Novartis Hiring for Procurement Manager – Warehouse & Distribution North America job in East Hanover Full Time

Job Description
Role Overview:
-To be responsible for multiple categories in one country OR one cross divisional category in one country part of the Category aligned teams.
– With a Business Partnering approach may lead the delivery of individual projects defined as part of the Annual Category Plan; to focus on project delivery with activities including requirements gathering, market analysis, qualifying and selecting suppliers with the relevant Business Partners and stakeholders, as well as non-sourcing projects such as demand management and process improvement.

Job Responsibilities:
-Implement global category strategy at local level OR implement sourcing business plan for area of responsibility; directly deploys global category strategy at site level.
-Supervise the implementation of sourcing plans for the sub-category and deliver sub-category savings targets following engagement in the target setting process.
-Provide input into the overall Category segmentation and identification of key supplier relationships or may directly control purchases with respect to supplier choice, timing and commercial conditions on a local basis (may vary between divisions depending on way spend is controlled).
-Manage strategic sub-category supplier relationships, and implement consistent key performance indicators for the sub-category, and report on suppliers’ performance.
-Collect supplier information and feedback from Divisions, countries, sites, Category teams and Business Partners, and deliver Procurement Balanced Scorecard metrics for the relevant sub-category.
-Create, apply, complete and reviews major contracts for the sub-category, and ensure that negotiated contracts are clearly communicated for the sub-category area and that they are consistently applied [Cross-Divisional/Pharma spend $12 -$25m NCH/SDZ/NVD/NIBR spend $10 -$20m].
-Manage strategic sub-category supplier relationships, and implement consistent key performance indicators for the sub-category, ensuring that any supplier performance risks and issues are resolved on a timely basis to end-user satisfaction.
-Direct reports 0-5
-Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt
-Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)Minimum requirements
– 5-10 years in Category Management
– Experience within Logistics, Warehousing and/or Transport
– Experience with the Healthcare industry
– Strategic Procurement experience, negotiation, category strategy development.
– Experience leading multi-million dollar category with significant & challenging contract negotiation experience.