AI-Driven Procurement Excellence & Category Lead

Roche; Sant Cugat del Vallès; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche in Spain seeks an experienced Procurement Excellence & Category Manager to lead direct category management while driving digital transformation across Source-to-Pay workflows. You will partner with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service to optimize supplier negotiations and contract execution.

The role emphasizes AI, data analytics, and process automation to enhance spend visibility, KPI dashboards, and governance.

Qualifications

• University degree in Business Admin, Engineering, or Life Sciences.
• 5+ years in multinational procurement with direct categories.
• Fluent English and Spanish required.

Responsibilities

• Direct Category Management & commercial Sourcing: end-to-end management of Direct Procurement categories.
• Lead digital modernization of S2P workflows using AI and automation.
• Drive spend visibility with dashboards and KPI tracking.
• Optimize Source-to-Pay processes and ensure governance.

Skills

Category Management

Data Analytics

AI & Automation

S2P Process

Procurement Negotiations

Stakeholder Management

Education

University degree in Business/Engineering/Life Sciences

MBA or CIPS certification desirable

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

SAP

Vendor Portals

Job description

Roche in Spain seeks an experienced Procurement Excellence & Category Manager to lead direct category management while driving digital transformation across Source-to-Pay workflows. You will partner with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service to optimize supplier negotiations and contract execution.

The role emphasizes AI, data analytics, and process automation to enhance spend visibility, KPI dashboards, and governance.