Senior Global Category Manager Consumables (m/f/d)

at  Roche

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The Position
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.
Roche Diagnostics is the no 1 In Vitro Diagnostics player globally. An important part of our success in transforming patient’s lives sits with our Global Operations function. And our Direct Procurement department plays a central role in making sure we can achieve that. Our vision in Direct Procurement is to be procurement entrepreneurs, with an ability to design and orchestrate innovative, agile and sustainable supplier networks.
You can become the strategic sparring partner to our Global Operations and R&D stakeholders with regards to procurement decisions very early on in the process. Help us create a long term strategy to become a key enabler for Roche Diagnostics to grow profitably and to secure and extend its market leadership. What we have to offer is an exercise in organizational evolution, an open path to a truly global career.

• You take ownership of the global category by constantly challenging the status-quo. Identifying enhancements and convincing the upper management to follow new ways of working, will be part of your responsibility
• You develop and implement the Category Strategy and Multi-Year Pipeline, driving and/or executing key strategic initiatives.
• You conduct extensive and thorough risk / CSR reviews and incorporate those as a key chapter into your Category Strategy and value pipelines
• You intensify existing relationships with our external strategic partners. Beyond that you will closely monitor the market and identify players which fit best to our needs
• You ensure contract compliance, supporting the harmonization of processes and technology
• You coach Procurement colleagues and provide opportunities for professional developmen