Category Manager

5 days ago


Klang, Selangor, Malaysia Novartis Farmacéutica Full time

About Novartis Farmacéutica:

We are a leading global pharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and commercializing innovative medicines that improve and extend people's lives. Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives, and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world.

About the Role:

This role is responsible for managing one category in one country, supporting the implementation of Category Strategy and Annual Category Plan, delivering projects and initiatives, and executing Supplier Performance and Innovation. The successful candidate will work closely with the Category leadership to support day-to-day activities of Category management.

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of procurement disciplines, including category management, negotiation, contracts, systems and processes, project or information management. They will also be able to facilitate contract management and execution, understand applied practice, concepts and process in one or more procurement disciplines.

The role involves reporting technical complaints/adverse events/special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt, and distributing marketing samples (where applicable).

Key Responsibilities:
  • Support the development of the Category Strategy and the Annual Category Plan.
  • Implement sourcing business plan for area of responsibility.
  • 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.
  • Support the tracking and documentation of risk and issue management for the category.
Requirements:

The ideal candidate will have:

  • A strong background in procurement, preferably in a category management role.
  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritize multiple tasks.
  • Familiarity with procurement software and systems.
  • Language proficiency in English and Japanese.

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