Job Description Summary
The successful candidate with be involved in the full sourcing process based on stakeholder requirements and is responsible for catalogue management & stakeholder management.
Job Description
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.
- Supports the tracking and documentation of risk and issue management for the category.
- Facilitate contract management and execution.
- 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 scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt -Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)
Key performance indicators:
- Cost savings
- AWPT (Average Weighted Payment Terms)
- Cost avoidance
- E-Sourcing Metrics
Minimum Requirements:
- Minimum 2-3 years of professional experience in a similar position
- Experience in activities such as sourcing, managing vendors, negotiations.
- Experience in the usage of SAP Ariba or other tools
- An analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data effectively
- Ability to manage stakeholders at various levels
- Problem solving abilities with a pro-active approach
Languages :
- English is a must
- German is an advantage
- Russian is an advantage
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Skills Desired
Internal And External Customer Needs Analysis & Satisfaction Studies, Negotiating, Root Cause Analysis And Problem-Solving, Vendor Management
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