Sourcing Manager

**Summary**:
About the Role:
To be responsibl for lead the delivery of individual projects defined as part of the Annual Category Plan; to focus on project delivery with activities including requirements gathering, market analysis, qualifying and selecting suppliers with the relevant Business Partners and stakeholders, as well as non-sourcing projects such as demand management and process improvement.

**About the Role**:
**Major accountabilities**:

- Implement global category strategy at local level OR implement sourcing business plan for area of responsibility; directly deploys global category strategy at site level.
- Supervise the implementation of sourcing plans for the sub-category & deliver sub-category savings targets following engagement in the target setting process.
- Provide input into the overall Category segmentation and identification of key supplier relationships or may directly control purchases with respect to supplier choice, timing and commercial conditions on a local basis (may vary between divisions depending on way spend is controlled).
- Manage strategic sub-category supplier relationships and implement consistent key performance indicators for the sub-category, and report on suppliers’ performance.
- Collect supplier information and feedback from Divisions, countries, sites, Category teams and Business Partners, and deliver Procurement Balanced Scorecard metrics for the relevant sub-category.
- Create, apply, complete and reviews major contracts for the sub-category and ensure that negotiated contracts are clearly communicated for the sub-category area and that they are consistently applied
- Manage strategic sub-category supplier relationships, and implement consistent key performance indicators for the sub-category, ensuring that any supplier performance risks and issues are resolved on a timely basis to end-user satisfaction.

**Minimum Requirements**:

- University/Advanced degree is required. Master’s Degree/other advanced degree in IT, Business Administration, is preferred
- Strong sourcing experience
- Cross Cultural Experience. Major Change.
- Organization Scope; Scale and Complexity.
- Operations Management and Execution. Representing the organization.
- Communication skills
- Advanced English.

Division

Operations

Business Unit

CTS

Location

Mexico

Site

INSURGENTES

Company / Legal Entity

MX06 (FCRS = MX006) Novartis Farmacéutica S.A. de C.V.

Alternative Location 1

Prague, Czech Republic

Functional Area

Procurement

Job Type

Full time

Employment Type

Regular

Shift Work

No

**Accessibility and accommodation**:
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