Global Procurement Category Manager - Professional Prague, Praha

Global Procurement Category Manager - Professional

Sandoz is going through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Generic and Biosimilar medicines.
Now as an independently listed company, Sandoz aims to increase its strategic focus, operate with greater agility, set clearer business objectives, enhance shareholder returns, and strengthen its culture for us, the Sandoz associates. This is an exciting time in our history, and by creating a new and ambitious path, it will provide a unique opportunity for us all, both professionally and personally.
Join us as a Founder of our ‘new’ Sandoz!
**Your Key Responsibilities**
- Implement global category strategy at the global / regional level and deliver savings targets following engagement in the target setting process
- Provide input into the overall category strategy and identification of key supplier relationships. May directly control purchases with respect to supplier choice, timing and commercial conditions.
- Support strategic supplier relationships management through implementation of consistent key performance indicators and report on suppliers’ performance.
- Collect supplier information and feedback from stakeholders, countries, sites and deliver Procurement Balanced Scorecard metrics for the professional services sub-category.
- Create, apply, complete and reviews major contracts for defined areas of spend and ensure that negotiated contracts are clearly communicated and that they are consistently applied across geographies
- Managing data analysis and reporting, e.g. analyzing spend, demand, supply markets and competitors Extracting, cleansing and consolidating information to fact-based insights for further usage in category strategies
- Executing the Source-to-Contract process including respective strategies, approaches and methods: preparing and conducting fact-based negotiations.
- We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve._
**What you’ll bring to the role**:
- Preferably > 5 years of experience in Procurement, preferably in category management within indirect spends, supplier management, or related area. Experience in the Professional Services category domain would be a great advantage.
- Extensive experience in sourcing processes (e.g. RFI/RFQ), negotiation strategies, project management, good communication and collaboration skills as well as market analysis capabilities to drive operational excellence.
- Experience in collaborating across boundaries and working in a cross cultural environment
- Scale and managing change
- Fluent in English
- Vendor Management Root Cause Analysis and Problem-Solving
- Internal and external Customer needs analysis & satisfaction studies
**You will receive**:
- Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary
- Risk Life Insurance
- 5-week holiday per year (1 week above the Labor Law requirement)
- Cafeteria employee benefit program - choice of benefits from Benefit Plus CZ in the amount of 12,000 CZK per year
- Public Transportation Allowance
- Meal vouchers in amount of 120 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company)
- Multisport Card
**Why Sandoz?**
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.
The future is ours to shape!
**#Sandoz

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