Job Description Summary
As Global Category Manager QC CAPEX (Robotics), you will translate broader procurement strategies into effective category plans and sourcing initiatives. You will drive supplier performance, value delivery and contracting activities while partnering with divisions, countries, sites, Category teams and Business Partners.This is an opportunity to play an important role in an evolving global Category Management structure, strengthening how Procurement operates and partners with its internal customers
Job Description
Major Accountabilities
- Translate global divisional Category strategy into effective sub-category strategies, sourcing plans and implementation activities.
- Lead sourcing initiatives within QC CAPEX (Robotics) and deliver agreed procurement savings and value targets.
- Contribute to the overall Category strategy, including supplier segmentation, strategic supplier identification and business planning.
- Lead strategic supplier relationships, establish consistent performance indicators and address supplier performance risks and issues promptly.
- Lead major contracting activities within the sub-category, ensuring negotiated agreements are clearly communicated and consistently applied.
- Gather supplier information and feedback from divisions, countries, sites, Category teams and Business Partners.
- Support the delivery of relevant Procurement Balanced Scorecard metrics and other measures of financial and customer value.
- Manage budgets and resource allocation within the area of responsibility, ensuring priority projects are appropriately resourced and delivered.
- Manage the performance and development of direct reports and contribute to the development of indirect team members, where applicable.
Minimum Requirements:
- 9+years of total experience and significant experience in Laboratory equipment and Automation, robotics, procurement, strategic sourcing or Category Management, with responsibility for complex sourcing initiatives.
- Experience developing and implementing category or sub-category strategies and sourcing plans. Technology-focused sourcing: Familiarity with sourcing technology-intensive solutions and considering lifecycle cost, scalability, interoperability and supplier or technology dependency would be an advantage.
- Strong experience managing strategic supplier relationships and supplier performance.
- Demonstrated commercial capability, including supplier negotiations and the management of significant contracts.
- Experience delivering procurement savings, value and relevant performance measures.
- Strong stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to collaborate across functions, countries, sites and business areas.
- Experience managing complex projects, priorities, budgets and resources within a procurement environment.
- Leadership capability, including experience managing and developing teams and talent.
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 more here:
https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
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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Skills Desired
Automation, Quality Control (QC), RoboticsSkills Required
- 9+ years of total experience
- Significant experience in laboratory equipment and automation, robotics, procurement, strategic sourcing, or category management
- Experience leading complex sourcing initiatives
- Experience developing and implementing category or sub-category strategies and sourcing plans
- Experience managing strategic supplier relationships and supplier performance
- Commercial capability, including supplier negotiations and significant contract management
- Experience delivering procurement savings, value, and performance measures
- Strong stakeholder-management skills across functions, countries, sites, and business areas
- Experience managing complex projects, priorities, budgets, and resources in procurement
- Leadership experience managing and developing teams and talent
- Familiarity with technology-focused sourcing, lifecycle cost, scalability, interoperability, and supplier or technology dependency
Novartis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Novartis and has not been reviewed or approved by Novartis.
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Healthcare Strength — Pay and benefits are described as a strong overall package, supported by medical, dental, and vision insurance alongside FSAs/HSAs and disability and life coverage. Mental-health support is reinforced through an employee assistance program with psychological support and a network of mental health first aiders.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a standout element, with an automatic company contribution plus dollar-for-dollar matching in the 401(k). Additional retirement funding is described through an age-based defined contribution program and access to an employee share purchase plan discount.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-related benefits are framed as robust, including a global minimum of paid parental leave for new parents following birth or adoption. Added supports include domestic partner coverage, dependent-care resources, and benefits such as adoption assistance and child/elder care options.
Novartis Insights
What We Do
Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, working to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach more than 250 million people worldwide.
