Procurement Specialist

Novartis; Selangor; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global healthcare company in Selangor, Malaysia is seeking a professional for a procurement role. You will support the implementation of Category Strategy, deliver impactful projects, and ensure efficient category management. Candidates should have at least 5 years of experience in procurement and a Bachelor's degree. This position requires strong negotiating skills and proficiency in vendor management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in procurement.
• Proven ability to operate in large organizations.
• Experience in operations management and efficiency delivery.

Responsibilities

• Support development of Annual Category Plan and sourcing business plan.
• Track, document, and mitigate category risks and issues.
• Facilitate contract management and execution.

Skills

Strong negotiating skills

Proficiency in vendor management

Ability to conduct root cause analysis

Collaboration across geographies

Education

Bachelor's degree in any related field

Job description

Summary

Location: Selangor, Malaysia.

To support the implementation of Category Strategy and Annual Category Plan, deliver projects and initiatives, and execute Supplier Performance and Innovation with the day‑to‑day activities of Category management.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development of the Annual Category Plan and overall Category Plan.
• Implement the sourcing business plan within the area of responsibility, deploying actions to meet objectives.
• Support the calculation of Category targets and directly contribute to the delivery of defined cost savings targets where appropriate.
• 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.
• Support the tracking, documentation, and mitigation of risks and issues for the category.
• Facilitate contract management and execution.
• Strong knowledge of procurement processes and concepts across multiple disciplines (e.g. category management, negotiation, contracts, systems and processes, project or information management).

Key Performance Indicators

• Achieve or exceed defined cost savings and value capture targets (Financial).
• Measure the effectiveness and efficiency of service provision and internal stakeholder satisfaction (Service Provision).

Essential Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in any related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant working experience in procurement.
• Proven ability to operate effectively within an organization of significant scale and complexity.
• Demonstrated experience in collaborating across boundaries (geographies and divisions).
• Experience in operations management and execution, ensuring efficiency and delivery against targets.
• Comfortable acting as a representative of the organization in dealing with external partners.
• Strong negotiating skills.
• Ability to conduct root cause analysis and problem‑solving.
• Proficiency in vendor management.
• Ability to conduct internal and external customer needs analysis.

Languages

• English.
• Proficiency in Mandarin is an asset.

Why Novartis

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