About the Role:
To be responsible for leading the delivery of individual projects defined as part of the Annual Category Plan; focusing on project delivery with activities including requirements gathering, market analysis, qualifying and selecting suppliers with the relevant Business Partners and stakeholders, as well as non-sourcing projects such as demand management and process improvement.
Major Accountabilities:Implement global category strategy at the local level or implement sourcing business plan for the area of responsibility; directly deploys global category strategy at site level.Supervise the implementation of sourcing plans for the sub-category and deliver sub-category savings targets following engagement in the target setting process.Provide input into the overall Category segmentation and identification of key supplier relationships or may directly control purchases with respect to supplier choice, timing, and commercial conditions on a local basis (may vary between divisions depending on way spend is controlled).Manage strategic sub-category supplier relationships and implement consistent key performance indicators for the sub-category, and report on suppliers' performance.Collect supplier information and feedback from Divisions, countries, sites, Category teams, and Business Partners, and deliver Procurement Balanced Scorecard metrics for the relevant sub-category.Create, apply, complete, and review major contracts for the sub-category and ensure that negotiated contracts are clearly communicated for the sub-category area and that they are consistently applied.Manage strategic sub-category supplier relationships, and implement consistent key performance indicators for the sub-category, ensuring that any supplier performance risks and issues are resolved on a timely basis to end-user satisfaction.Qualifications:University/Advanced degree is required. Master's Degree/other advanced degree in IT, Business Administration, is preferred.Preferably 5-10 years of relevant subject experience (IT related experience in Procurement: software, infrastructure, services).Strong sourcing experience.Cross Cultural Experience. Major Change.Organization Scope; Scale and Complexity.Operations Management and Execution. Representing the organization.Advanced English.Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting, and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?
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Alternative Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Functional Area: Procurement
Job Type: Full time
Employment Type: Regular
Shift Work: No
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