Enterprise Supplier Partnership Manager

By clicking the “Apply” button, I understand that my employment application process with Takeda will commence and that the information I provide in my application will be processed in line with Takeda’s Privacy Notice and Terms of Use. I further attest that all information I submit in my employment application is true to the best of my knowledge. Job Description About the role: The Associate Director, Enterprise Supplier Partnership Manager is responsible for managing and strengthening a defined portfolio of strategically important supplier relationships. Working across Global Procurement and the Business, the role translates enterprise priorities and supplier capabilities into practical partnership plans, effective governance and measurable joint initiatives. The Associate Director coordinates internal and supplier stakeholders, supports executive engagement and advances opportunities that improve innovation, resilience, quality, sustainability, operational performance and commercial value. The role helps Takeda present a coordinated position to assigned suppliers and strengthens Takeda’s position as a customer of choice, enabling improved access to supplier expertise, capabilities and investment. How you will contribute: Manage a defined portfolio of strategically important supplier relationships and develop them into effective partnerships aligned with Takeda priorities and long-term value creation. Implement fit-for-purpose relationship governance and coordinate internal and supplier stakeholders around shared outcomes, accountability and timely decisions. Develop and execute joint value plans that deliver measurable innovation, resilience, quality, sustainability, operational and commercial outcomes. Strengthen Takeda’s position as a customer of choice with assigned suppliers and improve access to relevant expertise, capabilities, market insight and investment. Accountabilities: Manage the relationship strategy for an assigned portfolio of enterprise suppliers, translating Takeda priorities and supplier capabilities into tailored partnership plans and joint value roadmaps. Implement and maintain fit-for-purpose governance for assigned relationships, including executive sponsorship, relationship ownership, decision rights, meeting cadence, escalation paths and cross-functional participation. Build trusted working relationships with senior supplier stakeholders and support executive-to-executive engagement; prepare and facilitate strategic business reviews focused on future opportunities, shared priorities and mutual value. Coordinate stakeholders across Procurement, Finance, Quality, Legal, Ethics & Compliance, Sustainability, Operations, DD&T, R&D and relevant business functions to establish a consistent Takeda position and deliver agreed actions. Identify, assess and advance supplier-enabled opportunities spanning innovation, new technologies, speed to market, process improvement, demand shaping, total cost of ownership, resilience, growth enablement and sustainability. Analyze strategic dependencies, supplier economics and the value Takeda brings to the relationship, using these insights to develop recommendations and strengthen supplier commitment and mutual value. Develop value cases, targets and benefit-tracking approaches for assigned initiatives; maintain a transparent opportunity pipeline and report outcomes, barriers and decisions to relevant Procurement and business stakeholders. Maintain balanced relationship scorecards covering service, quality, cost, innovation, collaboration, risk, compliance and strategic contribution, and coordinate accountable improvement plans based on the insights. Integrate supplier performance, relationship health and risk intelligence to support continuity, capacity, resilience and compliance, while distinguishing relationship-management actions from formal risk and performance-management accountabilities. Coordinate resolution of significant relationshi…

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