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Senior Procurement Site Business Partner

Thousand Oaks, California
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Job ID R0153797 Date posted 06/05/2025 Location Thousand Oaks, California

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Job Description

Senior Procurement Site Business Partner

Thousand Oaks, CA

Hybrid

The Senior Procurement Site Business Partner is responsible for the procurement activities necessary to support the smooth operations of the internal manufacturing site within the Biologics Operating Unit.

THE OPPORTUNITY

As a Senior Procurement Site Business Partner, you are the key contact to translate the requirements of business requestor to Procurement activities, providing appropriate challenges to demand or specification where relevant. You will ensure the correct balance of resources is utilized to deliver projects, and as such be able to deliver best-in-class procurement support to the organization. This is a hands-on role, where you will be engaged in conducting RFPs, negotiating contracts, and lead supplier relationship management meetings.  You will also manage compliance with procurement responsibilities in line with local business requirements, with a focus on meeting the agreed local business. 


RESPONSIBILITIES
The Senior Procurement Business Partner holds responsibilities and accountabilities in 9 key areas:
1. Continuity of Supply and Services
2. Project Support
3. Cost Control
4. Stakeholder Management
5. Supplier Relationship management
6. Procurement Alignment
7. Sourcing
8. Compliance
9. Staff development

You will:
•    Collaborate with the Global Manufacturing site management team and other key functions, including Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Warehouse, while upholding Takeda’s code of conduct and ethics.
•    Ensure compliance with procurement responsibilities by aligning with local business requirements and facilitating the provision of goods and services from external suppliers.
•    Manage supplier relationships, including contract negotiations, pricing agreements, issue resolution, project oversight, and performance reporting.
•    Guarantee supply continuity, reliability, and risk mitigation.
•    Handle local spend categories, ad-hoc purchases, e-sourcing, and transactional contracting. Convert global contracts into local agreements and support their implementation.
•    Collaborate with divisional and corporate procurement teams to co-develop and leverage category strategies.
•    Drive savings opportunities, economies of scale, risk mitigation, supplier collaboration, and alignment with divisional and corporate goals, metrics, and processes.


Requirements: 
•    Bachelor's degree, preferably in a business-related field.
•    10 years of relevant Sourcing & Procurement experience with experience in supporting cost reduction projects, value improvement programs, basic contracting, eSourcing and spot buying, preferably in a biotech/pharmaceutical industry.
•    Demonstrated understanding of some or the entire major spend categories and potential cost levers or market fundamentals.
•    Experience or demonstrated understanding in Category Management principles and frameworks and the development of sourcing strategies
•    Proven Financial and Business Acumen (e.g. TCO, TEI, NPV & Cost Modeling)
•    Experience working in a fast-paced environment with multi-project and multi-product manufacturing industry.
•    Experience in providing customer support over multiple countries.
•    Experience or knowledge of offshore or shared service operating environments.
•    Expert proficiency in basic MS Office software.

Preferred:
•    Post-graduate business-related degree
•    Demonstrated ability in collating, organizing, analyzing and reporting complex financial data with solid grounding in basic procurement and financial processes and systems.
•    Pharmaceutical Industry or Management Consulting experience
•    Any Professional Purchasing (e.g. CIPS) or Finance related licenses or certifications would be considered advantageous

What Takeda can offer you:
No investment we make pays greater dividends thank taking good care of our people. We offer you:
•    A meaningful career, grounded in our values.
•    Continuous professional growth and global careers.
•    A diverse and inclusive network of colleagues.
•    Flexible work environment, including hybrid working.
•    A collaborative culture encouraging an entrepreneurial spirit and agile thinking.
•    A comprehensive salary and benefits package.

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

For Location:

USA - CA - Thousand Oaks - Manufacturing

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$153,600.00 - $241,340.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.

U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/or long-termincentives. U.S.based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S.based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.

EEO Statement

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

Locations

USA - CA - Thousand Oaks - Manufacturing

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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