SupplierRelationshipDirector

**Job Description Summary** 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! Lead all interactions with third party organizations through account plans, targets and projects to maximize collaboration and value creation between the parties. Ensure a systematic, enterprise-wide assessment of supplier assets and capabilities to cover the needs in line with the Sandoz strategy.Lead a cross-functional Supplier Relationship Team (SRT) to ensure complete product and process oversight, drive performance improvements in all functional areas (quality, supply chain, procurement, and life cycle management). **Job Description** **Major accountabilities: ** * Lead Supplier Relationship Teams (SRT’s) based on technologies, comprised of quality, supply chain, sourcing, technical functions inc. * validation, GMP, HSE to ensure Sandoz standards are met. * Organize business review meetings, where key stakeholders and technical experts meet to discuss joint opportunities, potential roadblocks to collaboration, activities and resources required, and share strategies and relevant market trends. * Lead major projects to improve supplier performance, manage performance of the suppliers and SRT’s, set targets for the suppliers’ KPI dashboards, set goals for SRT members with functional heads, review KPIs with suppliers and internal teams and serve as primary point of escalation for issues /KPIs. Ensure implementation of CAPAs. * Communicate changes and issues with suppliers. * Write 3 -5 year strategic plans for accounts, create and follow Project and account plans (capacity, saving, changes) and set resource plans and budgets for the SRT. * Lead and review continuous improvement projects, prioritize and lead innova