Summary
About the Role
Major accountabilities:
- Implement category strategic goals from overall Procurement strategy and ecosystem management.
- Plan, organise, and manage projects, considering priorities, resources, budgets, and constraints.
- Map and analyse the value chain, applying total cost of ownership and should-cost modelling.
- Participate in and/or lead financial discussions, including budgeting and structuring complex deals.
- Support compliance and risk management, monitoring end-to-end compliance and executing risk mitigation plans.
- Generate internal and external insights to inform category strategies.
- Maintain and update procurement applications and content, driving continuous improvement and automation.
- Support the definition and implementation of procurement tools and processes.
- Manage data analysis and reporting (spend, demand, supply markets, competitors).
- Ensure demand management aligns business needs with Novartis strategy.
- Execute Source-to-Contract processes, including negotiations and supplier onboarding.
- Manage stakeholder relationships, optimising specifications and delivering customer value.
- Build long-term, sustainable, and effective relationships across business structures and networks.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 8+ years of relevant business experience (industry-specific).
- Preferably 10+ years in procurement or related roles within the pharmaceutical industry, with a focus on category management, supplier management, or related areas in Indirect categories (External Workforce, HR services, IT services).
- Strong project management or leadership experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- University/Advanced degree required.
- Master’s degree or similar in supply chain management, business administration, or related field preferred.
- Strong preference for CIPS, CCW, or similar professional qualification.
Languages :
- English.
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