Overview As Category Manager for Commercial & Market Services, you define and evolve global category strategies for communications, market research, and sales services within a regulated, cost-conscious pharmaceutical business. You partner with Commercial, Marketing, Market Access, and Finance to enable compliant, scalable sourcing and innovation-led value creation. This role offers impact by shaping how we source critical services at scale.
Develop and execute global, multi-year category strategies for commercial & market services aligned with objectives, cost competitiveness, and regulatory requirements
Translate strategies into sourcing roadmaps supporting speed to market, launch excellence, and ethical promotion standards
Drive value beyond savings through innovation, standardisation, and scalable sourcing models across regions
Monitor market dynamics (media inflation, agency consolidation, data providers, digital transformation) and integrate insights into sourcing decisions
Lead end-to-end category management including spend analysis, demand challenge, contract negotiation,



and framework agreements
Design and deploy preferred supplier models, rate cards, and global/local playbooks
Ensure robust contracting covering IP ownership, data privacy (GDPR), promotional compliance, and performance-based mechanisms
Ensure execution of category strategies by countries, improving procurement maturity, governance, and standardisation
Build and manage structured supplier relationships, define and monitor KPIs and governance models
Drive continuous improvement, innovation pilots, and joint business reviews with strategic suppliers
Collaborate with Global/Local Marketing, Sales, Market Access, Finance, Legal, and Compliance on launches and market entries with agile sourcing
Play a key role in annual budget cycle and Long‐Range Plan (LRP), ensuring governance, spend visibility, and variance analysis
Support savings delivery, cost evolution modelling, and financial transparency

📌 Category Manager (Monza)
🏢 Zentiva Pharma
📍 Monza