Career Growth and Leadership Opportunities at Takeda

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We are thrilled to introduce one of our exceptional employees, Caroline Slomski, G lobal Head of Talent Acquisition for Global Supply & Quality (GSQ.) Caroline is a valuable member of our team, and her contributions have been critical to the success of our organization. Empower Our Career Moves series showcases the inspiring stories of individuals who have taken remarkable strides in their careers at Takeda across five career path categories. Caroline is a shining example of our Career Move - Empower: Leading teams - Accountability to guide and oversee teams toward achieving organizational goals. Strategic Decision-Making - Make impactful decisions that shape the direction of projects and initiatives. Mentoring and Inspiring - Foster a positive work culture by mentoring team members, inspiring their growth and ensuring successful project execution. LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR CAREER MOVES Can you share an example of successfully leading a diverse team and achieving project goals? I lead the team responsible for attracting talent to our Global Supply & Quality business functions. Together, we are responsible for developing and executing recruitment, attraction and employer branding strategies. Our purpose is to attract top-tier talent from across the globe and a wide range of backgrounds while simultaneously strengthening Takeda's employer brand. To achieve our project goals, we place a strong emphasis on creating an inclusive work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. Each team member is united in our purpose and brings their unique and complementary viewpoints to the work we do so that we can be successful. How do you ensure your team aligns with Takeda's goals? Aligning teams with Takeda's goals involves clear communication, setting strategic objectives and regular check-ins. We are a large, matrixed organization so collaboration and building awareness are incredibly important to our overall success. Takeda’s values are brought to life through something we refer to as Patient-Trust-Reputation-Business ‘P-T-R-B'. We put the patient at the center of everything we do. If it’s good for the patient, we ask ourselves if our actions are helping to build trust with society and enhance Takeda’s reputation. Provided we can speak affirmatively about the first three, we know good business results will follow. No matter the department, we all follow P-T-R-B; it unites us, fosters a sense of purpose in our work and affirms to us that the work we are undertaking is worthwhile and necessary. Describe a strategic decision you made that influenced a project's direction. For me, it’s less about decisions and more about an approach. We all have opinions on what we believe is the ‘best path forward,’ but those opinions are often bespoke and not reflective of a situation or a particular working environment. By leading with qualitative and quantitative data, the ‘best path' often reveals itself, and it’s not always what I would have pursued had I been asked to make a decision independent of information. When we take the time to examine the data, the root cause of the issue is realized so we can spend our effort fixing the true issue, knowing our time is being spent in the right way. For example, one challenge we took on recently involved a high volume of candidates in ratio to our open jobs, and the manual time required to review them. We knew it was critical to P-T-R-B that we fill those jobs as quickly as possible, so this was a challenge worth solving. We looked to technology and AI to help us overcome this challenge. There was initial resistance from our business, team members and others, but by showing the data and the ultimate impact on the patient, we generated the support we needed and implemented the new tool with success. What I love about this initiative especially is that we were able to solve a problem while also upskilling our team on some of the latest techniques in our industry. How do you foster a positive work culture and mentor team members? Creating a positive work culture is essential for the success of any team, and I believe it hinges on the personal connections fostered with each team member. Beyond the tasks we perform, our identities extend beyond the workplace, and understanding the personal aspects of each team member informs their motivations at work. Within my team, there's a genuine camaraderie—we openly share both personal and professional triumphs and setbacks, actively listen to one another and provide mutual encouragement. Our authenticity enables us to exchange feedback without fear of misinterpretation. I place a strong emphasis on mentorship and offering guidance and aim to cultivate an atmosphere where team members feel both valued and empowered to enhance their skills. Share a complex project you led and your impact on its execution and outcomes. During my tenure with the Global Supply & Quality teams, I spearheaded a multifaceted project focused on delving into our business functions’ distinctive Employment Value Proposition (EVP) so that we could unite under a vision that would articulate what made us stand apart and how that connected to the expectations from talent in the market. To achieve this, we conducted in-depth interviews with employees and leaders worldwide, as well as talented individuals external to our organization. The culmination of these efforts allowed us to encapsulate the unique facets that set our business functions apart, both within and beyond the pharmaceutical industry. This initiative has significantly enhanced our ability to attract top-tier talent, leading to a notable improvement in employer perception and substantial positive outcomes in our talent acquisition endeavors. 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