**Summary**:
Location: Mexico City #Hybrid
About the Role:
To be responsible for R&D; category and 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.
**About the Role**:
**Major accountabilities**:
- Implement general 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 & 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.
- 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.
**Minimum Requirements**:
- University/Advanced degree is required.
Master's Degree/other advanced degree is preferred.
- Cross Cultural Experience.
- Strategic sourcing and stakeholder management experience.
- Strong and effective written and verbal communications (English)
- Experience in Research and development category (preferred)
Division
Operations
Business Unit
CTS
Location
Mexico
Site
INSURGENTES
Company / Legal Entity
MX06 (FCRS = MX006) Novartis Farmacéutica S.A. de C.V.
Alternative Location 1
Prague, Czech Republic
Functional Area
Procurement
Job Type
Full time
Employment Type
Regular
Shift Work
No
**Accessibility and accommodation**:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

📌 Global Sourcing Manager R&D (Xico)
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