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Head of Procurement IT Business Software

Head of Procurement for IT Business Software, Novartis, Prague, Czech Republic

3 – The number of values that we live by: Trust, Respect and Collaboration. Our mission is to discover new ways to improve and extend peoples’ lives.

The Head of Procurement for IT Business Software leads all strategic aspects within the category of – IT software procurement across divisions, on a global level and develops proposals for strategic business decisions.

Your key responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Drive / Implement category strategic goals from overall Procurement strategy, ecosystem management
  • Deriving game-changing strategies by defining clear category objectives, working with analytical data, business stakeholders and market expertise. Aligning strategies to measurable target and clearly conveying them to the organization.
  • Executing the Novartis Strategy, with profound commercial & technical skills as well as solid procurement knowledge.
  • Creating Procurement vision based on insights into procurement leading practices and experience in strategy development. Linking Procurement strategy to Novartis’ overall strategy and conveying it clearly to the organization.
  • Mapping the value chain, analyzing it and deriving potential scenarios. Includes the understanding and application of total cost of ownership, and should cost modelling.
  • Compliance & risk management: supporting reports to determine appropriate compliance level. Monitoring end-to-end compliance (budget, payment, vendor PO, contract invoice, buying channel, etc.) and deriving corrective actions to improve compliance.
  • Applying risk management processes including identifying and evaluating risks, and defining and executing a risk mitigation plan.
  • Projecting the dynamics and impacts (e.g. mergers and acquisitions). Extracting, cleansing and consolidating information to fact-based insights for further usage e.g. in category strategies.

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.

Minimum requirements

What you’ll bring to the role:

  • University/Advanced level degree required
  • Extensive relevant IT procurement experience, preferably in highly regulated industries, including
experience in IT software Procurement and/or Software Asset Management
  • Working knowledge in category management, supplier management, or related area, with a focus in the IT
  • Strong IT software procurement knowledge to be credible with the Novartis IT community
  • Strong project management and demonstrable leadership experience.
  • Excellent Spoken and Written English

Desirable requirements:
  • Masters Degree/other advanced degree in the business or technology based disciplines is preferred

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 Benefit Plus Cafeteria in the amount of 12,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 90 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); Company Car / Car Allowance; MultiSport Card; Stock Options. Find out more about Novartis Business Services: https://www.novartis.cz/

Why consider Novartis?
766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, 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!

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Accessibility and accommodation:

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Division

CTS

Business Unit

PROCUREMENT NBS

Country

Czech Republic

Work Location

Prague

Company/Legal Entity

NOV CZE

Functional Area

Procurement

Job Type

Full Time

Employment Type

Regular

Shift Work

No

Early Talent

No
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