**Summary**:
Location: Mexico City #Hybrid
About The Role:
To plan and lead sourcing projects, specification definition and demand management, as well as manage sub-category-specific supplier performance and innovation activities.
**About the Role**:
**Major accountabilities**:
- Translates global divisional category strategy into general, divisional, sub category strategy OR translates regional procurement strategy into country strategy and local implementation.Lead 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 or sub-category strategy about segmentation and identification of key supplier relationships, and lead business planning activities and ensure these projects are staffed and executed on a timely basis in line with the targeted goals.
- 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.
- May directly control at a country level purchases with respect to supplier choice, timing and commercial conditions (may vary between divisions depending on way spend is controlled).




- 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.
- Manage the budget/resource allocation for the area of responsibility.
- Manage the performance and talent development of direct reports and contribute to talent development of indirect reports.
**Minimum Requirements**:
- Operations Management and Execution Project Management
- Strong and effective written and verbal communications (English)
- High and positive energy/self
- starter
- Soft skills in order to work with suppliers and stakeholders. Strong negotiation, finance management and analytical skills. Division
Operations
Business Unit
Innovative Medicines
Location
Mexico
Site
INSURGENTES
Company / Legal Entity
MX06 (FCRS = MX006) Novartis Farmacéutica S.A. de C.V.
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.

📌 Senior Cluster Procurement Manager (Baja California Sur)
🏢 Novartis
📍 Baja California Sur