Sourcing Manager - Maintenance, Repair & Operations

Key Responsibilities:

• providing end-to-end program management through the alignment of business requirements, operational excellence, strategic sourcing and negotiation expertise, supplier market intelligence
• delivering day-to-day Procurement services and demand management
• monitoring and supporting sourcing execution and negotiation performed by the buyer (also acts as an escalation point).
• maintaining strong information flows back to global Category team for opportunities to aggregate demand and generate additional leverage.
• ensuring operational Procurement requests are executed in line with category strategies, and in compliance with relevant policies and operating procedures, including preferred supplier agreements.
• chipping in to overall savings opportunity identification and delivery

Essential Requirements:

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in fields such as business administration, finance, law or a scientific or technical field.
• Experience in Procurement and contracting.
• Experience in navigating in global, matrix organizations and across geographies and cultures.
• Extensive experience in sourcing processes (e.g. RFI/RFQ), negotiation strategies, project management.
• Good communication and collaboration skills as well as market analysis capabilities to drive operational excellence.
• Expertise in SAP or other management system.
• Excellent spoken and written English.

Desirable Requirements:

• CIPS or similar professional qualification
• German language Negotiating.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve