Summary
About the Role
Key Responsibilities:
• Implement strategic goals from overall stakeholder strategy / Ecosystem/Category management: 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.
• Demand management: Responsible to ensure the right balance between business needs and Novartis’ strategy. Accountable to work with stakeholders to identify the most cost-effective ways to deliver business objectives.
• Sourcing and supplier relationships management: Executing the Source-to-Contract process including respective strategies, approaches and methods: Preparing and conducting fact-based negotiations. Adapting tactics from a broad portfolio of negotiation strategies to achieve results that support business and Procurement objectives.
• Manage relationships with stakeholders: Analyzing specifications for optimization. Linking specification to customer value, challenging specification confidently. Conveying messages clearly and convincing stakeholders.
• 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. Projecting the dynamics and impacts (e.g. mergers and acquisitions). Extracting, cleansing and consolidating information to fact-based insights for further usage e.g. in category strategies.
• Support definition and implementation of Procurement tools and processes.
Role Requirements:
• University/Advanced degree is required. Master’s Degree/other advanced degree is preferred.
• Preferably > 5-10 years of relevant subject experience (experience in Procurement, Supplier Management, Finance, Architecture).
• Preferably > 5-10 years of experience in Procurement or other related experience preferably in sourcing management , category management, supplier management, or related area, with a focus in agencies.
• Strong project management and other leadership experience.
• Stakeholder Management to CxO level.
• Strong influencer in decision-making process within and outside of procurement.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: :
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