Head of API Procurement
Pubblicato il 18-09-2026 - Zentiva in Milano
Position Purpose
The Head of API Procurement plays a key leadership role in shaping Zentiva’s global sourcing strategy for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and Key Starting Materials (KSMs). This role ensures security of supply, cost competitiveness, and strong supplier partnerships while supporting the company’s growth, profitability, and long-term sustainability.
You will lead a global procurement scope across Europe, India, and China, driving measurable business impact and positioning procurement as a strategic partner to the organisation. This role is central to strengthening supply resilience, enabling product launches, and supporting Zentiva’s ambition to become a cost-competitive and resilient European pharmaceutical leader.
Main Accountabilities And Duties
- Category Strategy, Financial Performance & Decision Rights
- Define and execute the multi-year global category strategy for APIs and KSMs, aligned with Zentiva’s growth roadmap, portfolio priorities, and long-range financial ambitions.
- Own the annual budget, savings pipeline, PPV performance,
and long-range planning inputs for the API portfolio in alignment with Finance and Operations.
- Deliver at least 5% year-on-year validated savings against the approved Finance baseline through price reductions, alternate-source implementation, demand optimization, specification changes, supplier competition, and other agreed value levers. Cost avoidance is tracked separately unless explicitly agreed with Finance.
- Apply market intelligence, should-cost models, total-cost-of-ownership analysis, cost-driver modelling, and scenario planning to strengthen decision-making and budget predictability.
- Own commercial supplier recommendations and API sourcing strategies, subject to applicable technical, quality, regulatory, financial, and governance approvals.
- Ensure category strategies support launch readiness, tender competitiveness, lifecycle management, working-capital improvement, and long-term product pr