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🥝 Senior Category Manager, R&D

Penta Search Group | sonoma, United-States | Posted June 19, 2026

Job Description

An established global life sciences organisation is looking to appoint an experienced procurement professional to lead strategic sourcing activities supporting research and scientific operations.

This is an opportunity to become a trusted commercial partner to research teams, helping shape supplier strategies, optimise external partnerships and support innovation within a fast-paced, science-led environment.


About the Role

Reporting into a global procurement function, you will be responsible for developing sourcing strategies across a portfolio of specialist research and scientific services. You'll work closely with technical stakeholders to understand future business requirements, identify opportunities to improve value, and build long-term supplier partnerships that support research programmes from discovery through early-stage development.


This role requires someone who is comfortable operating independently, inf...

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