Procurement Specialist

1 day ago

Prague, Hlavní město Praha, Czech Republic Novartis Full time 400,000 - 800,000 per year

Job Description Summary

Location: Novartis, Prague, Czech Republic #LI-Hybrid
Novartis, Ljubljana, Slovenia

About the Role:

As Procurement Specialist for Lab Supplies/Consumables/Services you'll be responsible for the full sourcing process based on stakeholder requirements and responsible for catalogue management & stakeholder management for Switzerland and Germany within our Indirect Tech/Ops team — all from our vibrant Prague hub.

This is your opportunity to influence global operations, learn from senior colleagues, grow with the team, and bring innovation to life in a company that's reimagining medicine.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support the development of the Category Strategy and the Annual Category Plan, as required by 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.
  • Supports the tracking and documentation of risk and issue management for the category.
  • Facilitate contract management and execution.
  • 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).

Essential Requirements:

  • Minimum 2+ years of professional experience in a similar position within preferable a global environment.
  • Experience in activities such as sourcing, managing vendors, negotiations.
  • Excellent communication skills in English and intermediate level of German.
  • Experience in the usage of SAP Ariba or other tools.
  • An analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data effectively.
  • Ability to manage stakeholders at various levels.
  • Problem solving abilities with a proactive approach.

Benefits & Rewards

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 17,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 105 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); Public Transportation allowance; MultiSport Card, Employee Share Purchase Plan. Find out more about Novartis Business Services:

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion / EEO paragraph:

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

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.

Skills Desired

Internal And External Customer Needs Analysis & Satisfaction Studies, Negotiating, Root Cause Analysis And Problem-Solving, Vendor Management

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