Head of Procurement Value Delivery

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: Job Description Lead Enterprise Value Delivery for Takeda Procurement — with end-to-end accountability for defining, driving, tracking, and realizing measurable value (cost, cash, productivity, innovation, risk, ESG) from Takeda's total external spend across all categories and business units. Own the enterprise value-delivery framework, pipeline, and benefits realization to the P&L. Provide enterprise leadership through at least two levels of subordinates — leading multiple teams of directors, senior managers, and managers for the value-delivery portfolio, leading a team from director level down through associate level and serve as a member of the Procurement leadership team that shapes the function's operational strategy and contributes to Takeda's overall business strategy. Additionally this incumbent will sit on the leadership team of the IBU. Establish and own the enterprise value-delivery methodology, governance, and performance framework across a short-to-mid-term (1–3 year) horizon, in line with business objectives, and orchestrate resources across procurement and the business to deliver against value targets. Act as the strategic value partner to Finance and the business units, co-owning the value captured from external spend and ensuring benefits are transparently tracked, validated, and realized to the P&L. Serve as the account lead for IBU and sit on the TET 1 leadership team, influencing and helping shape business priorities. Build and lead a high-performing, business-oriented Value Delivery organization — providing both enterprise value leadership and advanced, flexible sourcing execution support to category teams — and drive the development and realization of the overall Procurement Strategy. Accountabilities Value strategy & methodology Define and maintain the enterprise value-delivery framework aligned to enterprise and business-unit priorities and to Finance — value definitions, baselines, calculation standards, and stage-gate governance — ensuring consistent, auditable measurement of value across all categories. Value delivery Own and deliver a robust, enterprise-wide pipeline of value-capture initiatives aligned to value targets; orchestrate cross-functional delivery with the Procurement Category Leads and with Finance, TBS, and Legal; provide strategic and executional guidance to the Value Delivery Team and Procurement Solutions Teams. Sourcing execution & category support Lead the Value Delivery Team as an advanced, flexible sourcing capability that supports Procurement category teams across the full sourcing cycle. For globally managed categories, provide sourcing execution support while category leads retain strategic ownership. For regionally managed categories and sub-categories, lead sourcing end-to-end under category direction, including local adaptation of global category playbooks. Serve as the interface to markets, clusters, and sites — identifying and streamlining demand and specifications, developing local supplier market intelligence, funneling market signals and requirements back to category teams and CoEs, and supporting regional supplier performance and relationship management. Cross-enterprise synergies Drive specific initiatives that maximize benefits from cross-enterprise synergies and ensure transparency, tracking, and realization of value to the P&L in close collaboration with Finance. Account leadership Serve as the account lead for IBU and sit on the TET 1 leadership teams, representing Procurement, creating transparency on external spend and realized value, and influencing and helping shape business priorities. Benefits real…

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