Novartis Looking for Global Category Procurement Head – IT Outsourcing Services at Hyderabad, Telangana Full Time

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

Your Key Responsibilities:Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• The Global Category Procurement Head – IT Outsourcing Services leads all strategic aspects within the category of – IT outsourcing services, across divisions, on a global level and develops proposals for strategic business decisions.
• Drive / Implement category strategic goals from overall Procurement strategy, ecosystem management. Deriving groundbreaking strategies by defining clear category objectives, working with analytical data, business partners and market expertise. Aligning strategies to measurable target and clearly conveying them to the organization.
• Executing the Novartis Strategy, with profound commercial & technical skills as well as solid procurement knowledge. Creating Procurement vision based on insights into procurement leading practices and experience in strategy development. Linking Procurement strategy to Novartis’ overall strategy and conveying it clearly to the organization.
• Mapping the value chain, analyzing it and deriving potential scenarios. Includes the understanding and application of total cost of ownership and should cost modelling. Compliance & risk management: supporting reports to determine appropriate compliance level. Monitoring end-to-end compliance (budget, payment, vendor PO, contract invoice, buying channel, etc.) and deriving corrective actions to improve compliance.
• Applying risk management processes including identifying and evaluating risks and defining and executing a risk mitigation plan. Projecting the dynamics and impacts (e.g. mergers and acquisitions). Extracting, cleansing and consolidating information to fact-based insights for further usage e.g. in category strategies.
• 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. Support definition and implementation of Procurement tools and processes.
• 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 e.g. in category strategies.

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:Essential:

• Education: University/Advanced level degree needed. Master’s degree/other advanced degree in the business or technology-based disciplines is preferred.
• Experience: >20 years of relevant IT procurement experience, preferably in highly regulated industries. At least 10 years of experience in IT services Procurement. At least 5 years’ experience in category management, supplier management, or related area, with a focus in the IT
• Strong IT services knowledge to be credible with the Novartis IT community. Strong project management and demonstrable leadership experience.
• Languages: Excellent Spoken and Written English. Other foreign languages as required.

Desirable Requirements:

• Strategy / Category management / Supplier management / Project management. Understanding the Novartis Strategy, with profound commercial & technical skills as well as solid procurement knowledge. Creating Procurement vision based on insights into procurement leading practices and experience in strategy development. Understanding of the value chain with direct influence into the total cost of ownership and cost modelling.
• Mapping and analyzing the ecosystem, meaning how procurement’s customers, stakeholders, suppliers, 3rd parties and even competitors play a role in ecosystems.
• Specific Professional Competencies: Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) or Certified Purchasing Professional(CPP) – Preferred. Certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) – Preferred. Certification as Lean Six Sigma Black Belt – preferred

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 life.

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 at Novartis!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis embraces diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration, and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

Accessibility and accommodation

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

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Division

CTS

Business Unit

PROCUREMENT NBS

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