Procurement Solutions Manager

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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.

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 Strategy and Solutions Chapter, which encompasses a number of different strategic and innovative teams. Our purpose is to guide strategic priorities, advance value delivery through solutions and digital excellence, govern compliance and drive sustainability to deliver continuous improvement and strengthen Global Procurement's impact on the wider Roche organization.

As a Procurement Solutions Manager (Ideation & Design) you will work in a fast-moving, global environment, bringing creativity, structured thinking, facilitation, execution, and focus to digital procurement solutions, related technology, processes, and frameworks. Using your specialized knowledge or expertise in the respective fields, you will proactively identify and drive strategies and approaches that contribute to the development and execution of the overall digital procurement strategy and evolution roadmap, driving efficiencies, automation, and a positive user experience. You are an ambassador for Digital Procurement and Excellence.

You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including but not limited to Procurement, IT, Business Process Management, and external solution providers, to align on needs and gather feedback, opportunities, and priorities to develop, deploy, manage, or enhance enabling digital procurement solutions and processes.

You will work closely with other colleagues, squad members, networks, etc., on initiatives that positively impact functional goals and increase the effectiveness, efficiency, and user experience of procurement processes and solutions.

As a Procurement Solutions Manager -( Ideation & Design), you will play a variety of roles according to your experience, knowledge, and general business/team requirements, including but not limited to:

• Maintain a strong understanding of industry best practices and emerging trends in digital procurement technologies, governance frameworks, and continuous improvement methodologies.

• Continuously seeking opportunities to drive process & solution optimization, maximizing their value within Global Procurement and Roche.

• Act as domain knowledge and subject matter expert, providing input, advice, and know-how on digital procurement systems, processes, and their governance by developing and improving frameworks, guides, tools, and training materials.

• Leverage analytics and data insights for opportunity identification, prioritization, and impact measurement.

More specific to the Ideation and Design focus area in the solution lifecycle, you will:

• Understand current and future ways of working (incl. KPIs), and map out digital opportunities and priorities in consultation with key stakeholders

• Gather business requirements, develop user stories, and architect the digital procurement ecosystem

• Create value cases for digital investments

• Lead digital solution scouting and evaluation, preparing and executing PoC/Pilot, (including design and/or co-creation of cutting-edge procurement technology) 

• Work closely with a variety of leading procurement technology providers and startups, as well as internal (AI) development teams

Who you are: 

• You hold a university degree, preferably in business or IT.

• You have 5+ years of procurement, supply chain, procurement technology, and/or management consulting experience, ideally in a global/international as well as matrix organization.

• You are action-oriented and have experience in the areas of design thinking, backlog management, continuous improvement, LLMs, and a track record of achieving measurable results.

• You deeply understand the procurement technology landscape (incl. make vs buy), core procurement activities and challenges, applying knowledge, best practices, and identifying solutions to maximise the performance and adoption of technology, processes, and user satisfaction.

• You are interested in and tracking wider tech trends (AI, LLMs etc.) and how they could translate to the procurement / supply-chain domain.

• You have strong analytical and presentation skills, the ability to translate data into actionable insights, and the ability to craft meaningful messages tailored to senior stakeholders and the broader organization.

• You understand the potential of technology to drive changes in procurement and understand the complexities of the change management process that underpins it.

• You are known for your excellent (matrix) leadership and communication skills, proven ability to influence and collaborate effectively across teams, deliver outcomes, and agility in adapting to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• You have relevant project-based experience with source-to-pay platforms (SMART by GEP technology and services procurement knowledge is a plus).

• You have (certified) expertise in proven methodologies such as: Scrum/ SAFe / Change Management / Project Management / LEAN.

• 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 are keen to create solutions with a customer-centric mindset by proactively fostering collaboration

• You are fluent in English to a Business level (German is a plus).

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

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.