Novartis Hiring For Contract Specialist – R&D Hyderabad, Telangana Full Time

Novartis is a global healthcare company & Research and development is at the core of our company. The Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research (NIBR) is the innovation engine of Novartis. The Global Drug Development (GDD) organization oversees the development of new medicines discovered by our researchers and partners. Our two divisions focus on growing areas of healthcare.

Contract Specialist is to perform contracting activities and other related activities in timely and accurate manner. The role is also responsible to assure the delivery of services according to defined KPIs and Service Levels.

Your responsibilities include but are not limited to :

• To be responsible for one category in one country and support the implementation of Category Strategy and Annual Category Plan, deliver projects and initiatives, and execute Supplier Performance and Innovation; to support the Category leadership with the day-to-day activities of Category management.
• Support the development of the Category Strategy and the Annual Category Plan, as required by the Global Category Lead. -Implement sourcing business plan for area of responsibility
• Deploy actions within categories, support the development of Category targets, and deliver savings targets where appropriate
• Support the aggregation of all Category level data across Divisions to inform the top-down target setting process.
• Support the collection of supplier, market, Category and internal business information at both the Category and sub-category levels.
• Assist the coordination of materials for supplier segmentation processes, as defined by the Novartis Supplier Performance and Innovation Framework and directed by the Global Category Lead.
• Supports the tracking and documentation of risk and issue management for the category.
• Facilitate contract management and execution (Cross-Divisional/Pharma NCH/SDZ/NVD/NIBR

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• Understand applied practice, concepts and process in one or more procurement disciplines (e.g. category management,negotiation, contracts, systems and processes, project or information management).

Minimum requirements

• University/Advanced degree in Business Administration/Economics/Finance/Statistics is required.
• 2-5 years of experience of working in a global environment in a similar position.
• Experience of working in Procurement operations or equivalent operations.
• Experience in working with eSourcing tools is an advantage.
• Excellent spoken and written English. Other foreign languages as required.

Why consider Novartis?

799 million. That’s how many lives our products touched in 2019. And while we’re proud of that fact, in this world of digital and technological transformation, we must also ask ourselves this: how can we continue to improve and extend even more people’s lives?

We believe the answers are found when curious, courageous and collaborative people like you are brought together in an inspiring environment. Where you’re given opportunities to explore the power of digital and data. Where you’re empowered to risk failure by taking smart risks, and where you’re surrounded by people who share your determination to tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges.

Imagine what you could do at Novartis! Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis embraces diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration, and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

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Division

NBS

Business Unit

PROCUREMENT NBS

Country

India

Work Location

Hyderabad, AP

Company/Legal Entity

Nov Hltcr Shared Services Ind

Functional Area

Procurement

Job Type

Full Time

Employment Type

Regular

Shift Work

No