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W&D Category Buyer APAC

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Novartis

W&D Category Buyer APAC

Shanghai, China

Summary

The buyer will handle Warehousing & Distribution in APAC Clusters by supporting source-to-contract activities, negotiating optimal deals, researching and selecting suppliers, communicating with category management, evaluating bids and proposals, and managing end-to-end sourcing processes including RFI/RFQ, negotiations, contracts, and maintaining MIS dashboards.

About the Role

• Closely manage daily procurement tracking activities for End-to-End SCM operation service.

• Deal with W&D Procurement operation from KEY stakeholders covering APAC Region incl. China & Japan. Strictly monitor the supplier profile, master data, contract management, sourcing projects and saving plans from Category Managers to improve operation efficiency.

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• Play an active role as Reginal Stakeholder Liaison, focal point for data consolidation and analysis. Promptly report Exception/Alert activities via IT tools with close communication.

• Participate in project management and take meetings with CMs & Regional stakeholders.

• Set up strong mindset of Continuous Improvement on routine operation process; participate in W&D Category SOP development and optimization on regular basis.

• In close collaboration with Cross-Functional teams on Procurement, SCM, CSR, Finance, QA, EHS, IT activities and strategy support based on day-to-day operation transaction.

• Thorough understanding of the process with holistic view of E2E Procurement process, implements concepts and actions to realize the internal process optimization.

• Contribute and deliver KPI result & Cost efficiency significantly in line with business performance; handle service critical issues and provide timely delivery update to regional key stakeholders. Familiar with system transaction like AGB/SLP/MDG/EPRM etc.

• Administrative documentation and filing management; any other work assigned by superiors.

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Division
Operations

Business Unit
Innovative Medicines

Location
China

Site
Shanghai (Shanghai)

Company / Legal Entity
CN06 (FCRS = CN006) Beijing Novartis Pharma Co., Ltd

Functional Area
Procurement

Job Type
Full time

Employment Type
正式

Shift Work
No

Client-provided location(s): Shanghai, China
Job ID: Novartis-REQ-10035694
Employment Type: Full Time