Category Management Capability Lead

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The Position

Procurement Enablement - Category Management Capability Lead

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 Delivery group, which covers the core procurement activities from category management, strategic and operational sourcing, supplier management, contracting, content strategy definition, and execution.

The Delivery group comprises many communities grouping categories of the same value chain or having commonality.

The communities are key enablers of strong category expertise while allowing flexibility in the procurement delivery response to the evolving needs of our customers.

This position is part of the Materials, Manufacturing and Capex Procurement Delivery leadership team reporting into the Head of Materials, Manufacturing and Capex Procurement Delivery.

As a Capability Lead  - Category Management, you will work in a dynamic global environment where you will bring analytical thinking, planning, execution, and focus to the procurement sourcing and delivery capability area.  You will utilise your leadership expertise and your specialized knowledge and in-depth expertise in strategic sourcing, global category management and procurement overall, to drive collaboration with internal procurement and functional management to contribute and implement a best-in-class procurement delivery capability in your area.

You will be responsible for the end-to-end management and strategic direction of Category Strategies within Global Procurement, drive alignment with the overarching Procurement strategy, digital initiatives, and customer satisfaction, and ensure consistent application of procurement methodologies.

You will also contribute to continuous improvement projects and support both Procurement Delivery Chapters, by clearly defining what exc...