Procurement Partner

Job Purpose

• Generate superior and sustainable value for money for Roche through Procurement
• Develop and implement site procurement strategies and local supplier relationship management strategies to continuously improve total costs, service and quality for all materials and services
• Improve supplier performance to in close collaboration with internal stakeholders in alignment with regional Procurement and global category strategies when applicable

Job Responsibilities

• Drive all procurement activities (RFP, negotiations & contracting) along a comprehensive and robust framework covering the end-to-end processing
• Enhance Business Partnering
• Conduct improvement in all Procurement-related areas like strategies, policies, processes, templates, forms and exploring digital solutions
• Ensure adherence to the Roche Procurement Policy, Directive, Guidelines and local Procurement SOPs, process understanding and simplification
• Change management, effective communication and alignment with stakeholders
• Develop and manage local contracts and ensure that all contracts are legally adequate
• Develop and monitor site specific KPI’s, sourcing project status and supplier performance metrics
• Risk Management: Analyzing the risk involved in the vendor on-boarding process, due diligence process
• Implement KPIs report & propose best options on areas of improvement, monitoring POATF, POP & Savings
• Build strong collaborative network with internal business clients, understanding their needs.
• Ensure the development and implementation of site procurement strategies and local supplier relationship management strategies in close collaboration with all relevant stakeholders
• Continuously improve processes and business value of the systems used for the site
• Manage and optimize the local requisition to payment processes and maintain local SOP’s
• Ensure compliance to Roche procurement guidelines and SOP’s
• Establish a delegation of authority and ensure segregation of duties for all purchases with third parties
• Purchase Order amendment and PO cancellation
• Manage, follow up and keep track of an open Purchase Orders.
• Manage and resolve internal and external query.
• Participate in invoice reconciliation process to resolve any outstanding invoice reconciliation or mismatch
• Execute and produce accurate and timely reports

Job Requirements

• University degree in Economics, Business Administration
• Experience relating with procurement within pharmaceuticals/biotech would be an advantage as well as expertise in procurement for commercial and general services
• Fluent English language written & spoken
• Knowledge of local business environment and procurement practices
• High degree of business ethics
• Ability to act as a true business partner for internal clients
• Drive to have a significant positive impact / add value
• Category know-how of the major procurement areas of the site
• Expert in change management and communication
• Good negotiation and analytical skills, resourceful in identifying new sources of items requested