REQ-10014105
Jul 05, 2024
Mexico

Summary

Location: Mexico City #Hybrid About the Role: You´ll support US Procurement team by lead the delivery of individual projects defined as part of the Annual Category Plan; to focus 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.

About the Role

Major accountabilities:

  • Translates global l procurement strategy into US 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 purchase 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, sites, Category teams and Business Partners, and deliver Procurement Balanced Scorecard metrics

Minimum Requirements:

  • Proven experience negotiating and creating highly complex regional contracts
  • Strong knowledge of Procurement process
  • Strong and effective written and verbal communications (English)
  • Strong experience managing strategic category supplier relationships.
  • Knowledge of the marketing categories (preferred)
  • US experience (prerred)

Why Novartis:

Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here:
https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people and culture

Join our Novartis Network:

If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis
Network here:

https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network

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? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

Join our Novartis Network: Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network

Operations
CTS
Mexico
INSURGENTES
Procurement
Full time
Regular
No
A female Novartis scientist wearing a white lab coat and glasses, smiles in front of laboratory equipment.
REQ-10014105

Regional Category Manager, US (Temporary 3 months)

Apply to Job