CategoryDirector-BiologicsSingleUse

**Title:** **Category Director - Biologics Single Use** **Position Summary** The Strategic Category Director is responsible for defining and executing global category strategies across assigned spend categories to support Catalent’s Biologics business covering Cell and Gene Therapies as well as Drug Substance Manufacturing. This role owns category strategy development, supplier relationship management for strategic and critical suppliers, risk mitigation, and value creation across the enterprise. The role partners closely with Site Procurement Leaders, Global Procurement Organization (GPO), Operations, Quality, MS&T, Finance, and Business Unit Leadership to ensure supply assurance, competitiveness, and alignment with enterprise objectives. The position is Remote based in USA. **The Role** * Leadership, engagement, and development of cross-functional teams to drive category strategies and initiatives to completion. * Own and develop global category strategies aligned to business growth, risk, and cost objectives. * Act as enterprise category authority, setting direction for site-level execution. * Lead strategic sourcing initiatives, supplier segmentation, and long-term category roadmaps. * Own SRM for strategic and critical suppliers, including governance, performance, and executive engagement. * Lead complex, high-impact negotiations covering commercial, contractual, and risk terms. * Drive supplier innovation, capacity assurance, and joint value creation initiatives. * Risk Management & Supply Assurance across Biologic segments * Conduct enterprise-level supply risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies. * Partner with Quality, Operations, and MS&T to support dual sourcing and qualification strategies. * Serve as escalation point for category-level supply risks and disruptions. * Develop and deliver savings, cost avoidance, cash flow, and productivity pipelines. * Optimize total cost of ownership through consolidation, standardization, and volume leverage.