Takeda

Supplier Risk & Resilience Lead

Poland · Work style not stated · Full time

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EmployerTakeda
LocationPoland
Work styleWork style not stated
Employment typeFull time
Employer posted28 Sep 2026

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Job Description

About the role:

The Supplier Risk and Resilience Lead provides global leadership for Procurement’s supplier risk and resilience service line. In this role, you will own the strategy, governance, operating model, and performance of end-to-end supplier risk management, continuous monitoring, early warning, business continuity, resilience, critical supplier risk reviews, and supplier disruption response. You will turn risk information from multiple areas into clear priorities and coordinated action, helping Procurement and business teams anticipate threats, protect supply continuity, and support uninterrupted delivery to patients.

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How you will contribute:

Own the global supplier risk and resilience strategy, service catalogue, governance model, risk appetite alignment, and multi-year roadmap.

Design and improve the end-to-end supplier risk management framework, from onboarding and segmentation through monitoring, mitigation, periodic review, escalation, and offboarding.

Lead a consistent approach across financial, operational, geopolitical, cyber, quality, regulatory, environmental, social, and governance, concentration, and supply continuity risks, while keeping domain ownership with the relevant specialist teams.

Own critical supplier and critical supply chain resilience standards, including business continuity planning expectations, recovery preparedness, scenario planning, stress testing, and mitigation governance.

Establish early warning, escalation, incident triage, and disruption response protocols, including decision rights and links to enterprise crisis management.

Provide executive reporting on the supplier risk portfolio, emerging threats, concentration exposures, resilience gaps, mitigation status, and material incidents.

Lead, coach, and develop the Supplier Risk and Resilience Managers, assign portfolios and priorities, and ensure consistent service delivery.

Represent Procurement in cross-functional risk forums and relevant external supplier risk and resilience networks.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

Direct 2 Employees

10 or more years of relevant experience in supplier risk, third-party risk management, procurement, supply chain resilience, business continuity, or enterprise risk.

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Risk Management, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.

Experience designing or leading risk frameworks, governance, and cross-functional mitigation programs in a global organization.

Strong experience with supplier business continuity planning assessment, disruption management, and executive risk reporting.

Experience leading people, projects, or major global workstreams in a matrix environment.

Fluent English, written and spoken.

Advanced degree in Risk Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, or Business.

Experience in pharmaceuticals, life sciences, healthcare, or another highly regulated and supply-critical industry.

Relevant certification such as ISO 31000, Certified Professional in Supply Management, or equivalent.

Experience with supplier risk platforms, external risk data providers, and multi-tier mapping solutions.

Skills & Competencies

Strategic enterprise thinking and sound judgement.

People leadership, coaching, and capability building.

Executive communication and risk storytelling.

Strong analytical, scenario-planning, and decision-framing skills.

Crisis leadership and composure under pressure.

Ability to influence across functions without direct authority.

Integrity and discretion when handling sensitive supplier and business information.

Travel requirements:

Up to 10% (supplier risk reviews, resilience workshops, incident support)

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

This position is currently classified as "hybrid" following Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy.

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Locations

Lodz, Poland

Base Salary Range:

zł328,000.00 - zł451,000.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

For information about our benefits, please click here.

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

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