Major accountabilities:

• Support the development of the Category Strategy and the Annual Category Plan, as required by the Global Category Lead.
• Implement sourcing business plan for area of responsibility -Deploy actions within categories, support the development of Category targets, and deliver savings targets where appropriate -Support the aggregation of all Category level data across Divisions to inform the top-down target setting process.
• Support the collection of supplier, market, Category and internal business information at both the Category and sub-category levels.
• Assist the coordination of materials for supplier segmentation processes, as defined by the Novartis Supplier Performance and Innovation Framework and directed by the Global Category Lead.
• Supports the tracking and documentation of risk and issue management for the category.
• Facilitate contract management and execution (Cross-Divisional/Pharma spend <$12m NCH/SDZ/NVD/NIBR spend <$10 m).
• Understand applied practice, concepts and process in one or more procurement disciplines (e.g. category management,negotiation, contracts, systems and processes, project or information management).
• Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarioses related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt -Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)

Minimum Requirements:
Work Experience:

• > 2 years of experience of working in a global environment in a similar position of advantage.

• Experience of working in Procurement operations or equivalent operations.
• Experience in reporting & advanced analytical and presentation tools.
• Experience in Spend reporting, analysis and optimization.
• Experience with eSourcing tools.
• Good understanding of operations and business culture of multinational company.
• Ability to work in virtual teams and with remote stakeholders.
• Experience in supporting clients directly / managing Stakeholders.
• High proven interpersonal, communication & negotiation and skills.
• Advanced Analytical & Conceptual Thinking, organizational skills, results oriented and proactive.
• Strong sense for independence and self-drive.
• Curious mind and high motivation to learn.

Skills:

• Internal And External Customer Needs Analysis & Satisfaction Studies.
• Negotiating.
• Root Cause Analysis And Problem-Solving.
• Vendor Management
• Contracting & Sourcing
• Spend Analysis

Languages :

• English
• Knowledge of German, Dutch or Spanish languages is an advantage