Kateryna Holovnia
Head of Procurement,
Dechra Pharmaceuticals
Kateryna Holovnia
Head of Procurement,
Dechra Pharmaceuticals
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Kateryna leads Global Procurement at Dechra, a global animal pharmaceutical company. She established Dechra’s Global Procurement approach, implementing a category structure that now covers all Direct Procurement and CAPEX. By introducing core principles, KPIs, and policies, she shifted the procurement function from operational to strategic, creating a business partner engaged from project inception.
With over 15 years in procurement, Kateryna is a champion of resilient strategies and risk mitigation. She introduced a comprehensive risk assessment approach for finished goods and raw materials, ensuring continuity of supply and market presence. Kateryna continuously brings innovative technologies and ideas to the table to enable strategic procurement processes, and to build strong, sustainable supplier relationships.
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