Pharmaceuticals
10 Chief Procurement Officers in Pharmaceuticals
These ten executives hold the chief procurement officer title at pharmaceutical companies. A reader can learn from them how pharmaceutical procurement is organized across direct materials, external manufacturing, R&D and indirect categories and how procurement leaders work with supply chain and finance.
Professionals to explore
01—10Brian Smith
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Chief Procurement Officer at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine since January 2024. Earlier Johnson & Johnson roles include Director, R&D Procurement (2013–2015), Enterprise Category Leader, External Manufacturing (2015–2017), Global Process Owner (2017–2020) and Vice President, Business Services Procurement (2020–2024).
Katiana Iavarone
LinkedInExperience: SVP Chief Procurement Officer · UCB
SVP Chief Procurement Officer at UCB since April 2024; the headline cites procurement and supply chain transformation. Before UCB she was Chief Procurement & Logistics Officer at Bekaert (2021–2024) and held sourcing roles at Guardian Industries, including Head of Procurement (2016–2017), Director Global Sourcing (2017–2018) and Vice President Global Strategic Sourcing (2018–2021).
Katrine Hammer
LinkedInExperience: SVP and Chief Procurement Officer, Corporate Procuremennt · Lundbeck
SVP and Chief Procurement Officer, Corporate Procuremennt at Lundbeck since April 2024. Before that she was CEO and Vice President, Global Innovation & Development, Europe, Phillips-Medisize A S at Phillips Medisize (2021–2024) and held Novo Nordisk roles including Director of R&D and Laboratories, Corporate Procurement, NN Finance (2017–2019) and Project Vice President, Devices and Delivery Solutions, NN Development (2019–2021).
Paula Glickenhaus
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Bristol Myers Squibb
Chief Procurement Officer at Bristol Myers Squibb since November 2023; the profile describes the role as Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer. Before that she was SVP, Global Head Commercial & US Procurement at Novartis (2019–2021), Global Head Category Management Strategic Sourcing at Google (2021–2023) and Ad Interim NA CPO at Kenvue (2023).
Sebastien Bals
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Takeda
Chief Procurement Officer at Takeda since January 2026, after serving as Chief Procurement Officer at UCB (2017–2023) and EVP, Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at Merck Group (2023–2025). He has also been an Ambassador of The Sustainable Procurement Pledge since 2020 and was an Advisory Board Member at Procurement Leaders | A World 50 Group Community (2019–2025).
Sherry Davis
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer · Eli Lilly and Company
Senior Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer at Eli Lilly and Company since March 2024, after finance roles at Lilly including CFO, Lilly USA (2018–2024) and Vice President, CFO, Lilly USA and Immunology (2021–2024). The profile says she joined Lilly in 2006 as a financial consultant with Lilly Research Laboratories and has held domestic and international roles, including an assignment in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Sirsij Peshin
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer, Global Lead - Source to Pay · Pfizer
Chief Procurement Officer, Global Lead - Source to Pay at Pfizer since April 2022. Earlier Pfizer roles include CIO, Director - Business Technology (China) (2004–2007), CIO - Asia Region Lead Vice President - Business Technology (Corporate Officer) (2007–2012), Regional Lead - Global Commercial Operations (Japan) (2012–2015) and Vice President - Global Commercial Operations (2015–2022). The profile cites 30+ years of cross-functional leadership and technology-enabled transformations.
Suman Datta
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Lupin
Chief Procurement Officer at Lupin since January 2024; the headline gives the title as Executive Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer. Earlier he was Manager Opearations, Materials and Logistics at Eaton (2018–2019) and Vice President Integrated Planning at Cipla (2019–2021); the profile also lists a Senior Vice President, Integrated Planning Cipla Global Supply Chain role from 2021.
Venumadhav Madamanchi CPSM CSCP
LinkedInExperience: CPO & Head of Global Strategic Sourcing and Procurement · Viatris
CPO & Head of Global Strategic Sourcing and Procurement at Viatris since April 2021, after serving as Global Head of Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Direct Materials & Scientific Services at Viatris (2020–2021) and SVP & Global Head of Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Direct Materials at Mylan (2018–2020). The profile says he leads a multicultural team of 257 professionals and cites over 24 years in procurement and supply chain management.
Zoe Ren
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Chief Procurement Officer at Ferring Pharmaceuticals since February 2023, after Ferring roles as Global Indirect Procurement Transformation Lead (2017–2019), Director, Global Head of Indirect Procurement (2018–2020), Director , Global Head of Direct Procurement (2021–2022) and Senior Director, global category (2022–2023).
Choose the right perspective
Match the company type to yours, since a large research-based drug maker, a generics company and a mid-sized specialty firm buy very differently. If your question is about a specific category, such as external manufacturing, R&D services or source-to-pay systems, favor people whose earlier roles name that category.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you split procurement between direct materials, external manufacturing, R&D and indirect spend, and where did you place category leaders?
- 02How do you balance cost savings against supply continuity and quality requirements when choosing or changing a supplier?
- 03What did you change first when you took over the procurement function, and how did you measure whether it worked?
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