Procurement Specialist - Facilities / MRO (German or Mandarin Speaking)

Roche; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Dedicated training budget

Hybrid work model

Private healthcare

Job summary

Roche in Warsaw is seeking a Procurement Specialist for Facilities / MRO who will drive sourcing strategies, supplier management, and contracting across categories. You will work with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into effective procurement actions and content enhancements.

Requirements include a university degree, 2+ years in procurement, and fluency in English plus German or Mandarin at business level. Hybrid work model with two office days per week in Poland is offered.

Qualifications

• University degree in business or a related field.
• Fluent in English and German or Mandarin to a business level.
• 2+ years procurement experience in strategic sourcing and category strategy.
• Experience with procurement systems and processes.

Responsibilities

• Spearhead category strategy for Facilities / MRO and negotiate with suppliers.
• Deliver sourcing strategies using spend data and supplier management methodologies.
• Create content and automate buying channels to improve adoption and efficiency.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to translate business needs into sourcing actions and content.

Skills

Category management

Strategic sourcing

Supplier management

Contracting

Content strategy

Project management

Education

University degree in business or related

Tools

Procurement 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

Procurement Specialist - Facilities / MRO (German or Mandarin Speaking)

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.

At Roche Polska, we offer a hybrid work model that combines flexibility with in-person collaboration. For now, we require our employees to be in our offices on average two days per week. The specific office days may vary depending on business needs, such as workshops, conferences, town halls, team meetings, and other collaborative events.

The Opportunity:

This role sits within the Indirect Procurement Delivery group, which covers the core procurement activities from category management, strategic and operational 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 Procurement Specialist in Facilities / MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations), you will bring analytical thinking, planning, execution, and focus to the procurement sourcing and delivery capability area. Applying both general procurement and specialized knowledge or expertise in a specific commodity or spend area, you will ensure effective and efficient delivery of core procurement services and continuous improvement of automation and content availability.

You will collaborate closely with internal procurement (i.e. Chapters and capability areas such as customer relationship management, contracting, solutions, analytics, etc.) and business stakeholders to translate business needs into sourcing and spend management activities and content enhancement.

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

As a Procurement Specialist in Facilities / MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations), 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 specialist in Facilities / MRO conducting market and internal analysis to develop strategies and tactical plans for how Roche should source and negotiate for third party goods and services in order to satisfy stakeholder requirements
• You are a Procurement delivery practitioner delivering and executing sourcing strategies by leveraging spend, category know-how, robust sourcing, negotiation, contracting, supplier management methodologies and frameworks and project management skills.
• You develop content and automation, translating sourcing outcomes and opportunities into content and automated buying channels that improve business adoption, satisfaction, and overall efficiency.

Who you are:

• You hold a university degree, preferably in business or a related discipline
• You are fluent in both English & German or Mandarin to a Business level
• You have 2+ years procurement experience in strategic sourcing, category strategy building and strategic project execution with general contracting understanding and proficiency or relevant commodity experience
• You have experience in procurement systems and processes
• Ideally, you possess knowledge and experience in the Facilities / MRO commodity area and awareness of adjacent commodities.
• You demonstrate curiosity, active listening and a willingness to experiment and test new ideas when appropriate, with the focus very much on continuous learning and improvement
• You are open-minded and inclusive, generously sharing ideas and knowledge, while being receptive to ideas and feedback from others
• You have skills in project management

What you get:

• Competitive salary based on the employment contract
• Annual bonus payment based on your performance
• Dedicated training budget (training, certifications, conferences, diversified career paths etc.)
• Recharge Fridays (2 Fridays off per quarter available)
• Take time Program (up to 3 months of leave to use for any purpose)
• Vacation subsidy available
• Flex Location (possibility to perform our work from different places in the world for a certain period of time)
• Take Time for Charity (additional paid leave of maximum 2 weeks to engage in the charity action of your choice)
• Private healthcare (LuxMed packages), group life insurance (UNUM) and Multisport
• Stock share purchase additions
• Yearly sales of company laptops and cars and many more!

Note:

The benefits listed above apply to the Polish market. Detailed information for other regions will be provided during the recruitment process.

The controller of your personal data is Roche Polska Sp. z o.o., ul. Domaniewska 28, 02-672 Warsaw. The data is processed for the purpose of recruitment. You have the right to access your data, rectify it, delete it, limit processing, transfer it and - if processing is based on your consent - withdraw this consent at any time. Contact the Data Protection Officer at: [e-mail]. More information on the principles of processing your personal data by Roche at the link:

https://www.roche.pl/pl/content/klauzula-informacyjna-rekrutacja-en.html

Roche Polska sp. z o.o. operates in full compliance with the law and does not tolerate any violations. Roche Polska sp. z o.o. has implemented a Procedure for Reporting Violations of Law. If you wish to report any irregularities related to our activities, all necessary information regarding the reporting process can be found on our website: https://www.roche.pl/kontakt/ochrona-sygnalistow-zglaszanie-naruszen.

Compensation & Benefits

Where pay transparency applies, details are provided based on the primary posting location. For this role, the primary location is Warsaw. If you are interested in additional locations where the role may be available, we will provide the relevant compensation details later in the hiring process.

Information about the compensation package for this position will be provided ahead of any interview

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.