Global Procurement Category Head – Fleet

.About the roleThe Global Category Head - Fleet leads all strategic and operational aspects within the category of Fleet on a Global / Regional level and develops proposals for strategic business decisions.The role provides high value procurement and operational solutions to the business and category strategies; supports third party vendor selection, vendor development, technology management and performance measurement activities. The role ensures best-in-class delivery of external services and products in the Fleet category 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. Responsible to manage outsourced service providers managing the day-to-day fleet operational activity from eligibility to order, in life & end of contract processes; operationalizing the controls to measure & enforce vendor compliance to the agreed contracts.Major Accountabilities:- Drive/Implement category strategic goals from overall Procurement strategy / Ecosystem management- 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.- Projecting the dynamics and impacts (e.G. mergers and acquisitions). 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.- 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.- 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.- Support definition and implementation of Procurement tools and processes.- 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.- Demand management - Responsible to ensure the right balance between business needs and Novartis' strategy.- Accountable to work with stakeholders to identify the most cost-effective ways to deliver business objectives