Senior Procurement Manager Germany & HQ (dfm)

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Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path unique opportunities will present themselves both professionally and personally. Join us the future is ours to shape!

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Accountable for productivity/cost efficiency targets in Corporate Spend and Commercial categories in Germany & global Headquarter including key compliance metrics
• Successful implementation of global regional and country projects across Corporate Spend and Commercial categories & functions ensure key stakeholder alignment and customer satisfaction.
• Manage quality of the Germany & global Headquarter end-to-end Procurement process and support seamless integration of capability centers into the end-to-end process.
• Executing the Source-to-Contract process including respective strategies and negotiations aligned with business priorities
• Manage and build effective relationships with key suppliers in their area of responsibility to drive value for Sandoz through cost effectiveness and access to innovation.
• Ensure effective local implementation of global supplier strategies (e.g. implementation of strategic suppliers contracting principles execution of global/regional contracts).
• Manage local supplier landscape in Corporate Spend and Commercial categories in line with business strategies & global Procurement goals and strategies (e.g. payment terms manage tail spend local supplier management process).
• Ensure effective communication between the different Procurement functions and serve as the key contact for stakeholders in Germany & global Headquarters

What youll bring to the role:

• Bachelor degree in Business Organization development or similar; Masters degree preferred
• 5 years of procurement experience in large multinational organization
• Additional qualifications (CIPS Project Management etc.) or similar professional qualifications preferred
• Experience in change management and leading through change
• Ability to influence and manage senior stakeholders
• Proven track record of successful supplier negotiation and management
• Proven track record of delivering the saving target and bringing value add through procurement processes
• Fluent English and German

Youll receive:

Sandoz has an employee-first approach and thats why your personal growth is so important to us. You will have access to Coursera and other learning platforms with more than 200000 learning videos and 5000 courses.

In addition to the various learning opportunities we offer company benefits such as:

• 30 days of annual leave
• Holiday allowance
• Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g. service length awards marriage celebration etc.)
• Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits
• Parental leave
• Other offerings such as bike leasing

Why Sandoz

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz a leader in this sector provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100 countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities production sites new acquisitions and partnerships we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost high-quality medicines sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues who in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful flexible-hybrid careers where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position regardless of gender ethnicity religion sexual orientation age and disability.

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.

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