Job Description

About the role

Location: Prague, Czech republic or Hyderabad, India #LI-Hybrid
Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role:please only apply if this location is accessible for you.

About the Role:

The Global Procurement Category Manager, Drug Development, Comparators plans and leads all strategic aspects within the category of Comparators, across divisions, on a global level and develops proposals for strategic business decisions.

The category \'Comparators\' encompasses the procurement of comparators for clinical studies and drug development.

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 Global Procurement Category Manager, Drug Development, Comparators ensures best-in-class delivery of external services and products in the Comparators 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Executing the Source-to-Contract process including respective strategies, approaches and methods: Preparing and conducting fact-based negotiations. Adapting tactics from a broad portfolio of negotiation strategies to achieve results that support business and Procurement objectives.
• Planning, organizing and managing projects taking into account priorities, resources, budgets, issues and constraints to achieve desired results; defining clear project scope and objectives; utilizing software and tools to plan, track and report status.
• Mapping the value chain, analyzing it and deriving potential scenarios. Includes the understanding and application of total cost of ownership, and should cost modelling.
• 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.
• Achieving results by proactively building long-term, sustainable and effective relationships, understanding the stakeholder landscape and demonstrating political astuteness across business structures and networks.

Role Requirements

Essential Requirements:

• University/Advanced degree is required; an MBA in addition would be an advantage.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant business experience (industry specific experience, eg. in a Clinical CRO or a Clinical Supply provider).
• Minimum 10 years of experience in Global Strategic Procurement or other related experience (eg. within Clinical Supply provider) within the Pharmaceutical industry, preferably in category management, supplier management, or related area, with a strong focus on the Comparator and Clinical Supply domain.
• Strong subject matter expertise of the Comparators business.
• Solid subject matter expertise in Clinical Supply (Packaging, Labelling, Distribution) would be an advantage.
• Strong project management and/or other leadership experience.

Why Novartis: Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people\'s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn morehere: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

You\'ll receive: Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary; Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis); 5-week holiday per year; (1 week above the Labour Law requirement) ; 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report; Cafeteria employee benefit program - choice of benefits from Benefit Plus in the amount of 12,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 105 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); Public Transportation allowance; MultiSport Card. Find out more about Novartis Business Services: https://www.novartis.cz/

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.

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Functional Area

Procurement

Division

Operations

Business Unit

Procurement

Employment Type

Regular

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Shift Work

No

Early Talent

No

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