Associate Category Manager, Global Logistics/Transportation

Roche Holding AG; Sant Cugat del Vallès; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 75.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Roche is seeking an Associate Category Manager in Sant Cugat, Spain, to shape long-term supplier strategies and drive value across the logistics category. You will develop, validate, and execute global category plans while leveraging procurement analytics to inform guidance for a diverse supplier network.

The role focuses on strategic enablement, data-driven decision making, and cross-functional collaboration with Sourcing, Finance, and Legal.

Formación

• Education: University degree (Business or Life Sciences focus preferred). Professional purchasing (e.g., CIPS), project management (e.g., PMP, Prince 2), or Finance-related licenses are highly advantageous.
• Experience: 2+ years of procurement or supply chain experience focused on strategic sourcing, enterprise cost reduction, or operational efficiency initiatives.
• Market Knowledge: Demonstrated understanding of major direct spend categories, spend levers, and supply market fundamentals.
• Systems & Analytics: Strong experience driving insights from large data sets, utilizing data visualization applications (Tableau and ThoughtSpot), SAP/Oracle, and eSourcing/eAuction platforms.
• AI & Digitalization: Advanced knowledge in AI application and a strong affinity to explore AI-driven solutions broadly, particularly regarding the digital transformation of operations (Digital 2.0 / Industry 4.0).
• Mindset & Soft Skills: A strong communicator capable of effective upwards management and conflict resolution, translating messy data into clear procurement specifications.
• Operating Principles: Roache Operating Principles daily - simplify, act as one team, think long-term, prioritize patient outcomes.
• Travel: Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time.

Responsabilidades

• Collation of supplier, market, and internal business data to help formulate the long-term Category Strategy and build a proactive pipeline of future initiatives.
• Supporting Category Managers, Project Delivery, Delivery, and Sourcing Managers in executing and deploying complex projects in strict compliance with global standards and procedures.
• Supporting contract drafting and vendor negotiations for strategic, key, or bottleneck suppliers by delivering comprehensive analytics, fact-bases, and market benchmarks.
• Support selected high-value strategic sourcing initiatives and complex RFx activities to convert pipeline targets into realized business value.
• Collaborating with data analytics experts to generate Category-specific insights, generating monthly spend/savings metrics, and conducting data validation to safeguard governance.
• Converting strategic outcomes into clear category guidance documents and support materials to ensure category strategies can be effectively implemented across the organization.

Conocimientos

Analytical problem-solving

Interpersonal competencies

Stakeholder management

Effective communication

Travel readiness

Educación

University degree (Business or Life Sciences)

CIPS/PM/Prince2 or Finance licenses advantageous

Herramientas

Tableau

ThoughtSpot

SAP

Oracle

eSourcing/eAuction platforms

Descripción del empleo

Chez Roche, vous pouvez être vous-même et être apprécié pour les qualités uniques que vous apportez. Notre culture encourage l'expression personnelle, le dialogue ouvert et les connexions authentiques, où vous êtes valorisé, accepté et respecté pour ce que vous êtes, vous permettant de prospérer tant personnellement que professionnellement. Voici comment nous visons à prévenir, arrêter et guérir les maladies et à garantir à chacun l'accès aux soins de santé aujourd'hui et pour les générations à venir. Rejoignez Roche, où chaque voix compte.

La position

About Our Team

We at Global Diagnostics Procurement (DOP) are a team of about 200 enthusiastic professionals, committed to driving value with our suppliers worldwide. From locations around the world and with a diverse and multicultural team, we source, manage our supplier base, develop & execute category strategies and constantly develop & digitize processes that enable us to best support our business to grow sustainably. If you aspire to make an impact and want to be part of a high performing and world-class Procurement team, this is for you.

We are DOP. At Roche, nous faisons maintenant ce dont les patients ont besoin.

The Opportunity

Are you ready to shape the long-term supplier strategies and project pipelines that deliver medical device innovation to patients worldwide? As our Associate Category Manager (ACM) in Sant Cugat, Spain, you will support the development, validation, and execution of global category strategies and annual strategic initiatives with logistics and transportation. In this role, you will leverage rigorous procurement analytics to transform market intelligence into actionable category guidance, ensuring global supply resilience and portfolio value.

We are looking to fulfill one Associate Category Manager position in the logistics procurement team.

• Reporting Line: Directly reports to the Logistics Global Category Lead within the Global Category organization.

• Commercial insights: Understanding of transportation and logistics cost drivers, commercial levers and transport/logistics service-cost relations. Experience with transport and/or logistics tenders is seen as an asset.

• Wider Team and Stakeholders: Collaborates closely with Category Managers, Sourcing Managers, Supply Chain/Transportation, Finance, Legal, and external market intelligence providers. Participates in a global ACM Community of Practice (CoP) coordinated by the Category Integration & Excellence Lead to ensure consistency of methodologies, reporting standards, strategic planning processes, and cross-category collaboration.

• Role Type: An Individual Contributor role in support of the Logistics Category, focused on strategic enablement, market data intelligence, and stakeholder management.

• Impact: You drive category compliance, data integrity, and strategic execution across the global operations network. Specifically, you are accountable for:

• Strategy & Pipeline Support: Collation of supplier, market, and internal business data to help formulate the long-term Category Strategy and build a proactive pipeline of future initiatives.

• Strategic Initiative Deployment: Supporting Category Managers, Project Delivery, Delivery, and Sourcing Managers in executing and deploying complex projects in strict compliance with global standards and procedures.

• Negotiation & Contracting Preparation: Supporting contract drafting and vendor negotiations for strategic, key, or bottleneck suppliers by delivering comprehensive analytics, fact-bases, and market benchmarks.

• Strategic Sourcing: Support selected high-value strategic sourcing initiatives and complex RFx activities to convert pipeline targets into realized business value.

• Reporting & Analytics: Collaborating with data analytics experts to generate Category-specific insights, generating monthly spend/savings metrics, and conducting data validation to safeguard governance.

• Implementation Support: Converting strategic outcomes into clear category guidance documents and support materials to ensure category strategies can be effectively implemented across the organization.

Who you are

We look for analytical problem-solvers with excellent interpersonal competencies who can seamlessly guide stakeholders through complex procurement processes.

• Education: University degree (Business or Life Sciences focus preferred). Professional purchasing (e.g., CIPS), project management (e.g., PMP, Prince 2), or Finance-related licenses are highly advantageous.

• Experience: 2+ years of procurement or supply chain experience focused on strategic sourcing, enterprise cost reduction, or operational efficiency initiatives.

• Market Knowledge: Demonstrated understanding of major direct spend categories, spend levers, and supply market fundamentals.

• Systems & Analytics: Strong experience driving insights from large data sets, utilizing data visualization applications (specifically Tableau and ThoughtSpot ), enterprise systems (SAP/Oracle), and eSourcing/eAuction platforms.

• AI & Digitalization: Advanced knowledge in AI application and a strong affinity to explore AI-driven solutions broadly, particularly regarding the digital transformation of operations (Digital 2.0 / Industry 4.0).

• Mindset & Soft Skills: A strong communicator capable of effective upwards management and conflict resolution. You possess the ability to translate messy data into clear procurement specifications with a proactive, customer‑centric focus.

• Operating Principles: Driven to live the Roche Operating Principles daily - simplifying radically, acting as one team, thinking long-term, and prioritizing patient outcomes above all else.

• Travel: Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time for supplier and internal network meetings.

Ready for the next step? We look forward to hearing from you.

Qui nous sommes

Un avenir plus sain nous pousse à innover. Ensemble, plus de 100 000 employés à travers le monde sont dédiés à faire progresser la science et à garantir à chacun l'accès aux soins de santé aujourd'hui et pour les générations à venir. Nos efforts aboutissent à plus de 26 millions de personnes traitées avec nos médicaments et plus de 30 milliards de tests réalisés avec nos produits de Diagnostique. Nous nous encourageons mutuellement à explorer de nouvelles possibilités, à favoriser la créativité et à conserver nos grandes ambitions, afin de fournir des solutions de santé qui changent des vies et ont un impact mondial.

Construisons ensemble un avenir plus sain.

Roche est un employeur offrant l'équité en matière d'emploi.