Vijay Joseph Christopher Sutraveda
Leadership role in the realm of Procurement Category Management, Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Role
- Global Procurement Category Manager - Regulatory Affairs, Drug Safety & Epidemiology at Novartis
- Location
- Hyderabad, TG, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Vijay Joseph Christopher Sutraveda
A seasoned leader with profound experience in Procurement and Supply Chain Operational…
Experience
Global Procurement Category Manager - Regulatory Affairs, Drug Safety & Epidemiology
Apr 2025 — Present · Hyderabad, IN
Responsible for all Novartis Global spend for Regulatory Affairs, Drug Safety & Epidemiology functions. FSP Services long term engagements with goals for value creation and continuous improvement. Responsible to develop sourcing strategies for supporting Novartis’ development pipeline.Establish strategic category plans tailored to assigned categories/sub-categories, in congruence with organizational objectives. Lead the sourcing, negotiation and contracting to leverage buying power and recommend appropriate Procurement strategies and tactics to obtain desired resultsSupport/Lead the design and implementation of executive governance around preferred suppliers to ensure performance delivery, continuous improvement, and access to innovation from supplier arrangements to achieve value contribution targets on a global basisNegotiate complex Commercial Terms and Master Services Agreements working collaboratively with Business Stakeholders, Legal, Data Privacy and Supplier QualityAccountable for a proportion of the overall category savings target and lead proactive category projects, spanning sourcing projects, demand management and process improvement, as well as managing sub-category specific supplier performance and innovation activities to support the delivery of the global procurement targets.Financial and business analysis (e.g. Data mining of supplier spend from Procurement and Financial Systems, output analysis and interpretation), supporting global market intelligence in the category area and acting as the focal point for category subject matter expertise to the global business and procurement community.Support in the indirect management of Sourcing Managers by assisting in their quarterly and year end reviews, provide support in establishing their goals within the category and assist in their development.
Education
Loyola Academy
Graduation – B. Com Professional (Specialization in Marketing, Advertising, Accounting), Marketing, Advertising, Sales Promotion, Financial accounting Cost and Management Accounting
1998 — 2001
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