Job Description Summary

The Procurement Manager is responsible for providing cross-divisional category expertise for the France site, proactively carrying out continuous analyses, frequently realigning local activities with the global category strategy, as well as supporting strategy execution in the assigned area.

The role supports continuous improvement and leads the implementation and periodic updates of global and regional category strategies in collaboration with site and country teams. The role is also responsible for managing supplier relationships, contracting, market research, category data, and internal business information. In this role, you would also be responsible for providing strategic sourcing expertise, supplier market intelligence, financial productivity and mitigation of risk. The role ensures the delivery of measurable value for Sandoz through alignment with business requirements and contributes to the organization's financial health and competitive advantage. 

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!

This position is available in both Prague (CZ) and Madrid (ES), with the successful candidate hired locally in either location.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and implement Site Services France strategic goals from the overall Procurement strategy.

• Accountable for productivity/cost efficiency targets in Service & Capex in France.

• Support centrally led processes (e.g., SFCM, TPRM (Third Party Risk Management)).

• Ensure the successful implementation of global, regional and local projects across Service & Capex functions, ensuring key stakeholder alignment and business relevance.

• Manage quality of the French end-to-end Procurement process, including compliance with policies, strategies and processes. Support seamless integration of capability centers into the end-to-end process.

• Manage relationships with (senior and executive) stakeholders and serve as key contact for stakeholders in Service & Capex.

• Execute the Source-to-Contract process including respective strategies, approaches and methods.

• Prepare and conduct fact-based negotiations. Adapt tactics from a broad portfolio of negotiation strategies to achieve results that support business and Procurement objectives.

• Monitor and identify expiring contracts, initiating the process for contract extension or competitive bidding.

What you will bring to the role:

• University degree in Business or similar is required.

• Minimum 3 years of procurement experience in a large multinational organization, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry.

• Experience leading sourcing projects and contract negotiations with strategic suppliers.

• Strong commercial acumen and analytical mindset.

• Demonstrated success in preparing and conducting relevant negotiations.

• Ability to develop sourcing strategies that balance business needs, risk, quality, and cost objectives.

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) is required.

• Experience with SAP and SAP Ariba systems is preferred.

• Fluent spoken and written French and English (Spanish preferred, but not mandatory).

What you’ll receive:

• Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary

• Risk Life Insurance

• 5-week holiday per year (1 week above the Labor Law requirement)

• Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus CZ in the amount of 12,000 CZK per year

• Meal vouchers in amount of 120 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company)

• Multisport Card

• Premium Health Care Program

Why Sandoz? 

Sandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world’s medicines at 30% of the cost, touching the lives of more than 1 billion people across 100+ countries! While we are proud of our achievements, we have an ambition to do more so that everyone can achieve the basic human right of good health. 

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help even more people 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 careers, where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!  

  

Join us, help us make healthcare fairer and faster.  

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. 

#Sandoz 

Skills Desired

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