Summary

The Program Manager supports the Procurement leadership team by leading cross-category and cross-divisional activities that drive maximum productivity, properly allocate procurement resources, drive effective strategy and tactics and ensure professional communication and execution of procurement projects and activities globally. The role is accountable for partnering with a global Procurement tower for the management of a project portfolio.

He/she is also responsible to ensure that global Procurement transformation will be effectively implemented and meet objectives associates' commitment and engagement. The role is also responsible to ensure delivery of measurable value for Novartis, through proper project management related to the transformation of Procurement's function.

• Creating Procurement vision based on insights into procurement leading practices and experience in strategy development. Linking Procurement strategy to Novartis' overall strategy and conveying it clearly to the organization.
• Accountable for partnering with a global Procurement tower for the management of a project portfolio.
• Aligning strategies to measurable target and clearly conveying them to the organization.
• Managing data analysis and reporting, e.g. analyzing spend, demand, supply markets and competitors. Extracting, cleansing and consolidating information to fact-based insights for further usage e.g. in category strategies.
• Ability to navigate procurement tools. Expertise in the procurement data structure and procurement classification system for material, services, and suppliers.
• Expertise in the driving continuous improvement of procurement content and automation.
• Procurement KPIs (performance, price and demand development): excellent in navigating in Procurement KPIs related to market insights, price and demand development as well as procurement's performance.
• Project management & planning: planning, organizing and managing projects taking into account priorities, resources, budgets, issues and constraints to achieve desired results; defining clear project scope and objectives; utilizing software and tools to plan, track and report status.
• Change management: Embracing and shaping change as well as knowledge how to overcome challenges. Applying systematic change management methods to facilitate change.
• Relationship management and business partnering: achieving results by proactively building long-term, sustainable and effective relationships, understanding the stakeholder landscape and demonstrating political astuteness across business structures and networks.

• University/Advanced level degree needed.
• >10+ years of experience in large multinational organization.
• 5-7 years of experience working in large international company.
• 3-5 years of relevant business experience.
• Experience with procurement operations and project management.
• Experience in reporting & analytical tools (SAP BW, MS Access and MS Excel).
• Experience in managing diverse teams.
• Able to navigate with diverse stakeholders in a matrix organization and across geographies and cultures.
• ~Strong communication & project management skills.
• Master's Degree/other advanced degree in Business, Finance, Economics or similar is preferred.
• Additional qualifications (CIPS, Project Management, etc.) or similar professional qualifications preferred.