Global Procurement Category Manager Research

Bringing life-changing medicines to millions of people, Novartis sits at the intersection of cutting-edge medical science and innovative digital technology.As a global company, the resources and opportunities for growth and development are plentiful including global and local cross functional careers, a diverse learning suite of thousands of programs & an in-house marketplace for rotations & project work.With strong medicines pipeline our current transformation will not just deliver growth for our business but continue to allow us to bring innovative medicines to patients quickly.- Main responsibilities:- Globalize and consolidate business needs, pull multiple entities operating similar services, to demonstrate any synergies to standardize and scale up the activities.- Develop proposals for strategic business decisions and provide support of make-versus-buy options (e.g. in-/outsourcing of technologies).- Accountable for establishment and maintenance of relationships with global strategic vendors, ensuring continuous improvement, spend/cost visibility and cross-divisional account management with Tier 1 suppliers.- Negotiate and finalize Master Service Agreements, Service Frame Agreements and other master agreements, support adequate contractualization to support services within the global Master Supply Agreement.- Proactively support the business in assessing of new innovative/technology-driven vendors through networking, cold-calls, conferences, etc.- Accountable along with the business and finance for efficiency and savings planning as well as ensuring the procurement participation in the annual budgeting planning for the category.- Successful project execution by providing all external solutions in time / at the required quality / within budget as verified by the business.- Understanding the Procurement KPIs related to market insights, price and demand development as well as procurement's performance.**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**- University/Advanced degree is required.Master's Degree/other advanced degree in Procurement/Business Administration and or Pharmaceutical Sciences is preferred.- Preferably > 5-10 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 Discovery & PreClinical Research domain.- Strong project management or other leadership experience.- Excellent spoken and written English.- Effective communication Internal and external.- Strategic Supplier Management.transformingforgrowthWhy Novartis?766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in ****, 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 tryingImagine what you could do here at Novartis**Division**- CTS**Business Unit**- PROCUREMENT NBS**Country**- Mexico**Work Location**- Distrito Federal**Company/Legal Entity**- NOV CORPORATIVO MEX**Alternative Country 1**- Czech Republic**Functional Area**- Procurement**Job Type**- Full Time**Employment Type**- Regular**Shift Work**- No**Early Talent**- No