Procurement Manager - Warehouse & Distribution North America

Role Overview:<br>-To be responsible for multiple categories in one country OR one cross divisional category in one country part of the Category aligned teams. <br>- With a Business Partnering approach may lead the delivery of individual projects defined as part of the Annual Category Plan; to focus on project delivery with activities including requirements gathering, market analysis, qualifying and selecting suppliers with the relevant Business Partners and stakeholders, as well as non-sourcing projects such as demand management and process improvement.<br><br>Job Responsibilities:<br>-Implement global category strategy at local level OR implement sourcing business plan for area of responsibility; directly deploys global category strategy at site level. <br>-Supervise the implementation of sourcing plans for the sub-category and deliver sub-category savings targets following engagement in the target setting process. <br>-Provide input into the overall Category segmentation and identification of key supplier relationships or may directly control purchases with respect to supplier choice, timing and commercial conditions on a local basis (may vary between divisions depending on way spend is controlled). <br>-Manage strategic sub-category supplier relationships, and implement consistent key performance indicators for the sub-category, and report on suppliers’ performance. <br>-Collect supplier information and feedback from Divisions, countries, sites, Category teams and Business Partners, and deliver Procurement Balanced Scorecard metrics for the relevant sub-category. <br>-Create, apply, complete and reviews major contracts for the sub-category, and ensure that negotiated contracts are clearly communicated for the sub-category area and that they are consistently applied [Cross-Divisional/Pharma spend $12 -$25m NCH/SDZ/NVD/NIBR spend $10 -$20m]. <br>-Manage strategic sub-category supplier relationships, and implement consistent key performance indicators for the sub-category, ensuring that any supplier performance risks and issues are resolved on a timely basis to end-user satisfaction. <br>-Direct reports 0-5 <br>-Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt <br>-Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)