Location: Barcelona, Spain

Sanofi is a leading general healthcare company operating in

90 countries with

91,000 employees and

€43.6B in revenue (2025) , driven by one purpose: chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives.

Sanofi's Procurement function is a business-led, data-driven, AI-powered organization managing approximately €15 billion in annual spend. Reporting to the CFO, our Chief Procurement Officer leads five domains — including Digital — with a strong focus on procurement excellence, supplier diversity, and sustainability.

About The Role Global Category Manager in Digital Procurement, you will own end-to-end category strategy for Software, IT Services, and Strategic Hardware across all Sanofi entities worldwide. You will lead complex negotiations, manage strategic supplier relationships, deliver best-in-class savings, and drive Sanofi's AI-powered procurement transformation.

What You'll Do Strategy & Innovation

Design and execute competitive category strategies grounded in market intelligence, risk assessment, and long-range business planning

Drive supplier market expertise and identify emerging technologies, new suppliers, and service models

Contribute to Sanofi's AI-powered procurement transformation ("agentification")

Operations & Delivery

Build and maintain a sub-category roadmap with a project and savings pipeline aligned to budget cycles

Deliver year-over-year world‑class savings targets and optimize Business Operational Impact (BOI)

Lead strategic negotiations — globalization programs,



harmonization initiatives, and critical supplier escalations

Establish risk mitigation plans underpinned by supplier assessments and scorecards

Stakeholder Management

Engage senior leaders across Global Business Units and Support Functions to ensure procurement strategies are business-aligned

Partner with Country Procurement Heads to translate global strategies at the local level

Share market trends, benchmarks, and budget assumptions with key stakeholders

Team Development

Coach and develop Global Lead Buyers and Domain team members

Foster a culture of procurement excellence, ethics, and continuous improvement

About You Experience 15+ years in Procurement or a closely related field, with proven expertise in Digital/IT category management (Software, IT Services, Hardware) at global scale.

Key Skills

Mastery of procurement methodologies: TCO, SRM, Market Intelligence, Risk Management

Strong negotiation skills in complex, global contracts

Strategic thinker with a results-driven, analytical mindset

Exceptional communicator — confident engaging C‑suite stakeholders

Strong influencing skills across diverse, multicultural teams

Solid understanding of business, legal, and operational dimensions (SLAs, KPIs)

Experienced navigating complex matrix organizations

High ethical standards and commitment to business integrity

Education Minimum Master's degree from an accredited college or university.

Languages Fluent English required; additional languages are a plus.

📌 Global Category Manager for Digital (Madrid)
🏢 Sanofi
📍 Madrid