General Medicines
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Direct Materials Category Manager

• Location:Campinas

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About the Job

As part of Medley's procurement team, the manager drives category strategy, strategic sourcing implementation, and operational excellence. Compliant with corporate procedures and best practices.

Join the team transforming how healthcare is delivered for chronic and specialty conditions worldwide. In General Medicines, you’ll help drive meaningful outcomes in diabetes, transplant, and immunology - with the scale and urgency patients deserve.

About Sanofi:

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Main Responsibilities:

Category Management and Strategic Sourcing Deployment

• Drive the development of Category Management for the responsible category (mostly direct materials, however, indirect materials expertise will be appreciated).

• Develop market intelligence practices (dynamics and trends) and continuously evaluate and analyze the supplier market.

• Capture category innovation early and assess potential in the Medley environment with the support of relevant stakeholders.

• Effectively implement sourcing strategies for all sub-category spend

Business partnership

• Develop robust business partnerships and conduct stakeholder management to meet business needs appropriately.

• Develop and implement solid business engagement plans.

Supplier Lifecycle Management and Supplier Relationship Management

• Develop a supplier resource matrix to identify the business and resources of existing and new suppliers.

• Segment suppliers into distinct groups and define relevant supplier strategies.

• Manage the Supplier Relationship Management process with the main strategic partners, and Establish risk mitigation plans when needed.

Operational activities

• Manage regional and local category procurement activities, including demand management and the shopping experience.

Demand Management

• Elaboration of a demand plan aligned with the business and the strategy of the category

• Build a solid project and savings pipeline during the budget cycle and maintain it throughout the year

• Constructively challenge demand and shape it to deliver maximum value to our business.

Source-to-Pay (shopping experience)

• Design and execute a competitive bidding process for the category project to obtain the best overall value-added solutions from candidate vendors.

• Evaluate suppliers' competitive offerings and develop negotiation strategies that meet business requirements.

• Conduct an in-depth cost analysis to develop targeted savings initiatives through various means of cost reduction

• Partnering with legal, compliance, and finance teams for the successful completion of complex deals

• Deliver cost savings and reductions and track them in a reporting system to ensure that the savings negotiated are transformed into realized, real savings.

Managers

• Promote the culture of Ethics and Business Integrity in your team by serving as a role model by ensuring appropriate knowledge and adherence to the principles of ethics and integrity, Sanofi policies and codes of conduct that regulate the pharmaceutical market.

• Comply with and promote Sanofi Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) policies in relation to the team it manages, which includes the Road Safety Program (Road Safety) with the purpose of preventing accidents, avoiding health risks, promoting the well-being of employees and reducing environmental impacts resulting from the execution of their work activities.

• Support Sanofi Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy and initiatives to ensure all employees and partners are treated with respect and receive equal opportunities.

About You

• Experience: Experience in Category Management and Strategic Sourcing.

• Technical and personal skills: The position requires a sourcing professional who can develop relationships within and between the different lines of business and throughout the procurement organization; Strong knowledge of RFx (Request for Information / Proposal / Quotation) processes; Proven track record in leading key commercial and legal negotiations; Strong understanding of legal contracts, including service level agreements, fixed price agreements, or formula for direct materials; Experience in eSourcing and eProcurement tools (SAP/ERP); Teamwork with excellent interpersonal, networking and communication skills; Knowledge and experience in managing local projects and contracts; Intermediate knowledge of Finance and Cost Analysis.

• Education: Bachelor's degree preferably in Engineering, Business Administration or Finance; Postgraduate (preferably Engineering, Business Administration or Finance).

• Languages: Fluent in English and Portuguese.

Why Choose Us

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Be part of a simpler, digital- and AI-powered business that’s rethinking how we work and engage with the world.

• Turn bold ideas into breakthrough launches, with multiple new therapies planned through 2030 and beyond.

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.
Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

Watch ‘One day at Sanofi’ and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives at sanofi.com!

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Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Watch 'One day at Sanofi' and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives at sanofi.com