Procurement Partnering Expert

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(Late-Stage R&D / Clinical Development)

The Mission: Doing now what patients need next. 

Location: Welwyn Garden City, UK

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. At Roche, Global Procurement is evolving. We are striving for the highest possible performance by taking innovative and strategic approaches to business and supplier partnerships. We manage the entire supplier ecosystem to improve health outcomes and reduce costs for patients worldwide.

This role sits within our Business Partnering group. Your focus is simple yet vital: enable greater customer centricity. You will be the "bridge" between our Global Procurement network and Product Development (our late-stage R&D and Clinical Development organization).

As a Senior Partnering Manager, you provide seamless access to procurement expertise, regardless of the spend category. You will collaborate across Chapters, networks, and technical teams to ensure that our R&D experts have exactly what they need to deliver medical breakthroughs.

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Customer Domain Expert: Act as the primary contact for Product Development, gathering business insights to improve the end-to-end procurement experience.

• Strategy Developer: Drive tactical business plans and secure sponsorship for procurement services tailored specifically to R&D needs.

• Procurement Ambassador: Simplify and optimize the customer journey, advocating for adoption and compliance while identifying new value-creation opportunities.

• Agile Contributor: Work flexibly across squads and project teams to deliver both foundational and project-based work.

You are an action-oriented enterprise thinker. You don’t just follow processes; you connect the dots across a global matrix to create solutions.

• Education: University degree (Business or Life Sciences preferred).

• Experience: Extensive level of multi-category procurement, sales, or customer management leadership within a matrix organization.

• Domain Knowledge: Demonstrated experience in Late-Stage R&D / Clinical Development.

• Relationship Builder: Proven success in cultivating productive partnerships with senior stakeholders.

• Mindset: You bring curiosity, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a passion for continuous learning. You are open-minded, inclusive, and ready to experiment with new ideas.

Join our team and lead the transformation of procurement through collaboration and strategic partnering.

Special Application Requirement: Along with your CV, please include a short letter of no more than 250 words answering the following:

What is your motivation for applying for this role?

What is your vision for excellent Procurement Business Partnering?

Note: Relocation benefits are not available for this posting.

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.

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