Sandoz is a global pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, and supplies generic medicines and biosimilars. Its work spans pharmaceutical production, manufacturing quality, and regulatory compliance, supporting healthcare systems, hospitals, and commercial customers with more affordable treatment options. Sandoz also focuses on partnerships and initiatives related to sustainability, ethics, and access to medicines.
Senior Procurement Category Manager, Biologics & Biosimilars – Sandoz, Ljubljana Hybrid
Lead procurement strategy for Sandoz’s biologics and biosimilars direct-materials category, covering sourcing, suppliers, negotiations, and value-chain analysis. Drive savings, compliance, process improvements, and stakeholder partnerships in a senior full-time role based in Ljubljana with hybrid work.
Description
- Lead strategic planning for the Biologics & Biosimilars Direct Materials category
- Prepare proposals that inform strategic business decisions
- Deliver high-value procurement solutions aligned with category strategies
- Support third-party vendor selection, development, technology management, and performance evaluation
- Plan and manage projects across scope, objectives, resources, budgets, risks, and reporting
- Analyze value chains and model potential scenarios using total cost of ownership and should-cost methodologies
- Participate in or lead financial discussions, budgeting, tax planning, and complex sourcing transactions
- Monitor end-to-end procurement compliance and define corrective actions
- Assess market developments and potential impacts, including mergers and acquisitions
- Transform, validate, and consolidate data into fact-based category strategy insights
- Maintain procurement applications, e-catalogues, user portals, content, and automation tools
- Create sourcing strategies and lead evidence-based negotiations
- Develop sustainable, long-term relationships with stakeholders and ecosystem partners
Requirements
- A university or advanced degree is required
- At least eight years of procurement experience or related experience in the pharmaceutical industry
- Demonstrated expertise in sourcing, supplier and contract management, stakeholder engagement, procurement compliance, savings delivery, and project implementation
- Communicate clearly, confidently, and professionally with stakeholders at every organizational level
- Identify and analyze internal and external customer needs, translating insights into effective solutions
- Excellent spoken and written English
- Additional foreign-language skills as required
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
Benefits
- Annual short-term incentive bonus based on a percentage of annual salary
- Net vacation allowance of €2,450 in 2026
- Gross Christmas bonus of €2,100 in 2025
- Annual Sandoz AG share allocation through OurShare for eligible Lek d.d. employees
- Company-funded voluntary supplementary pension scheme at 5.844% of gross salary, capped at €3,224.18 per year
- Applicable allowances for shift work (15%), rotational shifts (20%), night work (70%), Sunday or public-holiday work (50%), and overtime (30%)
- Collective life and accident insurance with 24/7 coverage
- Hybrid work environment with flexibility and remote-work options where applicable
- Daily work-from-home allowance where applicable
- Flexible working hours and work-from-home options where applicable