Overview Grifols is a global healthcare company dedicated to improving the health and well‑being of people worldwide, developing, producing, and marketing plasma‑derived medicines and transfusion medicine solutions in more than 110 countries. Mission The IT Global Category Manager leads the strategic sourcing and category management of Grifols’s global IT categories, driving value creation, risk mitigation, and transformation across all IT categories. Responsibilities Create, implement, and execute a multi‑year integral IT category strategy (software, hardware, infrastructure/telecoms, and IT services). Lead competitive sourcing events (RFx), complex negotiations, and contract structuring, informed by market intelligence, spend analysis, and TCO modelling. Proactive management of contract renewals and change requests. Review major contracts for key areas of spend and act as subject‑matter expert for planning and leading complex negotiations or re‑supply modelling; create procurement playbooks for cyclical spending. Act as a procurement business partner with IT leadership, aligning IT and category strategy. Collaborate with Finance, Legal, InfoSec, Data Privacy, and other groups to execute sourcing operations and priorities. Develop, participate in, and manage budget, demand, and transformation planning with IT stakeholders. Lead the procurement function to maximize contribution to business objectives, profitability, and ROI. Serve as a strategic business partner to develop and prioritize procurement change programs and projects. Coach the team in the use of commercial models, reports, and forecasts to strengthen decision‑making processes. Optimize key relationships across Grifols, leveraging best practice and external networking. Partner with business and procurement colleagues to foster a culture of professional development and manage performance effectively. Coach, manage performance, and identify development opportunities for indirec