Enterprise Supplier Partnership Manager

Takeda•Boston, MA

21h•$154,400 - $242,550

About The Position

The Associate Director, Enterprise Supplier Partnership Manager manages and strengthens 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. It coordinates internal and supplier stakeholders, supports executive engagement, and advances opportunities that improve innovation, resilience, quality, sustainability, operational performance and commercial value. The role also helps Takeda present a coordinated position to assigned suppliers and strengthens Takeda’s position as a customer of choice, improving access to supplier expertise, capabilities and investment. The position develops relationship strategies, tailored partnership plans and joint value roadmaps; establishes fit-for-purpose governance; builds trusted relationships with senior supplier stakeholders; and facilitates strategic business reviews. It collaborates with cross-functional Takeda teams to identify opportunities, develop value cases and track benefits, maintain balanced relationship scorecards, coordinate issue resolution, and contribute supplier insights to the enterprise portfolio view. It also supports continuous improvement of Takeda’s supplier-partnership approach by applying established methods, maintaining accurate relationship data and documenting lessons learned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, Life Sciences or a related discipline.
Typically 10+ years of progressive experience in procurement, supplier relationship management, strategic sourcing, business partnership or a related discipline, including responsibility for complex supplier relationships in a global or matrixed environment.
Ability to influence senior stakeholders and align diverse cross-functional teams without relying on direct authority.
Experience implementing supplier-governance models, joint business plans, strategic business reviews, supplier scorecards and structured escalation mechanisms.
Strong commercial judgment and working knowledge of contracts, total cost of ownership, value realization, negotiation, supplier economics and risk management.
Ability to convert supplier relationships into measurable outcomes such as innovation, resilience, quality improvement, cost optimization, sustainability or growth enablement.
Strong relationship-building, facilitation and conflict-resolution skills, including the ability to challenge constructively and build shared accountability.
Strong analytical and communication skills, including the ability to translate performance, risk and opportunity data into clear recommendations and decisions.
Enterprise mindset and sound judgment to balance longer-term partnership opportunities with immediate operational, risk and compliance requirements.
Ability to manage several complex relationships and initiatives, work through ambiguity and sustain momentum in an international environment.
Business-level fluency in English.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree.
Additional languages.
Professional procurement, supply management or supplier relationship-management certification, such as CIPS, CPSM or equivalent; desirable but not required.

Responsibilities

Manage a portfolio of strategic enterprise supplier relationships and develop tailored partnership plans and joint value roadmaps aligned with Takeda priorities.
Implement and maintain relationship governance, including executive sponsorship, relationship ownership, decision rights, meeting cadence, escalation paths and cross-functional participation.
Build trusted 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 actions.
Identify, assess and advance supplier-enabled opportunities in 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 Takeda’s value to the relationship to develop recommendations and strengthen supplier commitment and mutual value.
Develop value cases, targets and benefit-tracking approaches; maintain an opportunity pipeline and report outcomes, barriers and decisions.
Maintain relationship scorecards covering service, quality, cost, innovation, collaboration, risk, compliance and strategic contribution, and coordinate improvement plans.
Integrate supplier performance, relationship health and risk intelligence to support continuity, capacity, resilience and compliance.
Coordinate resolution of significant relationship or performance issues by aligning internal owners, engaging supplier leaders, escalating barriers and tracking corrective actions.
Contribute supplier insights to the enterprise portfolio view, including value opportunities, relationship health, dependencies, risks, resource needs and potential executive interventions.
Support continuous improvement of Takeda’s supplier-partnership approach by applying established methods, maintaining accurate relationship data and tools, documenting lessons learned and promoting consistent ways of working.