Regional Category Buyer – Content, Production

Location: Morristown, NJ /Hybrid

About the job

Are you ready to shape the future of Consumer Health? Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress. Join our Regional Category Buying team as Regional Category Buyer for Content and Production where you will support, influence, & implement procurement category strategy for the sub-category initiatives, drive key projects jointly with the business, drive execution via regionally to ensure Opella delivers its priorities/objectives. The sub-categories of content (creative, package design, eCom) are rapidly changing and increasing the amount of content needs, type and differing applications more than ever before.

Opella, the Consumer Healthcare business unit of Sanofi, is the purest and third-largest player globally in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market. 

We have an unshakable belief in the power of self-care and the role it can play in creating a healthier society and a healthier planet.

That’s why we want to make self-care as simple as it should be by being consumer-led always, with science at our core.

Through our unique and balanced portfolio of more than 100 loved brands, including 15 global and local high-growth challengers such as Allegra, Dulcolax and Buscopan, we deliver our mission: helping more than half a billion consumers worldwide take their health in their hands. 

This mission is brought to life by an 11,000-strong team, 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites, and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers.

We are also proud to be the first major fast-moving consumer healthcare company to achieve B Corp certification.

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.

Main responsibilities:

Develop and Execute Strategies: Create and implement competitive, innovative, and long-term procurement sub-category strategies.

Market Intelligence: Leverage market intelligence to assess risks and identify opportunities.

Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment with business objectives, driving cost reduction and value creation.

Market Innovations: Support the adoption of market innovations, including new suppliers and digital tools.

Vision Translation: Translate marketing category vision and strategies into regional execution plans aligned with targets.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with global category leads, regional marketing leadership, and finance teams.

Local Strategy Implementation: Ensure local implementation and support for global category strategies, and develop and execute local category strategies where necessary.

About you

Degree: A degree in Business Finance, Procurement/Business Operations, or Marketing.

Language Proficiency: Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Marketing/Agencies: Strong understanding of marketing and agency operations.

Savings Initiatives: Hands-on experience in delivering savings initiatives with demand management levers.

Stakeholder Management: Strong capability to manage business interactions with internal stakeholders and suppliers.

Communication and Influence: Highly effective written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills.

Autonomous Operation: Ability to operate autonomously with a high level of drive and energy.

Why choose us?

Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.