Category Manager - Media Buying / Congresses & Events

Join Our Team as a Category Manager - Media Buying and Congresses & Events

Are you a strategic procurement professional with a flair for transforming supplier partnerships, events, and media investments into tangible business outcomes? Proclinical is on the lookout for Category Managers specializing in Media Buying and Congresses & Events to join our dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will craft and execute global and regional procurement strategies for media services, congresses, events, and internal meetings.

You will play a crucial role in establishing high-performing, scalable, and compliant supplier ecosystems while ensuring alignment with business priorities and stakeholder needs. This position demands strong collaboration with cross-functional teams and regional procurement networks to deliver value and foster innovation across markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute global and regional category strategies for media planning, buying services, congresses, events, and internal meetings.
• Lead strategic sourcing, supplier performance management, and governance for event-related services.
• Design and optimize supplier ecosystems, including agencies, venues, logistics providers, and production partners.
• Ensure effective deployment and adoption of global and regional frameworks across affiliates.
• Monitor value realization, performance metrics, and compliance across regions.
• Act as a strategic partner to stakeholders in Commercial, Medical, Corporate Functions, and affiliate teams.
• Build and lead a global procurement network to drive adoption of strategies and resolve challenges.
• Establish and manage supplier relationships, focusing on performance management and innovation roadmaps.
• Align category strategies with shared service center execution models to improve operational efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, governance frameworks, and sustainability principles.
• Negotiate global framework agreements, rate cards, and performance-based contracts.

Key Skills and Requirements

• Expertise in procurement, particularly in media services, congresses, events, and related categories.
• Strong knowledge of event operating models, supplier landscapes, and service delivery approaches.
• Experience in strategic sourcing, supplier management, and commercial contracting.
• Familiarity with the pharmaceutical or healthcare industries or other regulated environments.
• Proven ability to partner with senior stakeholders and work efficiently in global matrix organizations.
• Strategic thinking, commercial acumen, and the ability to connect procurement choices to business outcomes.
• Proficiency in English; French language skills are a plus.
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degrees (e.g., MBA) preferred.

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