Head Procurement External Supply Aseptics (d/f/m)

Job Description Summary

The future is ours to shape!

Job Description

The Head Procurement External Supply Aseptics/inj. defines and drives execution of the global sourcing strategy for externally manufactured aseptic products, ensuring secure, compliant, and cost-competitive supply while driving year-on-year productivity and value creation in close collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Translate business strategy into a procurement roadmap and define the sourcing approach for external aseptic manufacturing (DS/DP/FG)

• Define and execute the external manufacturing network strategy (CMOs, dual sourcing, footprint optimization) in alignment with long-term business and manufacturing strategy to ensure supply availability and flexibility

• Steer complex sourcing and transformation initiatives end-to-end, ensuring delivery against time, quality, and financial objectives

• Analyze value chains and supply markets, applying total cost of ownership and should-cost modelling to identify optimisation opportunities

• Lead, develop and coach the procurement team, fostering a high-performance, accountable and value-driven culture

• Lead fact-based negotiations, applying a broad range of strategies to deliver outcomes aligned with business and Procurement objectives

• Build and manage strategic supplier relationships across the external manufacturing network (CMOs), driving long-term partnerships, performance, and continuous value creation

• Identify and onboard the right suppliers, leveraging innovative scientific and technical solutions and exploring new ways of working across the external network

• Secure long-term capacity and supply through effective contracting and partnership models

• Act as a strategic business partner to senior stakeholders across Technical Operations, Quality, Finance and ESO

What you will bring to the role:

• Master’s Degree/other advanced degree in the Economics, Finance or related areas is needed

• Preferably more than 8 years of experience in Procurement or other related experience within the Pharmaceutical industry, preferably in category management, supplier management, or related area, with a focus in the FDF or API category.

• Strong project management or other leadership experience.

• Proven resilience and ability to perform effectively in a complex, fast-changing environment, balancing multiple priorities and navigating ambiguity

• Strong strategic thinking and long-term planning capabilities, with the ability to translate business objectives into actionable procurement and sourcing strategies.

• Results-driven mindset with strong business acumen, accountability, and focus on value creation.

What we offer: 

Job location: Ljubljana (Slovenia), Madrid (Spain) or Prague (Czechia)

Contract type: permanent contract with 6-month probation period 

Expected weekly working hours: 40 

Pay range in Slovenia (annual gross salary): € 90.400 - € 135.600* 

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 2025 it was €2,430.99 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 
• 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 21 July 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.  

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