Summary:
To 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.

About the Role:
Major accountabilities:
- 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.
- Assist the coordination of materials for supplier segmentation processes, as defined by the Novartis Supplier Performance and Innovation Framework and directed by the Integral Category Lead.
- Supports the tracking and documentation of risk and issue management for the category.
- Facilitate contract management and execution (Cross-Divisional/Pharma spend

📌 Nto Specialist (Baja California Sur)
🏢 Novartis
📍 Baja California Sur