Head of Category Management

Job DescriptionAre you a strategic leader with a passion for procurement? Eurofins is looking for an experienced professional to drive the global purchasing strategy across the Clinical Diagnostic business line. In this role, you will manage supplier relationships, and deliver financial performance. With a focus on continuous improvement, you will shape procurement excellence and support Eurofins’ ambitious growth. If you’re ready to make a global impact, we’d love to hear from you.Here is a more detailed view of your responsibilities:Define, lead, and implement the purchasing strategy across all categories for the Clinical Diagnostic business line.Working with a team of Category Managers and Purchasing Analysts, working closely with country-level purchasing teams and key internal stakeholders.Monitor the progress of all planned projects and lead corrective actions when necessary.Build and manage strategic category plans, including risk management, to ensure achievement of financial goals (P&L and cash flow).Lead global supplier sourcing activities, including RFI and RFP processes.Identify and implement cost leverage opportunities, best practices, and innovations within a continuous improvement and total cost of ownership (TCO) approach.Manage supplier issues and lead corrective actions to resolve quality or service level agreement (SLA) deviations.Track and report on all KPIs, communicate performance, and initiate appropriate actions if targets are not met.Develop and maintain strategic supplier relationship management (SRM) and foster key supplier partnerships.Support ESG initiatives in alignment with Eurofins Group ESG targets.Oversee and track the integration of acquired laboratories, maximizing synergies across procurement functions.Evaluate the benefits of new tools and define new processes to enhance efficiency and performance.QualificationsEducational background in Business, Finance, or Engineering.Minimum of 5 years of experience in procurement, including leading global sourcing projects within complex, multi-stakeholder environments.Fluent in English, with excellent communication and presentation skills.Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and projects, set priorities effectively, and operate in a dynamic, cross-functional environment.Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and work with complex data sets.Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams.Experience with Procure-to-Pay (PtP) tools such as Coupa or Ariba.Experience in the business of clinical diagnostic would be considered a plusAdditional InformationWe support your development Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.We embrace diversity The Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.Sustainability matters to us  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goalFind out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 62,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 900 laboratories in 62 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.In 2023, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6,515 million, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.