Summary

To be responsible for one or more categories in WEC & SERCE clusters and support the implementation of Category Strategy and Annual Category Plan, deliver projects and initiatives, and execute Supplier Performance and Innovation; to support the Category leadership with the day-to-day activities of Category management.

About the Role

Major accountabilities:

• Support the development of the Category Strategy and the Annual Category Plan, as required by the Procurement Leadership Team.
• Implement sourcing business plan for area of responsibility -Deploy actions within categories, support the development of Category targets, and deliver savings targets where appropriate -Support the aggregation of all Category level data across Divisions to inform the top-down target setting process.
• Support the collection of supplier, market, Category and internal business information at both the Category and sub-category levels.
• Assist the coordination of materials for supplier segmentation processes, as defined by the Novartis Supplier Performance and Innovation Framework and directed by the Global Category Lead.
• Supports the tracking and documentation of risk and issue management for the category.
• Facilitate contract management and execution
• Understand applied practice, concepts and process in one or more procurement disciplines (e.g. category management, negotiation, contracts, systems and processes, project or information management).
• Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt -Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)

• > 2 years of experience of working in a global environment in a similar position of advantage.
• Experience of working in Procurement operations or equivalent operations.
• Experience in reporting & advanced analytical and presentation tools.
• Experience in Spend reporting, analysis and optimization.
• Experience with eSourcing tools.
• Good understanding of operations and business culture of multinational company.
• Ability to work in virtual teams and with remote stakeholders.
• Experience in supporting clients directly / managing Stakeholders.
• High proven interpersonal, communication & negotiation and skills.
• Advanced Analytical & Conceptual Thinking, organizational skills, results oriented and proactive.
• Strong sense for independence and self-drive.
• Curious mind and high motivation to learn.

• Internal And External Customer Needs Analysis & Satisfaction Studies.
• Negotiation.
• Root Cause Analysis and Problem-Solving.
• Vendor Management.

• English.