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The Position

Job Overview

The Procurement Expert brings analytical thinking, planning, execution, and focus to the procurement sourcing and delivery capability area in marketing & sales categories. Using their specialized knowledge and in-depth expertise in specific category or spend areas and procurement overall, the role proactively identifies and drives strategies and approaches for managing and sourcing third party spend requirements. The Procurement Expert collaborates with internal procurement (such as Customer Excellence, Insights, Analytics, Contracting, etc.) and business stakeholders to build and implement comprehensive category sourcing and spend management strategies that are aligned to business needs and functional objectives. The Procurement Expert works closely with other team members, as a peer coach, project, or workstream lead to identify opportunities to aggregate customer demand, drive buying channel automation, deliver on day-to day activities, and provide capacity, expertise, and oversight to productivity and other customer oriented projects/solutions.

Core Roles and Responsibilities

The Procurement Expert will play a variety of roles according to their experience, knowledge, area of expertise, and the general business requirements, including but not limited to:

- Category and sourcing subject matter expert conducting market and internal analysis to develop strategies, best practices, and guidance on tactical plans for how Roche should source and negotiate for third party goods and services in order to satisfy stakeholder requirements.

- Procurement delivery practitioner delivering and executing sourcing strategies and major initiatives by leveraging spend, category know-how, robust sourcing, negotiation, contracting, supplier management methodologies and project management skills, and/or supporting team members in enhancing their skills and knowledge.

- Content and automation developer translating sourcing strategy into content, automated buying channels guidelines, best practices and communication materials that improve business adoption, satisfaction, and overall efficiency.

The Procurement Expert will work within the capability team, networks, and squads/project teams to determine the various roles the expert can take to deliver or support others in both project and foundational work.

The role’s successful performance and contribution depend on the full embodiment and demonstration of core mindsets and behaviors, including an entrepreneurial spirit, enterprise thinking, inclusive collaboration, and desire for continuous learning that underpin our culture and ways of working.

Depending on the specific position requirements, individuals should be operating within one of the below categories.

Functional knowledge: Demonstrates good overall knowledge of the procurement function and specialized or deep expertise in the specific procurement delivery capability area (commodity/category).Business Expertise: Understands and interprets core procurement delivery activities and challenges and uses best practices and knowledge to guide the development and enhancement of capability area strategies, solutions, processes, and services.Leadership: Serves as a resource for best practices and domain expertise; may lead projects or workstreams with moderate risk and/or complexity.Problem Solving Solves or leads others in solving complex problems, using expertise and analytical thought to identify new approaches or solutions with moderate guidance and support from team or capability leaders.Impact: Impacts the quality of own work and the capability area or project team in achieving functional and project objectives.Interpersonal & Influencing Skills: Communicates difficult or moderate complexity capability concepts/ideas and effectively negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view, approach, or endorse/use a capability offering.Scope of Supervision (Direct or Indirect): n/a

who you are

Education University degree, with business degree preferred.Experience- 7+ years procurement experience in sourcing, simple contracting, and operational efficiency projects or relevant commodity experience.- Business level fluency in English as well as primary business language of the site(s) supported, if applicable.- Solid leadership experience, extensive procurement experience and deep specific category knowledge in one or more categories.- Strong experience in procurement systems and processes. - Leadership in matrix organizations and influencing skills.- Deep knowledge and experience in the commodity area and knowledge of adjacent commodities.- Demonstrated project management skills.Mindsets & Behaviors- Strives to act as an enterprise thinker and leverage knowledge and expertise to create solutions for business customers by proactively fostering collaboration, including across the procurement network.- Action oriented. Can make decisions and influence others to do the same; repurposes work and ideas in favor of starting from scratch.- Demonstrates curiosity, active listening and a willingness to experiment and test new ideas when appropriate, with the focus very much on continuous learning and improvement.- Works with colleagues across procurement, business and the wider Roche organization to broaden knowledge and expertise, better understand customer needs, and connect the dots.- Is open-minded and inclusive, generously sharing ideas and knowledge, while being receptive to ideas and feedback from others

Location： Suzhou or Shanghai

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.