Michal Lehar

Michal Lehar

Michal has 20 years of experience in procurement across various international companies with a clear focus on optimizing purchasing activities. His career also includes a professional assignment in FMCG sales aimed at understanding the entire supply chain – from customers to production and back – in order to focus on delivering added value to the end user. In recent years, he has been focusing not only on procurement process optimization, problem solving, simplification, digitalization, sustainability, and risk management, but also on leadership and supporting the development of colleagues through mentoring and coaching. He is currently working as a Global Procurement Manager for indirect materials and services for manufacturing sites at Novartis, where he leads seven teams worldwide and leverages his broad experience in diversity and empathetic leadership.