Global Category Manager Automation & Robotics

Key responsibilities:

• Translate global divisional Category strategy into effective sub-category strategies, sourcing plans and implementation activities.
• Lead sourcing initiatives within Automation & 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.
• Significant professional experience in procurement, strategic sourcing or Category Management, with responsibility for complex sourcing initiatives.
• Experience developing and implementing category or sub-category strategies and sourcing plans.
• 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.

Essential Requirements:

Desirable Skills:

• Category experience: Experience or demonstrated exposure to industrial or laboratory automation, robotics, control systems, system integration or related technology and engineering categories is preferred.
• Technology-focused sourcing: Familiarity with sourcing technology-intensive solutions and considering lifecycle cost, scalability, interoperability and supplier or technology dependency would be an advantage.
• Supplier and stakeholder environment: Experience working with automation suppliers, technology partners, engineering teams or manufacturing stakeholders, together with an interest in emerging technologies, is preferred.
• Benefits & Rewards
• At Novartis, we’re committed to reimagining medicine together and rewarding the people who make it happen.
• The rewards of being part of our team go far beyond base pay and incentives. We offer a variety of competitive benefits to help you thrive personally and professionally.
• Our India benefits offering includes a range of programmes supporting compensation, insurance and flexible benefits, time off, retirement, health and wellbeing, ways of working, and career and development opportunities.
• Further details regarding your applicable benefits and compensation package will be provided during the application process.
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion / EEO
• Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
• 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.
• Desired
• Skills Desired

Benefits & Rewards

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion / EEO

Accessibility and Accommodation

Qualifications

• Significant professional experience in procurement, strategic sourcing or Category Management, with responsibility for complex sourcing initiatives.
• Experience developing and implementing category or sub-category strategies and sourcing plans.
• 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.