Sr Program Manager Operational Excellence & Digital

Sandoz India; Telangana; On-site; INR 5,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandoz India is seeking a Senior Program Manager for Operational Excellence & Digital to lead cross-category procurement programs, drive productivity, and ensure compliant, data-driven execution globally. You will translate strategy into end-to-end projects, manage budgets, and collaborate with stakeholders across functions.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, data analysis (Power BI, Excel), and ERP familiarity (SAP) to optimize procurement processes and partner with leadership on

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in a global environment in a similar position.
• Experience with Procurement Operations and Procurement function in general.
• Experience supporting compliance processes (SOX, internal controls).
• Experience in data analysis using MS Excel, Power BI, PowerPoint, MS Word, and Qlik.
• Experience working with Procurement ERP tools (e.g. SAP).
• Understanding of budgeting, financing, and savings concepts.
• Understanding of operational finance and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-category and cross-functional programs to drive productivity and efficiency in procurement.
• Translate strategy into projects with measurable objectives and clear communication.
• Ensure end-to-end project planning, execution, and reporting to leadership.
• Monitor compliance (budget, payments, contracts, POs, etc.) and implement corrective actions.
• Navigate procurement tools and data structures; improve procurement content and automation.
• Engage in financial discussions, budgeting, and deal structuring with ecosystem partners.
• Develop and track procurement KPIs related to market insights, price, and demand development.
• Manage stakeholder relationships to deliver long-term value.

Skills

Procurement operations

Data analysis

Budgeting & finance concepts

Cross-functional collaboration

SOX compliance

Education

Tools

MS Excel

Power BI

PowerPoint

MS Word

Qlik

SAP

Job description

Position Purpose

The Senior Program Manager Operational Excellence & Digital supports the Procurement leadership team by leading cross-category and cross-functional programs that drive maximum productivity & Efficiency. Drives effective strategy and tactics and ensure professional communication and execution of procurement projects and activities globally. Effectively communicates, plans, reports Global procurement agenda to Leadership and Manages projects End to End.

Your Key Responsibilities

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Creating Procurement vision based on insights into procurement leading practices and experience in strategy development. Linking Procurement strategy to overall Sandoz strategy and conveying it clearly to the organization.
• Mapping the value chain, analyzing it and deriving potential scenarios. Includes the understanding and application of total cost of ownership and cost modelling. Expertise in the respective category market levers, trends and main players as well as internal processes.
• Convert Strategies to Projects by defining clear category objectives, working with analytical data, business stakeholders and market expertise. Aligning strategies to measurable target and clearly conveying them to the organization.
• Compliance & risk management: supporting reports to determine appropriate compliance level. Monitoring end-to-end compliance (budget, payment, vendor PO, contract invoice, buying channel, etc.) and deriving corrective actions to improve compliance. Applying risk management processes including identifying and evaluating risks and defining and executing a risk mitigation plan.
• Ability to navigate procurement tools. Expertise in the procurement data structure and procurement classification system for material, services, and suppliers.
• Expertise in the procurement content (e.g. in contracts) and Procurement applications (e.g. e-catalogs, user portal). Continuous improvement of procurement content and automation.
• 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.
• Procurement KPIs (performance, price and demand development): excellent in navigating in Procurement KPIs related to market insights, price and demand development as well as procurement's performance.
• Project management & planning: planning, organizing and managing projects taking into account 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.
• Relationship management and business partnering achieving results by proactively building long-term, sustainable and effective relationships, understanding the stakeholder landscape and demonstrating political astuteness across business structures and networks.

Key Performance Indicators

• Successful project execution by providing all external solutions in time / at the required quality / within budget as verified by the business.
• Successful and measurable execution on efficiency programs.
• Measurable and continuous process improvement & compliance assurance.
• Understanding the Procurement KPIs related to market insights, price and demand development as well as procurement's performance.

Essential Requirements

What you’ll bring to the role:

• 10+ years of experience of working in a global environment in a similar position.
• Experience with Procurement Operations and Procurement function in general.
• Experience in supporting the compliance related processes. (SOX, internal controls)
• Experience in data analysis (MS Excel, Power BI, PowerPoint, MS Word, Qlik)
• Experience working in Procurement ERP tools (Ex. SAP)
• Understanding of Finance concepts like Budgeting, Financing, Savings etc.
• Understanding of Operational finance and reporting.

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.