Procurement Category Specialist: Strategy & Sourcing

Novartis AG; Insurgentes; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

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

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Negotiating

Root Cause Analysis

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/SCM related field

Job description

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