Senior Global Project Manager
Job Description SummaryThe Senior Global Project Manager supports the Procurement leadership team by leading cross
-category and cross-divisional activities that drive maximum productivity, properly allocate procurement resources, drive effective strategy and tactics and ensure professional communication and execution of procurement projects and activities globally.
The role is accountable for partnering with a global Procurement tower for the management of a project portfolio.Job DescriptionMAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIESAccountable for partnering with a global Procurement tower for the management of a project portfolio.Shapes global portfolio through broad expertise and thought leadership.Creating Procurement vision based on advanced insights into procurement leading practices and experience in strategy development.
Linking Procurement strategy to Novartis’ overall strategy and conveying it clearly to the organization.Mapping the value chain, analyzing it and deriving potential scenarios.Includes the understanding and application of total cost of ownership, and should cost modelling.Deriving game-changing strategies by defining clear category objectives, working with analytical data, business stakeholders and market expertise.
Aligning strategies to measurable target and clearly conveying them to the organization.Compliance & risk management: supporting reports to determine appropriate compliance level.Monitoring end-to-end compliance (budget, payment, vendor PO, contract invoice, buying channel, etc.) and deriving corrective actions to improve compliance.
Applying risk management processes including identifying and evaluating risks, and defining and executing a risk mitigation plan.Managing data analysis and reporting, e.g.
analyzing spend, demand, supply markets and competitors.
Extracting, cleansing and consolidating information to fact-based insights for further usage e.g.
in category strategies.Participating in and / or leading financial discussions.
Applying financial knowledge to participate actively, e.g.
in budgeting process, including tax aspects in sourcing strategies and structuring sophisticated deals with ecosystem partners.Project management & planning: planning, organizing and managing projects taking into account priorities, resources, budgets, issues and constraints to achieve desired results; defining clear project scope and objectives; utilizing software and tools to plan, track and report status.Change management: Embracing and shaping change as well as knowledge how to overcome challenges.
Applying systematic change management methods to facilitate change.Relationship management and business partnering: achieving results by proactively building long-term, sustainable and effective relationships, understanding the stakeholder landscape and demonstrating political astuteness across business structures and networks.EXPERIENCE:5- 7 years of experience working in large international company.3
- 5 years of relevant business experience.Experience managing complex processes and being able to deliver solutions to senior stakeholdersExperience with procurement operations is an advantageMust have a strategic mindsetBe able to deliver solutions using data analyticsExperience in managing diverse teams.You’ll receive: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.
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