Procurement Specialist

Novartis; Selangor; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global healthcare company in Selangor, Malaysia, is seeking a procurement professional with over 5 years of experience to support procurement processes. Responsibilities include implementing sourcing plans, tracking performance, and ensuring efficient operations. The role requires strong negotiation and vendor management skills. A Bachelor's degree in a related field is essential. Join our team to make a significant impact in procurement operations.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of relevant working experience in procurement.
• Proven ability to operate effectively within large organizations.
• Strong experience in operations management and execution.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of the Annual Category Plan.
• Implement the sourcing business plan to meet objectives.
• Track, document, and mitigate risks and issues for the category.

Skills

Strong Negotiating Skills

Vendor Management

Root Cause Analysis

Customer Needs Analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related field

Job description

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)
• Minimum Bachelor's degree in any related field.

Qualifications

• 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.