Senior Procurement Manager Germany & HQ (d/f/m)

Job Description Summary

The Business Partner Procurement Germany is responsible for serving as the key procurement contact to one or more business areas (e.g. production sites in Germany, Commercial Operations in Germany). The roles are accountable for implementing the global Procurement strategic goals on business level (e.g. site(s), franchise(s), countries, Sandoz Executive Committee) for Corporate Spend and Commercial categories in Germany & global Headquarter and successfully managing relevant KPIs in regards to productivity, compliance metrics, processes, customer satisfaction and (if applicable) people development. The role implements and monitors preferred supplier concepts to deliver value and reduce procurement touch. The role is also accountable for successfully managing and developing relationships driving value for their business with stakeholders in Corporate Spend and Commercial categories, and with key suppliers in Corporate Spend and Commercial categories to increase value for Sandoz.

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Accountable for productivity/cost efficiency targets in Corporate Spend and Commercial categories in Germany & global Headquarter, including key compliance metrics
• Successful implementation of global, regional and country projects across Corporate Spend and Commercial categories & functions, ensure key stakeholder alignment and customer satisfaction.
• Manage quality of the Germany & global Headquarter end-to-end Procurement process and support seamless integration of capability centers into the end-to-end process.
• Executing the Source-to-Contract process including respective strategies and negotiations aligned with business priorities
• Manage and build effective relationships with key suppliers in their area of responsibility to drive value for Sandoz through cost effectiveness and access to innovation.
• Ensure effective local implementation of global supplier strategies (e.g. implementation of strategic suppliers, contracting principles, execution of global/regional contracts).
• Manage local supplier landscape in Corporate Spend and Commercial categories in line with business strategies & global Procurement goals and strategies (e.g. payment terms, manage tail spend, local supplier management process).
• Ensure effective communication between the different Procurement functions and serve as the key contact for stakeholders in Germany & global Headquarters

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Bachelor degree in Business, Organization development or similar; Master’s degree preferred
• 5 years of procurement experience in large multinational organization
• Additional qualifications (CIPS, Project Management, etc.) or similar professional qualifications preferred
• Experience in change management and leading through change
• Ability to influence and manage senior stakeholders
• Proven track record of successful supplier negotiation and management
• Proven track record of delivering the saving target and bringing value add through procurement processes
• Fluent English and German

You’ll receive:

Sandoz has an employee-first approach and that’s why your personal growth is so important to us. You will have access to Coursera and other learning platforms with more than 200,000 learning videos and 5000+ courses.

In addition to the various learning opportunities, we offer company benefits, such as:

• 30 days of annual leave
• Holiday allowance
• Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g. service length awards, marriage celebration, etc.)
• Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits
• Parental leave
• Other offerings, such as bike leasing

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, 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 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 supported! 

Join us!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

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

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.

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Skills Desired

Effective Communication, Finance Management, Internal And External Customer Needs Analysis & Satisfaction Studies, Managing Resources, Negotiating