Senior Procurement Manager - Consulting Services

The Position

Senior Procurement Manager – Consulting Services

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This role sits within the Indirect Procurement Delivery group, which covers the core procurement activities from category management, strategic sourcing, supplier management, contracting, content strategy definition, and execution. The Indirect Procurement Delivery group comprises many communities grouping categories of the same value chain or having commonality, including Research & Development, Commercial and Corporate Services, Digital & Technology, and Facilities. The communities are key enablers of strong category expertise while allowing flexibility in the procurement delivery response to the evolving needs of our customers.

As a Senior Procurement Manager in Consulting Services, you will bring analytical thinking, planning, execution, and focus to the procurement sourcing and delivery capability area. Using your specialized knowledge and in‑depth expertise in a specific category or spend areas and procurement overall, you will proactively identify and drive strategies and approaches for managing and sourcing third‑party spend requirements. You can also play the role of Category strategy owner in charge of driving, coordinating and signing the category strategy.

You will collaborate with internal procurement (such as Business Partnering, Insights, Analytics, Contracting, etc.) and business stakeholders to build and implement comprehensive category sourcing and spend management strategies aligned with business needs and functional objectives.

You will work closely with other team members, as a peer coach, project or workstream lead to identify opportunities to aggregate customer demand, drive buying‑channel automation, deliver on day‑to‑day activities, and provide capacity, expertise, and oversight to productivity and other customer‑oriented projects/solutions.

As a Senior Procurement Manager in Consulting Services, you will play a variety of roles according to your experience, knowledge, and general business requirements, including but not limited to:

• You are a Category and sourcing subject matter expert in Consulting Services conducting market and internal analysis to develop strategies, best practices, and guidance on tactical plans for how Roche should source and negotiate for third‑party goods and services in order to satisfy stakeholder requirements and maximize the value for Roche.
• You are a Procurement delivery practitioner delivering and executing sourcing strategies and major initiatives by leveraging spend, category know‑how, robust sourcing, negotiation, contracting, supplier management methodologies and project management skills, and/or supporting team members by coaching them and enhancing their skills and knowledge.
• You develop content and automation, implement category strategies, develop category‑specific policies, translating sourcing strategy into content and automated buying‑channel guidelines, best practices and communication materials that improve business adoption, satisfaction, and overall efficiency.
• You are able to influence Senior Leaders in decision‑making and remove barriers to ensure the delivery of high‑quality customer‑oriented sourcing and spend management strategies.
• You have proven capability to engage in complex discussions with senior leaders (e.g., CEC‑1) and provide expert Procurement advisory support.

• You hold a university degree, preferably in business or a science‑related discipline.
• You have a significant procurement experience across strategic sourcing, global category management, complex contracting, and operational efficiency initiatives. In addition, proven professional experience within a consulting environment…