Senior Director, - Global Procurement Business Partnering & Category Management, Commercial

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
 

Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.
 

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

Job Description
 

This is a site based role at our global headquarters in Foster City, CA.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

 

Enterprise Category Strategy Excellence

• Collaborate with Commercial organization leadership to identify requirements aligned with business strategies and priorities.  Successfully engage in strategic planning and target setting to deliver meaningful business impact. ​

• Manage a holistic portfolio end-to-end, which includes an array of strategies,  operational excellence projects and programs from across the Procurement organization while creating a single point of contact and a seamless Procurement engagement.

• Drive procurement impact and value through global, enterprise wide Commercial category strategy formulation and implementation, delivering initiatives resulting in a direct improvement of the Procurement experience for all Gilead stakeholders and one voice to suppliers.

• Establish and monitor key performance metrics, status on deliverables, Dashboards, Market Intelligence, and ensuring visibility and adoption of preferred supplier programs

• Provide progress status briefings to management, project teams, and executives, proactively highlighting issues with projects, timelines, etc., that require awareness or attention.

• Drive development and communication cadence on strategies, ensuring alignment with senior leadership. Generate executive-level presentations.

• Create a compelling case for change and inspire stakeholders and your team to collaborate and realize the value, innovation, and creativity Procurement brings to the business plan.

• Influence decision-making and gain adoption by leveraging compelling category and sourcing insights to contribute to business strategies.

• Responsible for leading and developing a team to define and deliver global/regional category strategies.

• Seek, develop, and establish business relationships with key suppliers. Meet regularly with regional and divisional stakeholders to ensure outstanding customer satisfaction and continuous improvement against category targets are met.

• Partner with suppliers and internal senior leadership to define clear supplier targets which meet Gilead's business needs, including quality, reliability, innovation, and cost.

• Act as a strategic thought partner aligning on business objectives, challenges, projects, requirements, and expectations and ensuring Procurement team translates into category planning and solutions.

• Drive Value Creation: Identify specific cost improvement opportunities and present them to the marketing leadership for prioritization, resourcing, and implementation; align with regional teams on the implementation plans and drive execution and adherence to the strategy.

• Collaborate with Supplier Risk, Inclusion, and Sustainability functions to create a standard and repeatable process to integrate business diversity and responsible procurement into an overall value proposition.

• Head the development of benchmarks globally and understand marketing category industry dynamics through agencies capabilities sessions, attendance of industry-related workshops, reading publications, and discussions with other industry peers to bring best practices.

• Oversee the development of fact-based negotiation strategies with critical strategic vendors within assigned categories.

• Identify, develop, and advise implementing Procurements goals and category strategies based on deep subject matter expertise and an informal understanding of industry/market dynamics.

• Provide holistic overview and insights across end-to-end category accountabilities, including category strategy development, business partner engagement, sourcing, contracting, negotiating, and supplier management at senior levels with key business units.

• Foster and nurture a culture of inclusion, results orientation, psychological safety to optimize team performance.

• Empower team members to feel like they can speak up, propose new and different ways of working, and most importantly, grow and advance in a career path in Procurement as well as Gilead overall.

 

Experience Requirements:

 

• 14+ years professional work experience plus a BS/BA or 12+ years professional work experience plus a MA/MS or MBA in a corporate environment, preferably in the areas of DEI, procurement and supplier management, or corporate strategy.

• 8+ years' experience heading and managing procurement leaders & teams with a focus on mentoring, coaching, and performance management.

• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and effective business partnering capabilities - Influence without authority mindset

• Advance understanding of marketplace and industry supply base, practices, and standards

• Ability to build and nurture strategic partnerships with suppliers and influence executive level external stakeholders

• Ability to apply broad and deep subject matter expertise to solve various highly complex business issues.

• Strong negotiation skills, with experience managing complex supplier relationships and high-value contracts ​

• Demonstrated analytical acumen, with the ability to analyze and interpret complex spend and market data to shape category strategies, forecast trends, and identify value opportunities across procurement portfolios ​

• Strong proficiency with procurement systems (e.g., SAP, Ariba) and analytics tools such as Excel and Tableau ​

• Meets Gilead’s leadership expectations with demonstrated experience in applying these principles

• Demonstrate robust ability to manage complexity and establish new and agile ways of working in a fast-paced environment  

• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, conflict resolution, negotiating, and strategic-thinking skills

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The salary range for this position is: $243,100.00 - $314,600.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans*.

For additional benefits information, visit:

https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing

* Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

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