Strategic Category Buyer – Procurement & Savings

Novartis México; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis México is seeking a procurement professional to support the Category Strategy and Annual Category Plan for one category in Mexico. You will assist with delivering projects, savings targets, and supplier performance initiatives while engaging with cross-functional teams.

The role requires 2+ years in procurement, strong negotiation, contracting experience, and fluent English. Collaboration across divisions and a focus on risk management are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Finance, Economics, or related field.
• Experience in procurement with 2+ years.
• English communication (verbal & written).
• Negotiation and contracting experience.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of Category Strategy and Annual Category Plan.
• Implement sourcing business plan and deploy actions within categories.
• Aggregate category data to inform top-down target setting.
• Collect supplier, market, and internal information at category levels.
• Coordinate materials for supplier segmentation per framework and leadership.
• Track and document risk and issue management for the category.
• Support contract management and cross-divisional spend processes.
• Understand procurement disciplines and related processes.

Skills

Negotiating

Root Cause Analysis

Problem-Solving

English communication

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration

Job description

Novartis México is seeking a procurement professional to support the Category Strategy and Annual Category Plan for one category in Mexico. You will assist with delivering projects, savings targets, and supplier performance initiatives while engaging with cross-functional teams.

The role requires 2+ years in procurement, strong negotiation, contracting experience, and fluent English. Collaboration across divisions and a focus on risk management are essential.