Regional Category Manager - Indirect Apac

**Job Description Summary** Lead category initiatives across defined global, regional, or country-level categories, developing and executing sourcing strategies, managing demand and specifications, and driving supplier performance, innovation, and value delivery in alignment with broader category objectives.   **Job Description** **Major Accountabilities** * Develop and execute sub-category procurement strategy by translating global/category strategies into actionable regional, country, or local sourcing plans. * Lead sourcing initiatives and deliver savings targets for the assigned sub-category through effective procurement planning and execution. * Support category strategy development through supplier segmentation, identification of key supplier relationships, and business planning activities. * Manage strategic supplier relationships and ensure supplier performance is monitored through defined KPIs, addressing risks and issues promptly. * Oversee purchasing decisions at the country level, including supplier selection, timing, and commercial terms where applicable. * Collect and analyze supplier performance data from divisions, countries, sites, and stakeholders, and deliver Procurement Balanced Scorecard metrics. * Create, negotiate, review, and implement contracts for the sub-category, ensuring consistent communication and application of contractual agreements. * Manage budgets, resources, and team performance, including talent development, while ensuring compliance with reporting requirements for product-related incidents. **Minimum Requirements**  * 10+ Years of procurement experience. * Functional breadth with strong procurement and category management expertise. * Experience in critical negotiations and supplier contract management. * Industry and business exposure within complex, multinational environments. * Cross-cultural experience working with global and regional stakeholders. * Project management skills with the ability to manage multiple sourcing initiatives simultaneously. * Operations management and execution experience to drive procurement effectiveness and delivery. * Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to influence internal and external partners. * Financial, resource management, customer needs analysis, and negotiation capabilities to support value delivery and business objectives. **Why Novartis:** Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? [https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture](https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture) **Join our Novartis Network:** Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up: [https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network](https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network) Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.   **Skills Desired** Procurement