Job Description

22! The number of Countries this Regional Procurement Category Lead will manage and support.

The Regional Procurement Category Lead (Marketing Services) leads all strategic aspects within the category of Marketing Services, across divisions, on a global / regional level and develops proposals for strategic business decisions.
The role provides high value procurement solutions to the business and category strategies; supports third party vendor selection, vendor development, technology management and performance measurement activities. The Regional Procurement Category Lead (M&S) ensures best-in-class delivery of external services and products in the regional M&S category to support projects and to realize year-on-year productivity improvements, cost savings, and process improvements in close collaboration with the stakeholders in the business. Manage OE and POM to support APAC region improve working efficiency and achieve insights drive decision.

Your Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Deriving game-changing strategies by defining clear category objectives, working with analytical data, business stakeholders and market expertise. Aligning strategies to measurable target and clearly conveying them to the organization.
• Align with country team on R&R under new org-chart. Make sure end to end service to country on category management and be responsible for final deliverables.
• 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.
• Participating in and / or leading financial discussions. Applying financial knowledge to participate actively, e.g. in budgeting process, including tax aspects in sourcing strategies and structuring sophisticated deals with ecosystem partners.
• 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.
• 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

Minimum requirements

What you\'ll bring to the role:

• 5-10 years of relevant business experience (industry specific experience).
• Preferably

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 commercial domain.

• Strong project management or other leadership experience
• Excellent spoken and written English. Other foreign languages as required

Why Novartis?
236 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2022, and while we\'re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people\'s lives.
We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.
We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what\'s possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world\'s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!
Imagine what you could achieve here at Novartis!

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Functional Area

Procurement

Division

Operations

Business Unit

PROCUREMENT

Employment Type

Regular

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team\'s representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Shift Work

No

Early Talent

No

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