Category Manager - Market Insights

Overview

Acting globally. Working cross-functionally. Making strategic decisions that ensure sustainable, competitive supply and insight generation. As Category Manager for Market Insights, you’ll be on an exciting mission to shape how Boehringer Ingelheim sources and manages external partners in this critical category.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• You will lead sourcing activities for the Market Insights & Data category globally, applying strategic thinking, persuasiveness, and assertiveness to drive impactful decisions.
• Challenge the status quo and identify opportunities to improve sourcing strategies, convincing senior stakeholders to adopt innovative approaches.
• As global supplier manager, you will establish and enforce a robust governance framework with our core providers, ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices.
• Strengthen relationships with strategic external partners while continuously scanning the market for new players and solutions that align with BI’s evolving needs.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks, while exploring innovative service models and technologies to enhance insight generation.
• Independently manage high volumes of sourcing requests and lead successful negotiations, ensuring contracts meet business needs and are aligned with internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement cutting‑edge sourcing methods that elevate BI’s capabilities in speed, cost efficiency, and value creation.

Requirements

• A master’s degree in business administration, procurement/sourcing is preferred, but equivalent professional training, like a bachelor’s degree, combined with several years of experience in procuring services/goods for a pharmaceutical company, ideally in global category management, will also be considered.
• Sound knowledge of applicable market intelligence and sourcing experience in the respective category area of market insights and/or in GxP and NTA relevant categories.
• Understanding of demand management, market and supplier analysis, compliance management, due diligence, risk management, innovation, supplier management, contract management, global category management, negotiation techniques and other established sourcing methodologies.
• An open‑minded, motivated, persuasive, and perseverant personality with outstanding internal and external relationship management skills.
• Experience in project management and a solid understanding of market research methodologies and supplier ecosystems, as well as experience in leading cross‑functional teams that consist of internal and external partners.
• Legal expertise in contract law (German law of obligations preferred).
• Proven ability to work in global, cross‑functional, and intercultural teams.
• Knowledge of the German language is a plus.

Applications from persons with severe disabilities are warmly welcomed. In cases of equal qualifications, such applicants will be given preferential consideration in the selection process.