Sr. Procurement Cat. Manager Biologics & Biosimilars Direct Materials (d/f/m)

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Job Description Summary The future is ours to shape! Job Description Senior Procurement Category Manager is responsible for planning and leading all strategic aspects within the specific category and developing proposals for strategic business decisions. The role provides high value procurement solutions to the business and category strategies; support third party vendor selection, vendor development, technology management and performance measurement activities. You will ensure best in class delivery of external products in the category Biologics Direct materials to support projects and to realize year on year productivity improvements, cost savings, and process improvements in close collaboration with the stakeholders in the business. Key responsibilities: Implement category strategic goals from overall Procurement strategy / Ecosystem management: Planning, organizing, and managing projects considering 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. Mapping the value chain, analyzing it and deriving potential scenarios. Includes the understanding and application of total cost of ownership and should cost modelling. 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. 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. Projecting the dynamics and impacts (e.g. mergers and acquisitions). Extracting, cleansing and consolidating information to factbased insights for further usage e.g. in category strategies. Maintaining and updating Procurement applications accordingly to the Procurement content (e.g. ecatalogs, user portal). Continuous improvement of procurement content and automation. Provision of strategies, approaches, and methods to allow for execution of the Source to Contract process: Preparing and conducting fact based negotiations. Providing a broad portfolio of negotiation strategies to achieve results that support business interests. Achieving results by proactively building longterm, sustainable and effective relationships, understanding the stakeholder landscape and demonstrating political astuteness across business structures and networks. What you will bring to the role: University / Advanced degree is required. Master's degree / other advanced degree is preferred. Minimum 8 years of working experience in Procurement or other related experience within the Pharmaceutical industry. Proven experience in sourcing, supplier management, stakeholder management, contract management, procurement compliance, savings delivery, and project implementation. Communicates clearly, confidently, and professionally with diverse stakeholder groups across all organizational levels. Ability to identify, analyze, and understand the needs of internal and external customers and translate insights into effective solutions. Excellent spoken and written English. Other foreign languages as required. Knowledge of Microsoft Office What we offer: Job location: Ljubljana (Slovenia), Madrid (Spain) or Prague (Czechia) Contract type: permanent contract with 6 months probation period Expected weekly working hours: 40 Pay range in Slovenia (annual gross salary): € 64.000 – 96.000* Salary at Sandoz is based on job level, qualifications, specific skills, and work experience. Fully proficient candidates are usually placed around the market median, less experienced candidates lower in the range, and those with strong or niche expertise higher. When determining placement within the range, we also consider internal pay equity and external market data. * Our compensation package in Slovenia additionally includes: Annual bonus (STI): percentage of annual salary Vacation allowance: in 2026 it was €2,450.00 net Christmas bonus: in 2025 it was €2,100 gross OurShare: every year, an employee of Lek d.d. will be entitled to receive shares of Sandoz AG Voluntary Additional Pension Scheme: The company fully covers the contribution for your supplementary pension plan, amounting to 5.844% of your gross salary (the maximum annual amount is 3,224.18 EUR) Allowance for shift work (15%); rotational shifts (20%), night shift work (70%), Sunday/public holiday work (50%), overtime work (30%) – if applicable for position Collective life and accident insurance (24/7 coverage) A hybrid work environment offering flexibility and remote work possibilities – if applicable for position Ready for your next career move? You are kindly invited to submit your application in English, including a CV, by 15th October 2026. 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 the ambition to do more so that everyone can benefit from 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 a sustainable future for Sandoz and to help even more people gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines. 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 where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported! Join us in helping to make healthcare fairer and faster. The future is ours to shape. Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and to forming diverse teams that are representative of the patients and communities we serve. _______________________ Višji ekspert nabavne kategorije je odgovoren za načrtovanje in vodenje vseh strateških vidikov znotraj določene kategorije ter za pripravo predlogov za strateške poslovne odločitve. V tej vlogi boste poslovnim funkcijam zagotavljali visokokakovostne nabavne rešitve in podpirali izvajanje kategorijskih strategij. Sodelovali boste pri izboru zunanjih dobaviteljev, njihovem razvoju, upravljanju tehnologij ter spremljanju njihove uspešnosti. Zagotavljali boste vrhunsko izvedbo pri nabavi zunanjih izdelkov v kategoriji Biološki neposredni materiali (Biologics Direct Materials) za podporo projektom ter doseganje stalnih izboljšav produktivnosti, prihrankov in optimizacije procesov v tesnem sodelovanju s poslovnimi deležniki. Ključne odgovornosti Izvajanje strateških ciljev kategorije v skladu s celotno nabavno strategijo in upravljanjem ekosistema. Načrtovanje, organizacija in vodenje projektov ob upoštevanju prioritet, virov, proračunov, izzivov in omejitev za doseganje želenih rezultatov. Opredeljevanje jasnega obsega projekta in ciljev ter uporaba ustreznih orodij za načrtovanje, spremljanje in poročanje o napredku. Kartiranje vrednostne verige, njena analiza in priprava možnih scenarijev. Razumevanje in uporaba konceptov skupnih stroškov lastništva ter modeliranja pričakovanih stroškov. Sodelovanje pri finančnih razpravah oziroma njihovo vodenje. Uporaba finančnega znanja pri pripravi proračunov, vključevanju davčnih vidikov v nabavne strategije ter oblikovanju kompleksnih poslovnih dogovorov z ekosistemskimi partnerji. Upravljanje skladnosti in tveganj: priprava in podpora poročilom za določanje ustrezne ravni skladnosti. Spremljanje skladnosti celotnega procesa (proračun, plačila, naročilnice dobaviteljev, pogodbe, računi