Project & site procurement manager

Key Responsibilities：

• Develops and implement project procurement strategy, which is aligned with global strategy and project plan.
• Ensure all procurement activities are in accordance with Novartis Procurement policy and procedure, fostering the highest professional and ethical standard.
• Engages and manage relationship with project manager and project team.
• Evaluate external supplier to delivery high quality service and goods.
• Identify and set up purchasing project plan according to project timeline, and push project on the time.
• Work with project team to the facilitate achievement of project and maximize project saving.
• Management supplier selection, Competitive sourcing,  purchasing contracts, on-board supplier, which secure a continuous competitive position and on-time delivery for project.
• Report Procurement data and progress to project Steering Committee and global, and cooperate with project controller to prepare project cost report.
• Ensure Novartis team member to join the clarification to imported purchasing activity, engagement with final decision during purchasing activity

• Implementation and continuous improvement and innovation of procurement best practice, system and practice. Identify and control procurement risk to be business continuity.

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree above

• Fluent in oral and written English and Chinese

• 4-5 years purchasing experience in multinational Pharmaceutical Company

• Large Investment Project purchasing experience.

• Good at effective interpersonal communications.

• Customer focus & business awareness.

• Focus on quality and pay attention to details.

• Integrity honest and teamwork spirit.

• Chinese local (pharma) market as beneficial experience

• Familiar with SAP or other ERP system.

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