Global Category Managers – Procurement (Directs & Indirects | Pharma, Healthcare & Animal Health) – Multiple Roles

To apply, please contact Adam at [email protected]

Highly Reputable Global Brand | €60k – €90k + Package | European Hubs + Remote Flexibility (Amsterdam, Barcelona & Munich Key Hubs)

We are proud to be partnering with a leading global organisation within the healthcare and life sciences sector, supporting their continued procurement transformation journey across both direct and indirect categories.

With a growing global footprint across pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and animal health, this is an exceptional opportunity to join a business shaping the future of its category management capability and driving sustainable value across its supply base.

The Opportunity

Multiple Global Category Managers are required to strengthen procurement operations across Europe, with hubs in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, and Poland.

These roles will appeal to ambitious procurement professionals who thrive in stakeholder engagement, best-practice development, and who are motivated to make an impact in a complex, fast-evolving environment.

What Makes This Role Different

• A truly global remit, covering a maturing procurement function across both directs and indirects.
• The opportunity to shape strategy and implement best-in-class procurement across categories such as:
• Directs: pharmaceutical ingredients, packaging, R&D, and manufacturing services
• Indirects: IT, SaaS, software tools, professional services, marketing, and digital platforms
• A focus not only on cost optimisation but also on innovation, compliance, and long-term value creation.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in procurement and category management, across directs and/or indirects, ideally within pharmaceuticals, healthcare, life sciences, or adjacent regulated industries.
• Experience in IT & digital procurement (SaaS, software, data tools) advantageous but not essential.
• CIPS (or equivalent) qualification, with a strong record in savings delivery, value tracking, and structured reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence across technical and scientific functions.
• Strong analytical and systems capability, with the confidence to bring structure and clarity to evolving environments.

Location & Ways of Working

• Roles available across multiple European hubs, with remote flexibility.
• The organisation operates a hybrid model – candidates should be commutable to one of the base locations and open to occasional international travel.

Why Apply?

This is far more than a sourcing role. It’s an opportunity to shape how procurement operates within a business driving innovation across human and animal health.

If you’re looking to combine tangible delivery with strategic impact and long-term capability building, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now: Send your CV to Adam at [email protected]

Keywords: Procurement, Category Manager, Strategic Sourcing, Directs, Indirects, Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Animal Health, IT Procurement, SaaS, Global, CIPS, Transformation