Position Purpose

As Category Manager - IT, you will design, deploy, and continuously evolve global sourcing strategies for IT hardware, software, and related IT services across the organisation. Operating in a highly regulated and cost-sensitive generics pharmaceutical environment, this role is critical in ensuring IT performance, cybersecurity, scalability, compliance, and cost efficiency, while enabling digital transformation and business continuity. You will act as a strategic partner to IT, Digital, Finance, and Business teams, driving value through category management, supplier relationship management, financial governance, and support for Budget and Long-Range Planning (LRP) activities.
Key Responsibilities And Duties
Category Strategy & Value Creation
- Define and execute global, multi-year category strategies for IT hardware, software, cloud solutions, and IT services.
- Align sourcing strategies with IT and digital roadmaps, cybersecurity requirements, data integrity standards, and cost optimisation objectives.




- Drive value creation through licence and application rationalisation, vendor consolidation, platform standardisation, and scalable cloud-based solutions.
- Monitor IT market trends, including software licensing, cloud economics, AI, automation, and vendor developments, translating insights into sourcing decisions.

Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
- Lead strategic relationships with key IT suppliers, including OEMs, software publishers, cloud providers, and service partners.
- Design and implement a structured SRM framework, including supplier segmentation, governance models, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Define, monitor, and challenge supplier performance through KPIs and regular reviews.
- Mitigate supplier risk through dual sourcing strategies, exit planning, cybersecurity assessments, and business continuity measures.

Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner closely with Procurement CoE, IT & Digital, Cybersecurity, Finance,

📌 Category Manager (Italia)
🏢 Zentiva
📍 Italia