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

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