Role & responsibilities
Lead a team of associates and specialists to transform market intelligence and analytics into actionable insights that enable global category management strategy development.
Support the definition and implementation of global commercial category strategies aligned to regional and global business needs.
Deliver micro and macro market analysis, spend insights, supplier evaluation, and risk assessments to support strategy and partner engagement.
Partner with data and analytics teams to demonstrate internal and external data sources to identify trends, opportunities, and future strategy direction.
Facilitate sourcing processes by supporting RFP, RFQ, and RFI development and managing response collection, analysis, and comparative evaluations
Maintain and optimize category management templates, strategy decks, and stage-gate materials, ensuring consistent tools and repository governance.
Track and report internal requests handled by the category management enablement team in line with engagement plans and delivery commitments.
You foster collaboration, lead through influence, and operate with clarity and integrity in a global, matrixed, and evolving setting.

Requirements:




Bachelors degree in a relevant field with progressive experience in procurement, preferably in Pharma/Biopharma
Proven experience leading teams, processes, and suppliers across multiple categories in a global or multi-national workplace
Robust knowledge of category management principles, including market analysis, spend analysis, supplier evaluation, and risk management
Demonstrated expertise in transforming data and market intelligence into actionable category insights and strategies
Experience leading and developing associate- and specialist-level professionals, including performance management, coaching, and career development.
Ability to build influential relationships with partners and suppliers to drive business outcomes.
Working knowledge of ERP systems and Source-to-Pay (S2P) platforms (e.g., Oracle, Zycus, GEP, Ariba) preferred.
Proficiency in standard business applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Ability to operate effectively with integrity, focus, and clarity in ambiguous environments and inspire change and improvement.

📌 Manager Commercial Procurement Hyderabad
🏢 Randstad
📍 Hyderabad