Job Description Summary

Location: Mexico City #Hybrid

Relocation Support: This role is based in Mexico City. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.

About the role:

The Sourcing Manager REFS is responsible for aligning globally and locally with respective REFS, Finance and Procurement Stakeholders (Business Partners) to implement Procurement projects and strategies to realized key productivity targets. Provides end-to-end category and project management in the areas of Facility Management (plus Capital Projects & Real Estate). This is done through alignment of business requirements, operational excellence, strategic sourcing and negotiation expertise, supplier market intelligence, financial productivity and mitigation of risk.

 

Job Description

Key responsibilities:

• Implement global category strategy at local level OR implement sourcing business plan for area of responsibility; directly deploys global category strategy at site level.

• Supervise the implementation of sourcing plans for the sub-category & deliver sub-category savings targets following engagement in the target setting process.

• 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).

• Manage strategic sub-category supplier relationships, and implement consistent key performance indicators for the sub-category, and report on suppliers’ performance.

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or professional certifications (e.g., procurement, supply chain) preferred

• Experience in strategic sourcing, procurement.

• Strong understanding of vendor management, contracting, and cross‑functional collaboration

• Strong analytical, negotiation, and stakeholder management skill

• Operations Management and Execution Project Management

• Advanced English and Portuguese (mandatory)

 

Skills Desired

Internal And External Customer Needs Analysis & Satisfaction Studies, Negotiating, Root Cause Analysis And Problem-Solving, Vendor Management