree is preferred).

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in Strategic Procurement, specifically within the Pharma & Nutraceuticals Industry.

• English at Business Fluent level.

• Strong leadership and influencing skills at General management level.

• Good analytic skills and a customer service mindset with the ability to manage several priorities simultaneously.

• Extensive experience and knowledge of Strategic Procurement and third party spend management.

• Strong experience of supply market dynamics and characteristics.

• Expertise in tendering, negotiation tactics, planning and contracting.

• Ability to influence internal stakeholders’ demands to manage overall spend.

• Able to persuade and influence suppliers to achieve the best outcome for Lonza.

• Experience of using Ariba and SAP ERP in a purchasing/procurement role.

• Positive attitude with a willingness to learn new skill sets and a working knowledge of general business practices.

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 problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.