Sr. Procurement Manager Capability & Leadership Development

Sandoz; Telangana; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandoz is seeking a Sr. Procurement Manager for Capability & Leadership Development to shape the global procurement capabilities and lead the Advanced Procurement Academy. You will drive talent, leadership, and capability initiatives across the organization, ensuring alignment with recruitment, succession planning and performance management.

The role requires experience in procurement, organizational development, and transformation, with a focus on leadership readiness and global programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or equivalent is a strong advantage.
• 5–8 years in Procurement, Consulting, Organizational Development, Talent Management, Learning, or Transformation.
• Procurement experience is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Shape the global Procurement capability framework and drive its evolution.
• Lead the Advanced Procurement Academy and build scalable learning journeys.
• Develop and implement talent, leadership and capability development programs.
• Align capability initiatives with recruitment, succession planning and performance management.
• Foster a high-performance culture aligned with Sandoz values.

Skills

Procurement

Organizational Development

Talent Management

Learning & Development

Transformation

Stakeholder Management

Leadership Development

Global Experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or equivalent advanced degree

Job description

Sr. Procurement Manager Capability & Leadership Development

Your Key Responsibilities:

The Sr. Procurement Manager Capability & Leadership Development is responsible for shaping the future capabilities of the global Procurement organization. The role owns the Procurement Capability Framework, leads the Advanced Procurement Academy, and drives talent, leadership, and capability development across the function.

1. Capability Strategy & Transformation

• Own and continuously evolve the global Procurement Capability Framework.
• Anticipate future capability requirements driven by business strategy, AI, digitalization, and evolving Procurement practices.
• Translate business priorities into capability roadmaps, development programs, and career pathways.
• Define capability standards and proficiency levels across Procurement.

• Lead the Sandoz Advanced Procurement Academy.
• Develop scalable learning journeys across strategic, commercial, digital, functional, and leadership capabilities.
• Build an integrated learning ecosystem combining training, coaching, mentoring, digital learning, and experiential development.
• Ensure alignment with broader Sandoz growth and development initiatives.
• Build and maintain a network of leading procurement organizations, academic institutions and industry peers to benchmark and incorporate leading capability and leadership development practices.
• In close partnership with Procurement Leadership and P&O, shape and execute the Procurement talent, leadership, and capability agenda globally.
• Embed capabilities into recruitment, talent reviews, succession planning, career development, and performance management.
• Strengthen leadership readiness and succession pipelines for critical roles. Design and implement mentoring, coaching, and talent acceleration initiatives in partnership with Procurement Leadership and P&O.
• Future-Ready Culture & Capability
• Drive the development of future-ready Procurement capabilities and mindsets, including strategic thinking, commercial excellence, leadership, intellectual curiosity, digital and AI fluency, and business value creation.
• In partnership with Procurement Leadership, people managers, and P&O, strengthen a high-performance culture rooted in Sandoz values.
• Foster continuous learning, diverse thinking, constructive challenge, and external market orientation to accelerate innovation and impact.

5. Capability Measurement & Continuous Improvement

• Establish capability assessments and organizational capability metrics.
• Monitor capability gaps, learning effectiveness, and leadership readiness.
• Measure business impact and continuously adapt development priorities to evolving business needs.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; MBA or equivalent advanced degree is a strong advantage. 5-8 years of relevant experience in Procurement, Consulting, Organizational Development, Talent Management, Learning, or Transformation. Procurement experience is an advantage.
• Strong business acumen and a broad understanding of how capability and leadership development support organizational performance and transformation.
• Proven track record in building global capability and leadership development programs.
• Strong understanding of Procurement and future capability trends.
• Experience operating in global, matrix organizations.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead change and drive adoption across large organizations.

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.

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help even more people gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful careers, where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us, help us make healthcare fairer and faster.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve

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