NTO Specialist - Buyer

Novartis AG; Insurgentes; Presencial; MXN 600.000 - 900.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Novartis is seeking a procurement professional to be responsible for a category in Mexico, supporting Category Strategy and Annual Category Plan, delivering projects, and executing supplier performance initiatives. The role focuses on cross-functional collaboration and tender launches, with emphasis on data aggregation, risk management, and contract execution.

You will work under the Global Category Lead, coordinating material for supplier segmentation and ensuring alignment with regional and

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a related field.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Experience in root cause analysis and problem-solving.

Responsabilidades

• Support the development of the Category Strategy and the Annual Category Plan, as required by the Global Category Lead.
• Implement sourcing business plan and deploy actions within categories, support targets and savings.
• Support aggregation of Category data across Divisions to inform top-down targets.
• Assist coordination of materials for supplier segmentation as defined by the framework.
• Support tracking and documentation of risk and issue management for the category.
• Facilitate contract management and execution for cross-divisional spend.
• Understand category management concepts and procurement processes.
• Launch tender processes and cross-country collaboration.

Conocimientos

Negotiating

Root Cause Analysis

Problem-Solving

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in business/SCM related field

Descripción del empleo

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 Global Category Lead.
• Supports the tracking and documentation of risk and issue management for the category.
• Facilitate contract management and execution (Cross-Divisional/Pharma spend <$12m NCH/SDZ/NVD/NIBR spend <$10 m).
• Understand applied practice, concepts and process in one or more procurement disciplines (e.g. category management,negotiation, contracts, systems and processes, project or information management).
• Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt -Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)
• Previous experience in Procurement with 2+Years
• Cross-functional and cross-country collaboration
• Sourcing & Contracting experience
• Launching tender process

Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Logistics, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Negotiating
• Root Cause Analysis and Problem-Solving.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and Accommodation:

Novartis is committed to work with and provide reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve

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Functional Area Procurement

Job Type Full time

Employment Type Regular

Shift Work No

Accessibility and accommodation

Novartis is committed to work with and provide reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.