Procurement Manager - Direct Operations (m/f/d)

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The Position

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.

Who We Are

Healthcare is evolving, and Global Procurement is responding by continuously striving for the highest possible performance, taking innovative and strategic approaches to business and supplier partnerships. Global Procurement proactively manages the entire supplier ecosystem, making a vital contribution to improving health outcomes, reducing costs for patients and global healthcare systems, and ensuring that Roche continues doing now what patients need next.

The Opportunity

This role sits within the Materials, Manufacturing and CAPEX Delivery group, which covers the core procurement activities from category management, strategic and operational sourcing, supplier management, contracting, content strategy definition, and execution. The Materials, Manufacturing and CAPEX Delivery group comprises many communities grouping categories of the same value chain or having commonality, including Raw Materials, External Manufacturing Services, Logistics, Research & Lab Materials, and Engineering (CAPEX). The communities are key enablers of strong category expertise while allowing flexibility in the procurement delivery response to the evolving needs of our customers.

As a Procurement Manager in Direct Operations you will use your strong analytical thinking, planning, and execution skills to strengthen our direct procurement capabilities. Drawing on both your broad procurement expertise and specialized knowledge in a specific raw material category used in Drug Substance or Drug Product manufacturing, you will deliver effective and efficient procurement services, while continuously improving automation, data quality, and content accessibility.

You will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, especially in Pharma Technical Operations, to translate their needs into sound sourcing decisions and effective ways of working with global and local suppliers.

At the same time, you will look to leverage synergies with internal procurement teams, including Chapters and capability areas such as Customer Excellence, Contracting, Solutions, and Analytics.

Together with our team members, you will support Direct Materials-related requests, enhance the end-to-end sourcing experience, manage daily operational activities, and apply your expertise to deliver productivity improvements and customer-focused procurement solutions.

As a Procurement Manager in Direct Operations, you will play a variety of roles according to your experience, knowledge, and general business requirements, including but not limited to:

• You are a Category and sourcing subject matter specialist in Direct Procurement Operations conducting market and internal analysis to develop strategies and tactical plans for how Roche should source and negotiate for third party goods and services in order to satisfy stakeholder requirements.

• You are a Procurement delivery practitioner delivering and executing sourcing strategies by leveraging spend, category know-how, robust sourcing, negotiation, contracting, supplier management methodologies and frameworks and project management skills.  

• You develop content and automation, translating sourcing outcomes and opportunities into content and automated buying channels that improve business adoption, satisfaction, and overall efficiency. 

• You support or spearhead development of procurement-relevant processes to improve our overall service level and help the team and the stakeholders to reduce the operational and systematic risks

 

Who you are

• You hold a university degree, preferably in business, engineering or a related discipline.

• You have minimum 5 years of experience working with Direct Materials in a regulated industry, preferably in Direct Procurement roles experience in strategic sourcing, category strategy building and strategic project execution with general contracting understanding and proficiency or relevant related direct materials experience.

• You have experience in SAP Materials Management Module

• You possess demonstrated expertise in streamlining complex procurement operations by developing intuitive, AI-driven solutions that drive productivity and user satisfaction.

• You demonstrate curiosity, active listening and a willingness to experiment and test new ideas when appropriate, with the focus very much on continuous learning and improvement.

• You are open-minded and inclusive, generously sharing ideas and knowledge, while being receptive to ideas and feedback from others.

• You have skills in project management.

• You are fluent in English to a Business level, as well as German (C1 Level required).

Join our team and enable the strong capability expertise needed to meet the evolving needs of our customers.

Duration: This position is to be filled permanently

So far, so good? It can still get better.

We offer you diverse top benefits at our locations. Only together with you can we improve the lives of patients. You make Roche unique with your contribution. Therefore, we offer exceptional benefits to support you in shaping your life, finances, and health as you wish. Find out more here: https://go.roche.com/Kandidaten-Benefits-DE

Your application

We request the following documents from you:

• Current resume

Additional documents are currently not necessarily required. Please note before submitting the application that no further documents can be added afterwards.

 

 

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Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.