Senior Procurement Manager - Consulting Services

Roche; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche India - Roche Services & Solutions in Hyderabad is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager for Consulting Services. You will lead sourcing, contracting, and category strategy for indirect procurement, collaborating with internal stakeholders to translate business needs into effective supplier arrangements.

You bring 12+ years in professional services procurement, with strong leadership, negotiation, and project-management skills, and you communicate fluently in English to drive global

Qualifications

• University degree required; Life Science preferred; strong procurement knowledge.
• 12+ years of experience in professional services procurement and related categories.
• Proven ability to negotiate budgets, manage projects, and lead teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing strategies and category management for Consulting Services.
• Negotiate contracts, manage vendor relationships, and drive savings.
• Lead and mentor team members; manage workload and training.
• Develop content, automation, and digital procurement initiatives to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with global teams to align strategies and deliver results.

Skills

Procurement

Sourcing

Contracting

Leadership

Project management

English proficiency

Education

Life Science degree

Tools

e-Source

Spot buying

Contracting systems

Job description

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

Senior Procurement Manager - Consulting Services

Roche India - Roche Services & Solutions

Hyderabad

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.

Job Profile Summary

Brings general procurement and specialized knowledge or expertise in a specific commodity or spend area, ensuring effective and efficient delivery of core procurement services (sourcing strategy, vendor selection and negotiation, contract drafting, category strategy contribution, SRM) and continuous improvement of automation and content availability. Collaborates with internal procurement and business stakeholders to translate business needs into sourcing and spend management activities and content enhancement. Works closely with other team members to support customer demand, improve the customer buying experience, deliver on day-to-day activities, and provide capacity and expertise to deliver productivity and other customer-oriented projects/solutions.

The Opportunity

Roche has defined an exciting 10-year ambition plan, requiring us to adapt and transform to our evolving ecosystem and the challenges ahead of us. We have redesigned our Global Procurement (GP) organization to ensure we can succeed in this new environment and deliver on our mission for patients by building new capabilities and creating a more agile organization. Our goal is to improve our ability to deliver on our vision to accelerate Roche’s goal to bring innovative solutions to patients quickly and efficiently through business and supplier partnerships. If you are excited about driving this change and catalyzing the future in the Consulting Services procurement capability, the Sr. Procurement Manager - Consulting Services role is for you.

What is the Delivery capability?

The Delivery capability covers the core procurement activities from category management, strategic and operational sourcing, supplier management, content strategy definition, and execution. The Delivery capability 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 Indirect Procurement Strategic team reporting to the Procurement Indirect Delivery Lead - Consulting Services.

• Are you wondering what is in it for you?
• Are you interested in further developing and leveraging your market knowledge, business partnering, and influencing skills? Here is why we think the Sr. Procurement Manager - Consulting Services role is a fantastic job to consider!

As a Sr. Procurement Manager - Consulting Services, you will work in a dynamic global environment where you bring analytical thinking, planning, execution, and focus to the procurement sourcing and delivery capability area. Thanks to your strong problem-solving and core procurement skills, you will effectively collaborate with internal procurement (customer relationship management, contracting, solutions, etc.) and business stakeholders to translate business needs into sourcing, spend management activities, and content enhancement. Based on your Consulting Services procurement and commodity expertise, you ensure the effective and efficient delivery of core procurement services and continuous improvement of automation and content availability.

You will work closely with team members to support customer demand, improve the customer buying experience, deliver on day-to-day strategic activities, and provide capacity and expertise to provide productivity and other customer-oriented projects/solutions.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Your successful performance and contribution depend on the full embodiment and demonstration of core mindsets and behaviors, including an entrepreneurial spirit, enterprise thinking, inclusive collaboration, and desire for continuous learning that underpin our culture and ways of working
• Sourcing and category subject matter specialist conducting internal analysis to develop and implement strategies and tactical plans for Roche to source and negotiate for third-party goods and services that satisfy stakeholder requirements
• Procurement practitioner delivering and executing sourcing strategies by leveraging spend, category know-how, robust sourcing, negotiation, contracting, supplier management, and project management skills to achieve objectives and key results
• Content and automation advocate translating sourcing outcomes and opportunities into content and automated buying channels that improve business adoption, satisfaction, and overall efficiency
• Leverage AI, automation, and digital procurement solutions to enhance sourcing, demand management, supplier performance, and overall buying efficiency across the Consulting Services category
• Develop and maintain advanced reporting, analytics, and KPI frameworks, transforming complex spend, supplier, and demand data into actionable insights and executive-level decision support
• Utilize data-driven methodologies, market intelligence, and predictive analytics to identify value creation opportunities, optimize consulting investments, manage risks, and track performance against strategic category objectives
• Manage day to day strategic requests of the Consulting Services team, organizing and overseeing workload, team statistics, information and trainings
• 1 on 1 check-ins with the local Consulting Services team
• Act as one of the Consulting Services team’s main point of contact for sourcing and contracting queries, supporting the team's training and knowledge sharing (clarifying sourcing questions, ensuring quality of contracts and due diligence, organizing meetings with Category Managers when needed and organizing internal training for the team, supporting the team spirit and motivation)
• Collaborate cross-functionally with other Procurement teams to share knowledge and improve Stakeholder support
• Understand processes and support requests across multiple Consulting Services categories
• Follow global sourcing and contracting strategies to ensure alignment across regions
• Manage team recruitments, onboarding, and training of new starters
• Participate in Consulting Services Meetings, supporting initiatives and proposing ideas to streamline work and processes
• Ensure correct usage of the myBuy Sourcing & Contracting platform by the Consulting Services team, and the myBuy Navigator by Stakeholders, providing support as needed

Who you are:

You bring the following capabilities, mindset, and behaviors:

Skills

• You hold a university degree, with a Life Science degree preferred. You also have demonstrable extensive experience in sourcing, simple contracting, people management, strategic and operational efficiency projects, or relevant commodity experience
• You bring 12+ years of experience, with at least 8+ years handling Professional Services procurement, with a strong preference for a background in Consulting Services.
• The ability to explain general capability area information to others or collect/translate moderate complexity stakeholder requirements in straightforward situations
• Knowledgeable in procurement systems and strategic processes, such as contracting, e-Source, and spot buying is desired
• Proven capability in negotiating project budgets and contracts
• Demonstrated project management skills
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to motivate and influence
• Business-level fluency in English

Mindset & Behaviors

• You strive to act as an enterprise thinker and leverage knowledge and expertise to create solutions for business customers by proactively fostering collaboration, including across the procurement network
• You are action-oriented and can make decisions and influence others to do the same; you repurpose work and ideas in favor of starting from scratch.
• You demonstrate curiosity, active listening, and a willingness to experiment and test new ideas when appropriate, focusing on continuous learning and improvement
• You work with colleagues across procurement, business, and the broader Roche organization to broaden knowledge and expertise, better understand customer needs, and connect the dots
• You are open-minded and inclusive, generously sharing ideas and knowledge while being receptive to ideas and feedback from others

Who we are

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.