About the Job

At Xellia, you’ll join a collaborative and friendly team in an international company with a strong purpose. We offer a dynamic, multinational working environment where you’ll have the opportunity to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact. As a Category Manager Technical Spends, in alignment and collaboration with other Category Managers, you will be responsible for leading sourcing activities and category strategy implementation for assigned technical categories at both Budapest and Copenhagen manufacturing sites of Xellia.

Main Responsibilities

• Accountable for contributing to Category Strategies and for delivering projects towards the Category Strategies
• Drives projects within assigned categories
• Understand all needs and priorities of the stakeholders for a defined category
• Lead procurement activities from preparation of procurement plan, through tender and negotiations to contract is signed
• Identify and evaluate new potential suppliers in all areas of responsibility and as per valid procedures
• Negotiate and implement contracts with suppliers
• Define and execute initiatives which will assure the strategy implementation
• Initiate, manage and support local cost saving and efficiency projects
• Manage spend and savings data related to sites under territory
• Report savings and other relevant activities data on time in full
• Strong focus on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
• Contribute to maintain an OTIF in line with Xellia's defined target

What We Expect

• Bachelor’s degree in in related field required (i.e. Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering)
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience from similar role in Procurement in mid-to-large multinational companies (life sciences, medical device or pharmaceutical industries preferred)
• Experience with e.g. MRO, Capex, facility management and industrial services
• Strong analytical and negotiation skills
• Fluent in Hungarian and English (spoken and written)

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and benefit package
• „Nordic-style” culture – dynamic teamwork, good working atmosphere, flexibility, maintaining work-life balance
• Opportunity to learn and develop
• Good team spirit and friendly colleagues
• Stable international company background
• Multinational working environment
• Open to travel
• Home office opportunity

Xellia Pharmaceuticals is the global leader in fermentation-based, non-beta-lactam anti-infectives, supplying Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and Finished Dosage Forms (FDFs) to over 500 pharmaceutical companies across 80 countries.

Recognized by the World Health Organization and the European Union for our critical medicines, we play a vital role in combating severe infections and antimicrobial resistance. Headquartered in Denmark, we operate manufacturing sites in Copenhagen, Denmark; Budapest, Hungary; and Taizhou, China, with R&D and commercial operations in seven additional locations globally. As the only European manufacturer of several key anti-infectives and with a heritage spanning over 120 years, we are driven by purpose and progress.

With more than 1100 employees, our impact starts from within. We offer a workplace where ideas, curiosity, and initiative thrive, and where your role evolves with your ambition. Instead of rigid structures, we provide real responsibility, freedom to explore, and support to grow. Together, we shape not only the future of our company and the development of our people, but also the health of communities worldwide.

Further information about Xellia can be found at: www.xellia.com
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