Procurement Manager

365 days a year, our global manufacturing and supply network works to ensure our patients have the treatments they need to live longer and healthier lives. To help us in this, you will manage all external services supporting the corresponding Novartis development function, controlling an annual expense of 250-300M€, financially contributing in terms of right-sized spending and impactful savings generation.- The Procurement Manager plans and leads all strategic aspects within the pharmaceutical Finish Dose Form products category on a regional level for the suppliers in scope and develops proposals for strategic business decisions helping drive the spend agenda for the unit. The role provides high value procurement solutions to the business and category strategies; support third party vendor selection, vendor development, technology management and performance measurement activities.
- The Procurement Manager FDF ensures best-in-class delivery of external services and products in the FDF category to support projects and to realize year-on-year productivity improvements, cost savings, spend monitoring and process improvements in close collaboration with the responsible Supplier Relationship Manager for the unit and key stakeholders in the business**Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:

- **Implement category strategic goals from overall Procurement strategy / Ecosystem 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.
- 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 or cost savings opportunities
- Support definition and implementation of Procurement tools and processes.
- Managing data analysis and reporting, e.g. analyzing spend, demand, supply markets and competitors. Extracting, cleansing and consolidating information to fact-based insights for further usage e.g. in category strategies.
- **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.
- Proactive assessment of new ways of working, involving innovative scientific & technical solutions by identifying and onboarding the right suppliers.
- **Manage relationships with stakeholders**:

- Analyzing specifications for optimization. Linking specification to customer value, challenging specification confidently. Conveying messages clearly and convincing stakeholders.
- Achieving results by proactively building long-term, sustainable and effective relationships, understanding the stakeholder landscape and demonstrating political astuteness across business structures and networks.

**Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion**:

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

**Minimum requirements**

**What you’ll bring to the role**:

- University/Advanced degree is required. Master’s Degree/other advanced degree is preferred.
- 8-10 years of experience in Procurement or other related experience within the pharmaceutical industry, preferably in category management, supplier management, or related area, with a focus in the direct category / pharmaceutical Finish Dose Forms domain.
- Experience working with solid forms (capsules, tablets, film coated tablets) and sterile forms (droptainers and/or ointments for ophthalmic products) will be highly valued.
- Strong project management or other leadership experience.
- Excellent spoken and written English.
- Skills:

- Understanding Procurement vision based on insights into procurement leading practices. Linking Procurement strategy to Novartis’ overall strategy and conveying it clearly to the organization.
- Mapping and analyzing the procurement ecosystem for respective solid or sterile forms, meaning how procurement's customers, stakeholders, suppliers, 3rd parties and even competitors play a role on it.
- Understanding the steps, methods and processes to manage supplier, covering supplier strategy, supplier collaboration, supplier development, supplier lifecycle management and supplier performance management.
- Understanding and experience in analyzing spend, demand, supply markets and competitors. Understanding the dynamics a