Procurement Delivery Lead - Commercial

Roche; England; On-site; GBP 108,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare company is seeking a strategic procurement lead with over 10 years of experience in managing procurement operations and commercial categories. The role involves leadership of medium teams, overseeing sourcing strategies, and ensuring delivery of complex projects. Strong communication and conflict resolution skills are required. The expected salary in the UK is competitive, reflecting experience and qualifications. Join us to contribute to innovative healthcare solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years procurement experience with strategic and operational expertise.
• Demonstrated success in managing global medium to large teams.
• Proven experience in procurement end-to-end operations.

Responsibilities

• Utilise knowledge in Commercial Categories to provide thought leadership.
• Oversee sourcing, category, and supplier strategies.
• Accountable for the performance of procurement teams.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Conflict resolution

Influencing

Project management

Education

University degree in business or life sciences

Job description

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.

Responsibilities

• Utilise your in depth knowledge and expertise in Commercial Categories (like Strategic branding and creative, Digital Marketing and production, Marketing Research, Data Insights and Analytics, Medical Information and Communication, CSO) to act as a Delivery domain lead providing thought leadership, advice, and know-how on delivery capability topics, strategies, and best practices, and shaping and defining the capability area vision and priorities.
• Act as a developer overseeing, improving and driving delivery of sourcing, category and supplier related strategies, act as a connector between the strategic and operational delivery procurement teams as well as coaching team members, including modeling agile behaviors and mindsets necessary for advancing the capability vision.
• Act as an accelerator and advocate providing guidance to align on and co-create enhancements and development of automated delivery offerings, enhancing business satisfaction and driving efficiencies.
• Work within the capability teams, networks, and squads/project teams to ensure prioritization and focus on delivering or supporting both project and foundational work.
• Be accountable for the performance of medium teams of Sr. Procurement Delivery Managers and Procurement Delivery Managers acting as a role model, demonstrating curiosity, passion, an entrepreneurial spirit, enterprise thinking, inclusive collaboration, and desire for continuous learning that underpin our culture and ways of working.

Qualifications

• Hold a university degree, with a business or life science degree preferable.
• 10+ years procurement experience (strategic and operational procurement experience, including relevant related Commercial categories experience and expertise), or Marketing experience ideally in a matrix organization.
• Demonstrated success in building, cultivating and managing global medium to large teams.
• Demonstrated experience in procurement end‑to‑end operations.
• Proven excellent leadership, communication, conflict resolution, and influencing skills.
• Deep knowledge and experience in the Commercial category areas, strong knowledge of adjacent categories (like Strategic branding and creative, Digital Marketing and production, Marketing Research, Data Insights and Analytics, Medical Information and Communication, CSO) and overall understanding of other indirect categories.
• Experience in project management including change management and process improvement with direct experience in delivering complex business process / organizational change projects.
• Work with colleagues across procurement, business and the wider Roche organization to broaden knowledge and expertise, better understand customer needs, and connect the dots.

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.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Mississauga is $145,656.00 to $191,173.50. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job‑related factors as determined by the company.

We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess or select applicants for this role. This posting is for an existing vacancy at Hoffmann‑La Roche Ltd.