Procurement Manager

Job Description:

As a Procurement Manager, 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. With 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 general procurement and commodity expertise, you ensure the effective and efficient delivery of core procurement services and continuous improvement of automation and content availability. The Delivery capability covers the core procurement activities from category management, strategic and operational sourcing, supplier management, content strategy definition, and execution. This position is part of the Indirect Procurement Delivery team reporting into the Procurement Delivery
Lead - R&D.

The Role
As a Procurement Manager, you will be a vital link between business needs and effective procurement execution within a dynamic, global environment. As a Procurement Manager, you will play a variety of roles according to your experience, knowledge, and the general business/team requirements, such as:
● Sourcing Specialist: Conduct market analysis, develop tactical sourcing plans, and lead negotiations for third-party goods and services essential for clinical trials
● Contract Manager: expertise, working with Confidentiality Agreements, Master Agreements, Vendor Agreements. Sourcing subject matter specialist able to develop and implement strategies for Roche stakeholders.
● Procurement manager: delivering and executing sourcing strategies by leveraging spend, category strategy, robust sourcing, negotiation, contracting, supplier management, and project management skills to achieve objectives and key results.
● Business Partner: Collaborate with internal business and procurement teams to translate clinical development demands into actionable spend management and sourcing projects.
● You will work within the broader team and Global Procurement networks and squads to determine the various roles needed to deliver project and foundational work.

This is an onsite role within the South San Francisco Campus. Candidate will be required to work onsite at least 3 days every week.
Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.
Who You Are

• You hold a bachelors degree, with a business degree preferable. You also have 5+ years of experience in sourcing, contracting, operational efficiency projects, or relevant commodity experience, preferably in the Pharmaceutical industry.

• Knowledge in the Clinical Development and/or Clinical Technologies area (e.g. CRO, IxRS, Patient recruitment, Imaging, Patient questionnaires, licensing etc.)

• 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 operational processes, such as contracting, e-Sourcing, is desired.

• Proven capability in negotiating project budgets and contracts

• You have knowledge and experience in supplier management, contract negotiations, cost optimization, market research & analysis in R&D categories, and understand the related R&D regulations (e.g. GCP).

• You have skills in project management.

• Business level fluency in English.

Nice to Have Skills Required - Technical / Non-Technical

• 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 work with colleagues across procurement, business, and the broader Roche organization to broaden knowledge and expertise, better understand customer needs, and connect the dots.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of California is $102,800.00 - $191,000.00 USD Annual. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

Genentech is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy and practice to employ, promote, and otherwise treat any and all employees and applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence. The company's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination, including but not limited to, discrimination on the basis of Protected Veteran status, individuals with disabilities status, and consistent with all federal, state, or local laws.

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