Job Description Summary
Job Description SummarySandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!
Lead the global supplier strategy and management for the India-based API supply base, maximizing value creation through supplier partnerships, competitive sourcing throughout the whole lifecycle (launch to last-out), and global cross-functional collaboration.
Drive supplier-centric strategies including supplier growth, consolidation, and exit planning, while ensuring cost competitiveness, supply security, and alignment with global procurement and business priorities.
Direct people leadership responsibility for the Category Manager API at the Kalwe production site (key global launch site) and the Category Manager within the India sourcing office.
Lead the global supplier strategy and management for the India-based API supply base, maximizing value creation through supplier partnerships, competitive sourcing throughout the whole lifecycle (launch to last-out), and global cross-functional collaboration.
Drive supplier-centric strategies including supplier growth, consolidation, and exit planning, while ensuring cost competitiveness, supply security, and alignment with global procurement and business priorities.
Direct people leadership responsibility for the Category Manager API at the Kalwe production site (key global launch site) and the Category Manager within the India sourcing office.
Job Description
Major accountabilities:
Develop and execute supplier-centric strategies for the India supply base with a spend of 125 million USD, including contracting, joint business development plans, growth roadmaps, risk mitigation, and exit strategies aligned with global procurement and business priorities.
Lead and develop the procurement team, including the Category Manager API at the Kalwe site with a spend of ~85 million USD and the India sourcing office, ensuring alignment with global supplier strategies, strong performance, and effective cross-functional collaboration.
Coordinate API launch strategies with Development and global launch Management, conduct benchmarking and lead negotiations and alternative sourcing execution to prior to launch to ensure launch competitiveness.
Align with stakeholders on and engage in global supplier-related initiatives, such as tender management, cashflow improvement or inventory optimization.
Direct the identification of sourcing strategies and identify, engage and manage the relationships with key internal stakeholders and external suppliers, and exert significant influence to drive Procurement projects.
Direct the negotiation of agreements and lead the establishment of contracts to decrease total cost with specified quality and service levels and ensure supply security and ensure that savings are tracked according to group guidelines.
Direct the implementation and utilization of Procurement systems and ensure consistent tracking of savings, benchmarking and other Procurement KPIs, according to group policies.
Demonstrate thought leadership related to the identification, implementation and continuous improvement of sourcing best practices, systems and processes and policies alignment.
Direct the preparation and finalization of Procurement investments plans and budgets. Oversee the coordination and development of Procurement teams. Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Sandoz products within 24 hours of receipt.
Why Sandoz?
Sandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world’s medicines at 30% of the cost, touching the lives of more than 1 billion people across 100+ countries! While we are proud of our achievements, we have an ambition to do more so that everyone can achieve the basic human right of good health.
With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help even more people gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.
Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful careers, where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!
Join us, help us make healthcare fairer and faster.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are 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
Effective Communication, Finance Management, Internal And External Customer Needs Analysis & Satisfaction Studies, Managing Resources, NegotiatingSkills Required
- Experience leading supplier strategy and management for an API supply base with large spend (e.g., $125M)
- Proven people leadership managing Category Managers and procurement teams
- Experience in API sourcing, launch strategies, benchmarking, negotiations, and alternative sourcing prior to launch
- Proven ability to negotiate agreements, establish contracts, and achieve cost savings while ensuring quality and supply security
- Experience implementing and using procurement systems and tracking procurement KPIs and savings
- Ability to identify and execute sourcing strategies, engage stakeholders, and lead cross-functional procurement projects
- Experience in pharmaceuticals / biosimilars / generics or regulated supply chains
- Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to products within 24 hours
- Effective communication
- Finance management
- Internal and external customer needs analysis and satisfaction studies
- Managing resources
- Negotiating
Sandoz Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sandoz and has not been reviewed or approved by Sandoz.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, vision, and prescription coverage are consistently described as core components across U.S. roles and materials. Feedback suggests the medical offering is broad and a standard pillar of the package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with a company match described as generous is commonly included for U.S. roles. This savings support is positioned alongside other primary benefits as part of total rewards.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity eligibility is noted for many positions and a global all‑employee share program is being introduced from 2026. These elements add upside beyond base salary and annual bonus.
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What We Do
Sandoz is the global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines. Our Purpose is to pioneer access to medicines for patients globally. We are on a mission to drive innovation in the healthcare industry by freeing up resources sustainably and responsibly while continuing to address global health challenges such as antimicrobial resistance. We are present in more than 100 countries and our medicines serve some 500 million people every year. We have two main global businesses: Generics - divided between standard generics and complex generics - and Biosimilars.
