Summary
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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.
About the Role
Key Responsibilities:
- Planning and leading all strategic aspects within the category of Capital Investment, across divisions, on a global level
- Developing proposals for strategic business decisions
- Ensuring best-in-class delivery of external services and products in the Capital Investment category
- Supporting projects to realize year-on-year productivity improvements, cost savings, and process improvements in close collaboration with the partners in the business
- Mapping the value chain, analyzing it and deriving potential scenarios
- 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
- Supervising end-to-end compliance (budget, payment, vendor PO, contract invoice, buying channel, etc.)
- Handling data analysis and reporting, e.g., analyzing spend, demand, supply markets and competitors.
Essential Requirements:
- University Degree or equivalent experience in Engineering (e.g. Mechanical, Chemical, Process etc.) or Business Administration with strong technical competence is preferred.
- Min. 8 years of experience in Procurement or other related experience within the construction industry (contractor management, investments), preferably in category management, supplier management, or related area, with a focus in the Equipment domain.
- Strong project management or other leadership experience.
- Raw materials & components price / risk management including execution/trading based.
- Proficient in supervised market cost base analysis.
- Proficient English.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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
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Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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