Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support the development of the Category Strategy and the Annual Category Plan, as required by the Global Category Lead.
• Implement sourcing business plan for area of responsibility.
• Deploy actions within categories, support the development of Category targets, and deliver savings targets where appropriate.
• Support the aggregation of all Category level data across Divisions to inform the top-down target setting process.
• Support the collection of supplier, market, Category and internal business information at both the Category and sub-category levels.
• Assist the coordination of materials for supplier segmentation processes, as defined by the Novartis Supplier Performance and Innovation Framework.
• Supports the tracking and documentation of risk and issue management for the category.
• Facilitate contract management and execution.
• Understand applied practice, concepts and process in one or more procurement disciplines (e.g. category management, negotiation, contracts, systems and processes, project or information management).

Essential Requirements:

• > 2 years of experience of working in a global environment in a similar position of advantage.
• Experience of working in Procurement operations and basic understanding of P2P Processes.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills to manage stakeholders, suppliers, and internal teams.
• Experience in reporting & advanced analytical and presentation tools.
• Good understanding of operations and business culture of multinational company.
• Ability to work in virtual teams and with remote stakeholders.
• Strong sense for independence and self-drive.
• Curious mind and high motivation to learn.

Desirable Requirements:

• Knowledge of SAP, Ariba and other Procurement technologies would be beneficial.
• Experience in managing Meetings & Events would be good to have (but not mandatory).