Enterprise Supplier Partnerships Lead

Takeda•Boston, MA

1d•$177,000 - $278,080

About The Position

The Enterprise Supplier Partnerships Lead is responsible for strengthening Takeda’s relationships with its most strategically important enterprise suppliers and turning them into partnerships that advance enterprise priorities. Working across Global Procurement and the business, the role establishes governance, aligns executive sponsors and cross-functional stakeholders, and develops joint agendas that deliver measurable value in innovation, resilience, quality, risk reduction, sustainability, operational improvement, and commercial outcomes. It also ensures Takeda presents a coordinated enterprise position to selected suppliers and strengthens Takeda’s position as a customer of choice, enabling priority access to supplier capabilities, expertise, and investment. The role owns partnership strategy for a portfolio of top suppliers; develops multi-year joint value roadmaps; leads executive-level governance and strategic business reviews; coordinates stakeholders across functions and geographies; identifies and advances supplier-enabled opportunities; and defines value cases, targets, scorecards, reporting, and improvement actions. It also monitors relationship health, dependencies, and risk, leads resolution of significant relationship or performance issues, provides leadership with portfolio insights and recommendations, and advances Takeda’s supplier partnership practices through guidance, coaching, and improved data and technology enablement. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline and at least 10 years of progressive experience in procurement, supplier relationship management, strategic sourcing, business partnership, or a related field, including leadership of complex global supplier relationships. An advanced degree is preferred. Professional procurement, supply management, or relationship-management certification is desirable but not required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related discipline.
At least 10 years of progressive experience in procurement, supplier relationship management, strategic sourcing, business partnership, or a related discipline, including leadership of complex global supplier relationships.
Ability to operate at Director level, influence senior executives, and align diverse stakeholders in a global matrix without relying on direct authority.
Demonstrated success establishing enterprise governance, executive sponsorship models, joint business plans, supplier scorecards, and structured escalation mechanisms.
Strong commercial judgment and understanding of contracts, total cost of ownership, value realization, negotiation, supplier economics, and risk management.
Track record of converting supplier relationships into measurable outcomes such as innovation, resilience, quality improvement, cost optimization, sustainability, or growth enablement.
Executive presence and strong relationship-building, facilitation, and conflict-resolution skills, including the confidence to challenge constructively and create shared accountability.
Strong analytical and storytelling capability, with the ability to translate complex performance, risk, and opportunity data into clear decisions and recommendations.
Enterprise mindset, sound judgment, and ability to balance long-term strategic opportunities with immediate operational and compliance requirements.
Ability to lead through ambiguity, manage multiple strategic priorities, and sustain momentum in a fast-paced, international environment.
Business-level fluency in English.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree.
Additional language skills.
Professional procurement, supply management, or relationship-management certification, such as CIPS, CPSM, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Own the enterprise relationship strategy for a portfolio of top suppliers and translate Takeda priorities and supplier capabilities into partnership plans and multi-year joint value roadmaps.
Design and lead enterprise governance, including executive sponsorship, relationship ownership, decision rights, meeting cadence, escalation paths, and cross-functional participation.
Build trusted executive relationships with supplier leadership and prepare and facilitate strategic business reviews focused on future opportunities, enterprise priorities, and mutual value.
Coordinate senior stakeholders across Procurement, Finance, Quality, Legal, Ethics & Compliance, Sustainability, Operations, IT, R&D, and relevant business functions to establish a unified Takeda position and deliver actions.
Identify, qualify, and advance supplier-enabled opportunities in areas such as innovation, new technologies, speed to market, process improvement, demand shaping, total cost of ownership, growth enablement, and sustainability.
Assess strategic dependencies, supplier economics, and the reciprocal value Takeda brings to relationships to strengthen leverage, supplier commitment, and sustainable mutual value.
Define value cases, targets, and benefit-realization mechanisms; maintain a transparent pipeline; and report outcomes, barriers, and decisions to Procurement and business leadership.
Establish tailored, balanced scorecards covering service, quality, cost, innovation, collaboration, risk, compliance, and strategic contribution, and ensure insights lead to accountable improvement plans.
Integrate supplier performance, relationship health, and risk intelligence to strengthen continuity, capacity, resilience, and compliance.
Lead resolution of significant relationship or performance issues by aligning internal owners, engaging supplier executives, removing barriers, and ensuring corrective actions are sustained.
Maintain an enterprise portfolio view of strategic supplier partnerships and provide evidence-based recommendations on value opportunities, relationship health, dependencies, risks, resource prioritization, and executive interventions.
Advance Takeda’s supplier partnership capability by codifying good practices, improving data and technology enablement, coaching relationship owners, and promoting consistent adoption.