Sr Procurement Cat. Manager External Supply APMA

sandoz; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,800,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandoz is seeking a senior procurement professional to lead category initiatives within External Supply APMA. The role focuses on developing sub-category strategy, managing supplier performance, and delivering year-on-year productivity improvements in close collaboration with global stakeholders.

You will drive sourcing projects, define specifications, and ensure compliant, cost-effective solutions that align with business objectives and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Master's degree preferred; 10+ years in procurement, sourcing, category management or supply chain.
• Experience handling annual spend of USD 25M–100M+ across multiple suppliers.
• Proven track record of delivering cost savings and supplier performance improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead category initiatives and develop sub-category strategy.
• Plan, organize, and manage projects with budgets, scope and timelines.
• Participate in budgeting; analyze spend and perform risk and compliance monitoring.
• Develop supplier relationships, negotiate contracts, and drive performance improvements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders globally to align procurement with business objectives.
• Identify innovative suppliers and opportunities to reduce total cost of ownership.

Skills

Procurement

Strategic Sourcing

Category Management

Supply Chain

Vendor Management

Education

Master's Degree

Job description

Job Description Summary

• -To plan and lead Category initiatives for a clearly defined sub-category globally OR one category regionally OR all categories in one country OR multiple cross-unit categories in one country; to develop the sub-category strategy as part of the wider Category Strategy; to lead proactive sourcing projects, specification definition and demand management, as well as manage sub-category-specific supplier performance and innovation activities.

Job Description

Position Purpose:

Responsible for planning and leading all strategic aspects within the FDF category- External Supply APMA and developing proposals for strategic business decisions.

The role provides high value procurement solutions to the business and category strategies; support third party vendor selection, vendor development, technology management and performance measurement activities. The role ensures bestinclass delivery of external services and products in the FDF category- External Supply APMA to support projects and to realize yearonyear productivity improvements, cost savings, and process improvements in close collaboration with the stakeholders in the business. Working in accordance with legislation, internal rules, good practices and business objectives. Management and development of associates.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Implement category strategic goals from overall Procurement strategy / Ecosystem management: Planning, organizing, and managing projects considering priorities, resources, budgets, issues and constraints to achieve desired results; defining clear project scope and objectives; utilizing software and tools to plan, track and report status.
• Mapping the value chain, analyzing it and deriving potential scenarios. Includes the understanding and application of total cost of ownership and should cost modelling.
• Participating in and / or leading financial discussions. Applying financial knowledge to participate actively, e.g., in budgeting process, including tax aspects in sourcing strategies and structuring sophisticated deals with ecosystem partners.
• Compliance & risk management: supporting reports to determine appropriate compliance level. Monitoring endtoend compliance (budget, payment, vendor PO, contract invoice, buying channel, etc.) and deriving corrective actions to improve compliance.
• Projecting the dynamics and impacts (e.g. mergers and acquisitions). Extracting, cleansing and consolidating information to factbased insights for further usage e.g. in category strategies.
• Maintaining and updating Procurement applications accordingly to the Procurement content (e.g. ecatalogs, user portal). Continuous improvement of procurement content and automation.
• Support definition and implementation of Procurement tools and processes. Managing data analysis and reporting, e.g. analyzing spend, demand, supply markets and competitors.
• Responsible to ensure the right balance between business needs and Sandoz strategy. Accountable to work with stakeholders to identify the most cost-effective ways to deliver business objectives.
• Sourcing and supplier relationships management: Provision of strategies, approaches, and methods to allow for execution of the Source to Contract process: Preparing and conducting fact-based negotiations. Providing a broad portfolio of negotiation strategies to achieve results that support business and Procurement objectives:
• Proactive assessment of new ways of working, involving innovative scientific & technical solutions by identifying and onboarding the right suppliers.
• Achieving results by proactively building longterm, sustainable and effective relationships, understanding the stakeholder landscape and demonstrating political astuteness across business structures and networks.
• Providing conditions for and control of the implementation of HSE tasks and requirements in the unit.
• Other tasks determined during the annual objectives setting process and by KPIs.
• Other tasks as assigned by the supervisor and tasks based on a specific appointment.

What you'll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements

• University/Advanced degree is required. Master's Degree/other advanced degree is preferred, with min 10+ years of procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, or supply chain experience.
• Experience handling annual spend of USD 25M-100M+ across multiple suppliers and markets.
• Proven track record of delivering measurable cost savings, value creation, and supplier performance improvements.

Why Sandoz?

Sandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world's medicines at 30% of the cost, touching the lives of more than 1 billion people across 100+ countries! While we are proud of our achievements, we have an ambition to do more, so that everyone can achieve the basic human right of access to good healthcare.

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