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The Global Category Manager MRO plans and leads all strategic aspects within the category of Equipment Maintenance, across divisions, on a global level and develops proposals for strategic business decisions. The role provides high value procurement solutions to the business and category strategies; supports third party vendor selection, vendor development, technology management and performance measurement activities. The Global Category Manager MRO ensures best-in-class delivery of external services and products in the Equipment Maintenance category to support projects and to realize year-on-year productivity improvements, cost savings, and process improvements in close collaboration with the stakeholders in the business.

About the Role

Major accountabilities:

• Implement category strategic goals from overall Procurement strategy / Ecosystem management.
• Plan, organize, and manage projects considering priorities, resources, budgets, issues, and constraints to achieve desired results; define clear project scope and objectives; utilize software and tools to plan, track, and report status.
• Map the value chain, analyze it, and derive potential scenarios, including the understanding and application of total cost of ownership and should-cost modeling.
• Participate in and/or lead financial discussions, applying financial knowledge in budgeting processes, including tax aspects in sourcing strategies and structuring sophisticated deals with ecosystem partners.
• Compliance & risk management: support reports to determine appropriate compliance levels. Monitor end-to-end compliance (budget, payment, vendor PO, contract invoice, buying channel, etc.) and derive corrective actions to improve compliance. Apply risk management processes including identifying and evaluating risks, and defining and executing a risk mitigation plan.
• Project dynamics and impacts (e.g., mergers and acquisitions); extract, cleanse, and consolidate information to fact-based insights for category strategies.
• Maintain and update Procurement applications accordingly (e.g., e-catalogs, user portal). Continuously improve procurement content and automation.
• Support the definition and implementation of Procurement tools and processes.
• Manage data analysis and reporting, e.g., analyzing spend, demand, supply markets, and competitors. Extract, cleanse, and consolidate information for category strategies.
• Demand management.
• Ensure the right balance between business needs and Novartis’ strategy.
• Work with stakeholders to identify the most cost-effective ways to deliver business objectives.
• Sourcing and supplier relationship management.
• Execute the Source-to-Contract process, preparing and conducting fact-based negotiations, adapting tactics from a broad portfolio of negotiation strategies to achieve results that support business and Procurement objectives.
• Proactively assess new ways of working, involving innovative scientific & technical solutions by identifying and onboarding the right suppliers.
• Manage relationships with stakeholders.
• Analyze specifications for optimization, linking specifications to customer value, challenging specifications confidently, and conveying messages clearly to convince stakeholders.
• Achieve results by building long-term, sustainable, and effective relationships, understanding the stakeholder landscape, and demonstrating political astuteness across business structures and networks.

Key performance indicators:

• Successful project execution by providing all external solutions on time, at the required quality, and within budget as verified by the business.
• Value Delivery – right-sized spending and projected savings in compliance with meaningful guidelines.
• Successful and measurable execution on efficiency programs (e.g., Power of Purpose).
• Measurable and continuous process improvement & compliance assurance.
• Understanding the Procurement KPIs related to market insights, price, and demand development as well as procurements performance.
• More than 10 years of experience in Procurement or other related experience within the Automotive industry, preferably in category management, supplier management, or related area, with a focus in the Equipment or Maintenance domain.
• Strong project management or other leadership experience.
• Raw materials & components price/risk management including execution/trading based.
• Well-versed in regulated market cost base analysis.

Skills:

• Effective Communication.
• Finance Management.
• Internal and External Customer Needs Analysis & Satisfaction Studies.
• Managing Resources.
• Negotiating.

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PL03 (FCRS = PL003) Novartis Poland Sp. z o.o.

Functional Area: Procurement

Job Type: Full time

Employment Type: Regular

Shift Work: No

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