Procurement Associate (Buyer)

Job Description Summary

As Procurement Associate you will be responsible for one category in one country and support the implementation of Category Strategy and Annual Category Plan, deliver projects and initiatives, and execute Supplier Performance and Innovation; to support the Category leadership with the day-to-day activities of Category management.

Job Description

Your responsibilities include, but 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
• Supports the tracking and documentation of risk and issue management for the category
• 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)

What you’ll bring to the role:

• University/Advanced degree is required
• English and German (excellence in speaking and writing)
• Procurement experience as advantage
• Solid experience in navigating in global, matrix organizations and across geographies and cultures
• Operations Management and Execution
• Technical / Functional Skills & Knowledge
• Internal and external Customer needs analysis & satisfaction studies
• Vendor Management

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of 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.

Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit 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, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!

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Skills Desired

Internal And External Customer Needs Analysis & Satisfaction Studies, Negotiating, Root Cause Analysis And Problem-Solving, Vendor Management