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Job Description
About this role:
This role is a member of Takeda’s Technical Investments Procurement team, supporting category strategy and execution through market and supplier insights, data-driven analysis, and effective delivery of procurement initiatives. Working with category managers, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams, the role helps create enterprise value while advancing cost, innovation, sustainability, risk, and operational priorities.
How you will contribute:
Support the development and execution of category strategies by delivering category initiatives, market insights, and supplier analysis that contribute to enterprise value creation
Execute category activities and procurement projects in alignment with category objectives, governance standards, and business priorities
Identify opportunities across multiple value levers such as cost, innovation, risk, sustainability, and operational performance through data analysis, market intelligence, and supplier engagement
Collaborate with Category Managers, Value Delivery Team, Takeda Business Solutions, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to ensure effective execution of category plans and realization of procurement value
Accountabilities:
C ontribute and/or lead the development and execution of category strategies by conducting market research, spend analysis, supplier assessments, and category intelligence activities
Coordinate and execute category initiatives and procurement projects aligned with category objectives, business priorities, and governance requirements
Prepare category documentation, supplier evaluations, business cases, and recommendations to support category decision-making
Analyze spend data, supplier performance metrics, market trends, and commercial information to identify value creation opportunities and support category planning
C ontribute and/or lead supplier selection, onboarding, segmentation, and performance management activities in alignment with category strategies and procurement standards
Maintain knowledge of supplier markets, emerging technologies, industry trends, and competitive dynamics to provide actionable insights to category teams
Collaborate with Value Delivery Team, Takeda Business Solutions and business stakeholders to support execution of category initiatives and ensure stakeholder alignment
Contribute to value delivery through identification of cost optimization, innovation, sustainability, responsible sourcing, risk reduction, and process improvement opportunities
C ontribute and/or lead supplier governance, contract administration, compliance activities, and risk management processes to ensure effective supplier oversight
Utilize procurement technologies, analytics tools, and digital solutions to improve efficiency, maintain data quality, and support continuous improvement of category management practices
Education, Behaviors, Competencies, Skills :
Education:
Bachelor degree
Relevant academic background preferred
Behavioral:
As members of Global Procurement, you are expected to demonstrate ways of working that support our strategic ambition and shape how we create value for Takeda. You will contribute to a procurement function that:
Shapes strategy upstream through close business partnership
Deliver total enterprise value beyond savings
Takes ownership of spend and outcomes end to end
Uses curiosity, insights, and data to drive better decisions
These principles define how we partner with the business, our suppliers, and each other. Role-specific examples of these behaviors are embedded throughout the objectives, accountability, and skills outlined in…