Global Category Manager – Consumables

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.Job DescriptionShape the Future of Global Procurement at Eurofins!Are you ready to make a real impact on a global scale? Eurofins is searching for a strategic, results-driven leader to take charge of our purchasing strategy for consumables categories worldwide. This is your chance to drive innovation, deliver financial results, and influence sustainability initiatives across an international network.In this pivotal role, you’ll be at the heart of our mission to build a best-in-class procurement function. You’ll lead global sourcing projects, forge strong supplier partnerships, and unlock efficiencies that matter—not just for today, but for the future.Why You’ll Love This RoleGlobal Impact: Your decisions will shape procurement strategies across multiple countries and business units.Innovation at Scale: Drive cost-saving initiatives, introduce best practices, and champion continuous improvement.Strategic Influence: Own category plans, manage risk, and deliver measurable financial results.Sustainability Focus: Support ESG goals and help Eurofins achieve its ambitious sustainability targets.Dynamic Environment: Collaborate with international teams and integrate newly acquired labs for maximum synergy.What You’ll DoLead and implement purchasing strategies for assigned consumables categories globally.Manage strategic sourcing activities (RFI/RFP) and negotiate with top-tier suppliers.Identify cost-saving opportunities and optimize total cost of ownership (TCO).Build strong supplier relationships and develop SRM frameworks.Track KPIs, monitor performance, and take corrective actions when needed.Drive integration projects and evaluate new tools to boost efficiency.What We’re Looking ForA strategic thinker with a passion for procurement and global operations.Strong experience in sourcing, supplier management, and category strategy.Ability to deliver financial impact while aligning with ESG and sustainability goals.Excellent communication and leadership skills to thrive in a fast-paced, international setting.Ready to lead, innovate, and make a global difference? Join Eurofins and help us build the future of procurement. Apply today!QualificationsEducational background in Business, Finance, or Engineering; MBA level preferred.Minimum of 5 years of experience in purchasing, including leading global sourcing projects within complex, multi-stakeholder environments.Fluent in English, with excellent presentation and communication skills.Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and projects, set priorities effectively, and work in a dynamic, cross-functional environment.Strong analytical skills and the ability to work with complex datasets and scopes.Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams.Experience with Procure-to-Pay (PtP) tools such as Coupa or Ariba.Additional InformationWe support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.We embrace diversity!  As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!Find out more on our Careers page: https://careers.eurofins.com/Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.In over 37 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 63,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in over 1,000 companies across 60 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.In 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.95 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.