Summary
About the Role
- Translates global divisional category strategy into global, divisional, sub category strategy OR translates regional procurement strategy into country strategy and local implementation.
- Lead 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 or sub-category strategy about segmentation and identification of key supplier relationships, and lead business planning activities and ensure these projects are staffed and executed on a timely basis in line with the targeted goals.
- 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.
- May directly control at a country level purchases with respect to supplier choice, timing and commercial conditions (may vary between divisions depending on way spend is controlled).
- 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 reviews 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 [Cross-Divisional /Pharma spend $25 -$100m NCH/SDZ/NVD/NIBR spend $20 -$80m].
- Manage the budget/resource allocation for the area of responsibility.
- Manage the performance and talent development of direct reports and contribute to talent development of indirect reports (Direct reports 5-10 or indirect reports up to 30).
- Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt -Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)
- Procurement productivity savings -Value Delivery (Financial) & Customer Delivery (service Provision)
Work Experience:
- Functional Breadth.
- Critical Negotiations.
- Industry/ Business Exposure.
- Cross Cultural Experience.
- Project Management.
- Operations Management and Execution.
- Effective Communication.
- Finance Management.
- Internal And External Customer Needs Analysis & Satisfaction Studies.
- Managing Resources.
- Negotiating.
- English.
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