Roche

Procurement Manager -Direct Operations

Mississauga Full time

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The Position

Roche has defined an exciting 10-year ambition plan, requiring us to adapt and transform to our evolving ecosystem and challenges ahead of us. We have redesigned our Global Procurement (GP) organization to ensure we can succeed in this new environment and deliver on our mission for patients by building new capabilities and creating a more agile organization. Our goal is to improve our ability to deliver on our vision to “accelerate Roche’s goal to bring innovative solutions to patients quickly and efficiently through business and supplier partnerships.

The Delivery capability covers the core procurement activities from category management, strategic and operational sourcing, supplier management, content strategy definition, and execution. The Delivery capability comprises many communities grouping categories of the same value chain or having commonality.

The Opportunity:

As a Procurement Manager, you will work in a dynamic global environment where you bring analytical thinking, planning, execution, and focus to the procurement sourcing and delivery capability area. Thanks to your strong problem-solving and core procurement skills, you will effectively collaborate with internal procurement (customer relationship management, contracting, solutions, etc.) and business stakeholders to translate business needs into sourcing, spend management activities, and content enhancement. Based on your general procurement and commodity expertise, you ensure the effective and efficient delivery of core procurement services and continuous improvement of automation and content availability. 

You will work closely with team members to support customer demand, improve the customer buying experience, deliver on day-to-day operational activities, and provide capacity and expertise to provide productivity and other customer-oriented projects/solutions.

As a Procurement Manager, you will play a variety of roles according to your experience, knowledge, and the general business/team requirements, such as:

  • Sourcing and category subject matter specialist conducting market and internal analysis to develop and implement strategies and tactical plans for Roche to source and negotiate for third-party goods and services that satisfy stakeholder requirements.

  • Procurement practitioner delivering and executing sourcing strategies by leveraging spend, category know-how, robust sourcing, negotiation, contracting, supplier management, and project management skills to achieve objectives and key results.

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

You will work within the broader team and GP networks and squads to determine the various roles needed to deliver project and foundational work. 

Who You Are:

  • You hold a university degree, with a business degree preferable. You also have 6+ years of experience in sourcing, simple contracting, operational efficiency projects, supply chain or relevant commodity experience.

  • The ability to explain general capability area information to others or collect/translate moderate complexity stakeholder requirements in straightforward situations.

  • Knowledgeable in procurement systems and operational processes, such as contracting, (e) Sourcing, and spot buying is desired.

  • Knowledge in the supply chain planning and buying is desired. Material requirements planning (MRP) is a plus.

  • Proven capability in negotiating project budgets and contracts 

  • Demonstrated project management skills.

  • You strive 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.

  • You are action-oriented and can make decisions and influence others to do the same; you repurpose work and ideas in favor of starting from scratch. 

Relocation benefits not eligible for this position 

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Mississauga is 115,328.00 and 151,368.00 of hiring range. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors as determined by the company.

We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess or select applicants for this role.

This posting is for an existing vacancy at Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

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.