Sourcing Manager - Medical

Overview

Sourcing Manager for Medical indirect categories at Takeda, driving end-to-end source-to-contract processes for defined spend thresholds in a high-scrutiny, compliance-driven environment.

What you'll do

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies aligned with Global Category Manager direction and business needs.
• Identify and drive value levers (cost, demand, innovation, risk, ESG) and support Category Managers to drive value.
• Lead negotiations with suppliers, driving value and competitive advantage to Takeda.
• Own relationships with suppliers and stakeholders when managed by the value delivery team.
• Lead sourcing for medical communications and publications agencies, medical education, congress and advisory board support, and scientific content services.
• Source real-world evidence, HEOR, registry, epidemiology and patient support / patient adherence programme providers.
• Prepare sourcing events and align with Central Finance on RfX execution; maintain the project pipeline in Wave.
• Act as primary procurement interface for Global and Local Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, HEOR/RWE, Compliance, Legal and Privacy in sourcing.
• Challenge demand, specifications, and sourcing approaches constructively.
• Support supplier selection decisions, segmentation, and performance governance.
• Implement and enforce standardized sourcing templates, playbooks, and workflows; identify automation opportunities with digital and AI.
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks to ensure business continuity and patient supply security; develop contingency plans.
• Lead negotiations and contract finalization for assigned sourcing events within defined thresholds, using should-cost models and benchmarks.
• Embed compliance requirements into sourcing and contracting: fair market value, HCP engagement, transparency/Sunshine reporting, anti-bribery and promotional/non-promotional separation.
• Partner with Legal, Compliance, Privacy and Medical Affairs on data privacy, secondary data use and pharmacovigilance/safety reporting obligations.
• Apply rate card, scope-of-work and deliverable-based pricing models to agency spend, with SoW optimisation and resource plan challenge.
• Drive delivery of savings targets, value realization, and CI and performance management of KPIs.
• Ensure smooth handover of sourcing inputs and outputs to operational buyers in Central Finance for RfX execution and service delivery.

What you'll need

• Bachelor degree in relevant field.
• 10+ years in procurement, sourcing, or shared services.
• In-depth knowledge of strategic sourcing, with ability to leverage digital and AI improvements in ways of working.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation experience; ability to define strategies using should-cost models and benchmarks for professional services and marketing spend.
• Experience managing complex business stakeholders across Clinical Operations, Pharma Sciences, Finance, Legal, and Business Units.
• Proficiency with SAP Ariba or equivalent eSourcing tools; experience with Wave pipeline management.
• Understanding of medical affairs activities and the compliance framework governing HCP interactions (FMV, transparency reporting, promotional vs. non-promotional).
• Experience with agency rate cards, SoW and deliverable-based pricing, and resource plan benchmarking.
• Awareness of data privacy (GDPR/HIPAA), real-world data licensing and pharmacovigilance contractual obligations.
• Exceptionally skilled at stakeholder management; proven ability to manage senior, cross-functional stakeholders.
• Collaborative and diplomatic, with a track record of operating successfully with limited day-to-day direction and ambiguity.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, both oral and written.
• Extensive experience using Microsoft desktop applications (e.g. PowerPoint, Excel) and experience using Generative / Agentic AI.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Nice to have

• Experience with indirect categories.
• Experience working in a complex global environment.

Details

• Location: IND - Bengaluru.
• Worker type: Employee Worker; sub-type Regular.
• Time type: Full time.