Location: Barcelona, Spain Sanofi is a leading global 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 As 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 general 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 #BarcelonaHub #SanofiHubs

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