Job Description

28,000 associates of more than 100 nationalities deliver high quality and affordable medicine on time, every time, safely and efficiently.

The role owner is responsible for Leading teams who manage the Material Master Process in SAP for sites and categories to enable the procurement teams to procure the materials with the approved source with the correct commercial conditions. The Lead ensures the teams across Prague, KL and Hyd will work through the demands for MM updates in a timely manner to fulfill procurement requirements. All the data like info-records, source lists etc. will need to be kept up-to-date in alignment with the Category Procurement team. A very strong focus on customer service and end user satisfaction is required. He/ she will act as a Lead for MM and represent the team in sites and countries. Furthermore he/she will drive standardizing and automation in close collaboration with the Operations and the Category Procurement team. Lead will also ensure that the agreed standardized model is implemented in the sites across the Novartis sites.

Your key responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Responsible for driving the vision of the NTO Transformation Project until all of the countries are part of the standard process.
• Developing and Implementing solid guidelines, procedures and processes for each country specific, ensuring quality improvement through automations, standardization and mitigating non-cooperation and country specific issues that impact the business. Leading all of the technical issues and aligning IT where ever required to deliver business value.
• Function acts as a functional expert (SME) within the Procurement & Supply Chain teams for resolving and mitigating MM issues. (Accuracy, completeness, timeliness, consistency and validity)
• Provide guidance and set standards of functional excellence in methodologies, processes, and SOPs to enable enhancement of Globally accepted MM operations.
• Being a champion for MM who will liaise with the Procurement teams to define align and incorporate measurable impact to the NGSC.
• Work with the team members and be responsible for executing defined Category / Divisional / Regional / Country strategic and non-strategic projects for a site/country.
• Evaluating the demands for MM and being responsible for challenging and validating demand for all requirements across the cross cultural teams. Work in harmony with multiple team members based out of KL, Prague and Hyd.
• Being the face of the MM process for participating, contributing & leading where ever needed for all of the LDC projects. Work with the team and ensure implementation of source lists / contracts as a result from Category/Divisional/Country projects and monitor correct usage. Responsible for specific Master Data Management processes to build, extend and share knowledge within self-directed working teams

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
What you’ll bring to the role:

• Business fluent in English
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in similar position(s)
• Experience in Leading teams, good understanding of operations and business culture of multinational company, cross cultural working, international experience is a basic requirement.
• Post Graduation (or similar education) in fields such as business administration, finance, engineering, scientific or technical fields. CIPS or similar qualification desirable.

Why Novartis?
766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, 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 trying!

Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!

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Division
Novartis Technical Operations
Business Unit
NTO SMALL MOLECULES
Country
India
Work Location
Hyderabad, AP
Company/Legal Entity
Nov Hltcr Shared Services Ind
Functional Area
Procurement
Job Type
Full Time
Employment Type
Regular
Shift Work
No
Early Talent
No