Roche Diagnostics is the no 1 In Vitro Diagnostics player globally. An important part of our success in transforming patient’s lives sits with our Global Operations function. And our Direct Procurement department plays a central role in making sure we can achieve that.

The Direct Procurement department has over a decade of experience and today we are looking to enter the next level of maturity. The steps we are taking will organically transform the department to ultimately become a specialist organization. Our vision is to be procurement entrepreneurs, with an ability to design and orchestrate innovative, agile and sustainable supplier network. And our talent will be in the driving seat.

Join our transformation journey! You can become the strategic sparring partner to our Global Operations and R&D stakeholders with regards to procurement decisions very early on in the process. Help us create a long term strategy to become a key enabler for Roche Diagnostics to grow profitably and to secure and extend its market leadership. What we have to offer is an exercise in organizational evolution, an open path to a truly global career and the chance to successfully lead through influence.

Job purpose

The Procurement Operations Site Lead is accountable for the delivery of Direct Procurement services and Business partnering support for Roche Diagnostics commercial product manufacturing operations and supply at the local site or distribution center. The role is responsible for local direct procurement operations, and is accountable for the consistent, timely supply of quality raw material, finished/semi-finished goods to manufacturing operations and supply chain. As a leadership role, the Procurement Operations Site Lead is responsible for conducting business partnering activities with site stakeholders, ensuring high levels of customer service, contributing to overall savings targets, and forming the link between local and global Procurement activities.

The Procurement Operations Site Lead is accountable for Procurement’s overall operational effectiveness and efficiencies at the site, ensuring a focus on quality, material availability, supply contract compliance, in alignment with global Procurement strategies and activities. By driving a culture of continuous improvement at the site, the Procurement Operations Site Lead ensures consistent value-delivery through gaining operational efficiencies and driving optimal supplier performance. The role is responsible for ensuring direct procurement operations is conducted effectively, and in compliance with relevant policies, standards, guidelines, and operating procedures. The role is accountable to maintain local direct procurement processes and procedures and ensure appropriate direct procurement representation in quality assurance and corporate audits.

In addition, the role also drives local productivity generation, and ensures that site resources gather local requirements to provide input into global strategies, and support regional socialization and implementation of initiatives for all Diagnostics Global Operations. The Procurement Operations Site Lead is further responsible for maintaining strong linkage where needed between local operations, including representing Direct Procurement in pertinent leadership teams, and global strategies, initiatives, and projects.

The Procurement Operations Site Lead has strong leadership and management experience, along with deep procurement knowledge. The role uses strong leadership, communication, and management skills to ensure that local requirements are provided to the Category and Supplier Management teams for consideration and inclusion into Category Strategies and plans.

As a leadership role with significant management responsibility, the Procurement Operations Site Lead is responsible for ensuring the smooth execution of all day-to-day local sourcing activities. The role drives alignment and delivery of category value that enables increased Business engagement, and an elevation of the status of Procurement within the site.

Mail Responsibilities:

• Ensure Business alignment – Lead all local resources to deliver business partnering activities across all local stakeholders within the site. Act as the primary Procurement Business Partner on site, partnering with local Business stakeholders to translate their Business strategies and needs into procurement requirements for incorporation and / or consideration by the Category Management team when developing or refreshing Category Strategies. Allocate local Procurement team members and provide guidance for delivering customer requirements.
• Maintain links between local and global activities – Accountable for maintaining strong links between local activities and teams and global Category and Supplier Management teams. Lead site resources to gather requirements for Category Strategies and an annual pipeline of initiatives, and allocating local resources for implementation of global initiatives as requested. Ensure local operational sourcing resources are executing local procurement activities in line with global Category Strategies.
• Ensure local implementation of initiatives – Lead the execution of critical projects (not driven by other DOP resources), ensuring that local Business stakeholders receive sufficient support from both global and local teams. Ensure translation of global negotiated terms into local agreements.
• Manage direct procurement operations activities – Oversee all operational sourcing activities within the site ensuring a focus on quality, material availability and alignment to global Procurement strategies and activities. Determine, monitor and lead performance against targets on these focus areas and other relevant measures, and take corrective action where required. Act as the ultimate escalation point for local resources for operational, customer service or other issues
• Establish effective local governance - Ensure a robust governance structure enabling efficient decision making for the local Procurement team and Business stakeholders with clear roles and responsibilities. Serve as the primary escalation point for internal issues and ensure resolution in a timely manner.
• Maintain right to operate – Ensure compliance to defined local business and procurement processes and applicable quality standards and regulations. Provides local view of Direct Procurement Operations process effectiveness, tracks/monitors compliance gaps, and ensures timely and effective resolution.
• Support local processes and technology deployment – Work with the Data Intelligence Program Managers to implement new processes and systems, ensure local needs are addressed, and support continuous improvement activities to drive additional value within the site.

• Develop people – Coach Procurement staff and Category team members worldwide and provide opportunities for professional development. Define a succession plan for the team to support career development and ensure a pipeline of talent.
• Manage performance - Manage performance and talent development for all direct functional reports and contribute to feedback to project related resources, according to Roche’s standards.

• Budgeting - Identify budgets needed to support the annual operating activities as part of the annual budgeting cycle. Manage the functional operating budget according to targets and efficiency goals.

Qualification Required:

• University degree, with Business or Life Sciences degree preferable.
• Business level fluency in English
• 3+ years in-depth strategic and operational procurement experience with extensive knowledge of operational and transactional procurement activities.
• 5+ years overall business experience, including working within a regulated industry for regulated categories with familiarity of relevant legal risks and issues.
• Demonstrated success in leading global cross-functional project teams.
• Proven leadership and management capabilities including the ability to successfully provide feedback and development support to teams and individuals.
• Documented experience in leading value improvement programs.
• Excellent communication and project management skills with an ability to set priorities, direct teams, and deliver complex strategic initiatives.
• Change management and process improvement skills with direct experience in delivering complex business process / organizational change.
• Solid teaching skills and ability to explain complex concepts to different audiences.
• Proven capability in negotiation, conflict resolution and stakeholder management.

Preferred:

• Post graduate business related qualification.
• Fluency in local site language preferred
• Life Sciences/ Medical Device/ GMP industry or Management Consulting experience.
• Documented shared service center management or operational experience.
• Professional purchasing (e.g. CIPS, ISM) or Finance related licenses or certifications.
• Competence or fluency in primary business language of the region.
• Expert proficiency in business systems (Ariba, SAP etc.).