Procurement Category Manager Transportation (d/f/m)

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Join our Procurement Team at Lek | Sandoz to be part of a multicultural, collaborative group shaping the future of Sandoz, in a dynamic, fast-paced environment offering flexible-hybrid career opportunities.

As Procurement Category Manager Transportation, you will focus on international supply chain activities and ensure the transportation capacity is secured competitively and aligned with internal stakeholders by overseeing vendor sourcing and management responsibilities.

A successful candidate will be able to deliver improved financial results along with vendor performance, and capacity efforts and assuring achieving the targets with the policies, strategies and processes.

This individual will be expected to manage multiple internal and vendor relationships, working with a team that contributes significantly to the overall transportation and supply chain strategy. Internal and external relationship management is essential, along with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Your key responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Procurement Strategies:

• Analyze category spending, requirements, risk assessment, supplier base assessment, and SRM strategy.
• Design and implement logistic procurement plans based on business demands
• Create project plans and coordinate them internally and externally

​Sourcing:

• Identify business needs and specifications
• Align sourcing plan to financial budget and global business strategy
• Optimize the supply pool by regularly assessing suppliers, negotiating contracts and monitoring and managing supplier performance

Supplier management:

• Negotiate competitive rates and favorable contract terms
• Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses and maintain the reliable supplier pool

Processes and tools:

• Develop procurement management systems, workflows, and assessment standards as per company guidelines
• Monitor productivity vs target
• Ensure compliance and operational efficiency
• Participate in the budgeting and forecasting process and deliver as per the timetable
• Rate card maintenance

Market analysis:

• Stay updated on market trends in logistics capacity and pricing
• Share insights and adjust strategy to maintain competitiveness, reduce costs and explore alternatives

X-functional collaboration:

• Partner with internal teams to align logistic capacity with operational goals and optimize based on the requirements
• Consolidate the requirements and act as the business partner for other functions, supporting the alignment and optimization of specifications
• Deliver end-to-end contract projects, working through obstacles along the way and planning for unexpected challenges to maintain the minimum

Communications:

• Working through difficult challenges, including source-to-contract, negotiations, legal requirements and internal system updates

What you will bring to the role:

• University/Advanced degree is required. Master’s Degree/other advanced degree is preferred.      
• Excellent spoken and written English.           
• Minimum 5  years of tactical procurement, transportation or supply chain experience.

You’ll receive:

Employment at the most reputable employer in Slovenia offers Competitive salary, Annual bonus, Flexible working schedule, tailored to your needs, possibility to work from home, Pension scheme, Employee Recognition Scheme, Expanded program for the promotion of health in the field of physical, mental and social well-being (Energized for Life), Unlimited learning and development opportunities. 

Possible job locations: Ljubljana, Prague, Barcelona or Madrid.

We offer permanent employment, with a 6-month probation period.

You are kindly invited to submit your application in the English language, including your CV by February 25th 2025.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!

The future is ours to shape!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Sandoz 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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