Procurement Lead

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The Position

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.

We are looking for our OneRoche Procurement Lead for Diagnostics & Pharma business activities in Norway. The role is a shared role between the two legal entities and will report directly to the Director of Finance & Enabling in Roche Diagnostics Norge.

In this role, you will be driving the development and implementation of sourcing strategies across third-party spend as a subject matter expert to contribute to our commercial strategy. As a strategic partner to the business, you will be developing, handling and improving relationships with our third-party vendors.

The Opportunity

• You develop a strong understanding of the supplier market, trends, and innovations in different categories of third-party spend
• You collaborate with internal team members to create sourcing strategies that align with Roche Norway and Roche Global procurement policies
• You implement and complete agile sourcing processes to ensure efficient outcomes, including effective scouting of strategic partners, supplier proposals and leading negotiations based on established strategies
• You lead and drive supplier relationships to enhance efficiency, cost-savings, compliance and adopt new processes and technologies
• You collaborate closely with other Procurement managers within the Nordic region and contribute to a Procurement network where you build up and exchange commodity knowledge to support the Nordic commercial strategies and drive alliances
• You handle procurement operational activities to enable process excellence, data quality and adherence to Roche Global Procurement critical metrics
• You lead all aspects of supplier contract setup, coordinating with other internal functions such as Legal, Finance, to ensure alignment with relevant policies and frameworks
• You are the interface between the local business functions and global organizations such as Roche Shared Services Budapest, Roche Global Procurement
  
  
  

Who You Are

• You hold a degree in Economics / Finance / Business Administration, or a related field, with an added advantage if you have a Master's degree
• You have a minimum of 4-5 years of experience within procurement or a procurement-related area; experience from the life science industry is a plus. Additionally, you have validated supplier negotiation, customer management and project management experience.
• You are familiar with working in a networked environment cross-functionally and across countries, including an understanding of agile methodologies
• You have an entrepreneurial approach, can think holistically and excel in a fast-paced and hard-working environment
• You have extensive working experience with SAP, good knowledge of Excel and are savvy with tech tools.
• Strong communication skills in Norwegian & English
  
  

This role is based in Norway and will require up to 10% of business travel in order to connect and support with the Nordic Procurement network.

Your Application

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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.