About the Role

　　Location: Prague, Czech republic #LI-Hybrid

　　Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role:please only apply if this location is accessible for you.

　　About the Role:

　　Buyer is responsible for the execution of bidding and contracting activities for support of assigned countries according to the defined buying processes, information sharing across countries to leverage best practices. In the role, you will provide analytics and prepare reports, contribute to delivery of measurable value for Novartis, through alignment of business requirements, sourcing expertise, supplier market intelligence, financial productivity, and mitigation of risk.

　　Key Responsibilities:

　　• Sourcing validation and analysis from business users, country procurement organization or category managers, like direct users on correct buying (content streams) channels if required. Engage category teams where defined thresholds are met.

　　• Supplier selection, requested risk analysis performance verification and update.

　　• Supplier scoring criteria definition and documentation preparation for competitive bidding event.

　　• eSourcing event management and monitoring, supplier communication, supplier training, bidding analysis, pitch presentation organization.

　　• Document and communicate final award decision. Negotiations after the eSourcing event closure to reach the most competitive prices. Bids examination and sourcing summary sheet (outcome) completion. Recommendation to award and informing suppliers on competitive bidding results.

　　• Finding opportunities to improve and automate recurrent processes, thus allowing greater focus on value adding activities.

　　• Contract preparation. Contract drafting based on agreed templates. Full terms and conditions or contractual terms negotiation. Contract review and contract content approvals coordination, signature process initiation and monitoring (ink, electronic). Contract archiving in the global standard contract management system.

　　• Perform consistency checks and corrective actions (e.g. preferred vendors and related contract coverage).

　　Diversity & Inclusion / EEO

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

　　Role Requirements

　　What you'll bring to the role:

　　• University/Advanced degree in Business Administration/Economics/Finance/Statistics

　　• > 2 years of experience of working in a global environment in a similar position of advantage.

　　• Fluent spoken and written Italian and English. Other foreign languages nice to have.

　　• Experience of working in Procurement operations or equivalent operations. Experience in reporting & advanced analytical and presentation tools.

　　• Experience in Spend reporting, analysis and optimization. Experience with eSourcing tools.

　　• Good understanding of operations and business culture of multinational company.

　　• Ability to work in virtual teams and with remote stakeholders.

　　• High proven interpersonal, communication & negotiation and skills. Advanced Analytical & Conceptual Thinking, organizational skills, results oriented and proactive.

　　You'll receive:

　　Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary; Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis); 5-week holiday per year; (1 week above the Labour Law requirement) ; 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report; Cafeteria employee benefit program - choice of benefits from Edenred CZ in the amount of 12,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 105 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); Public Transportation allowance; MultiSport Card. Find out more about Novartis Business Services: https://www.novartis.cz/

　　Why Novartis?

　　More than 750 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2020, and while we're proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people's lives.

　　We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.

　　We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world's toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!

　　Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!

　　Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

　　Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team's representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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　　If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to learn more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network

　　Division

　　Operations

　　Business Unit

　　Procurement

　　Location

　　Czech Republic

　　Site

　　Prague

　　Company / Legal Entity

　　NOV CZE

　　Functional Area

　　Procurement

　　Job Type

　　Full Time

　　Employment Type

　　Regular

　　Shift Work

　　No