Sr. Supplier Relationship Manager (Facilities & Engineering) (m/f/d)

Sr. Supplier Relationship Manager (Facilities & Engineering) (m/f/d) This job is available in 2 locations Category Procurement Job Id 202505-112666 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 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. Who We Are 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. 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 the Sr. Supplier Relationship Manager Facilities , you will work in a dynamic global environment where you will meet the challenge to bring innovation, alliance management, and strategic thinking to meet business problems and market opportunities. You are accountable for developing and managing the relationship, and driving improvement and innovation initiatives with one or a few of Roche’s most strategic and most critical suppliers on a global basis. Using your in-depth knowledge and expertise in supplier management, innovation, and procurement strategies, you deliver outstanding management of supplier relationships, achieving long-term value and collaboration with Roche suppliers to support customer needs and solve business problems. In addition, you will work actively with the Supplier Relationship Management Capability Lead to embed the Supplier Relationship Management Capability across both Procurement Delivery Chapters and proactively drive a collaborative partnership with various stakeholders, including Vendor Management Organisations and other supplier facing groups, to ensure tools, templates, playbooks, and positions are in line with company needs as well as suggest enhancements and updates based upon opportunities and risk identified during supplier and stakeholder discussions. You will collaborate with internal procurement (such as Procurement Managers, Customer Excellence, Insights, Analytics, Contracting, etc.), business stakeholders, suppliers, and other relevant stakeholders to build and implement comprehensive supplier strategies that are aligned to business needs and functional objectives. You will work closely with other team members, as a peer coach, project or workstream lead to deliver on Supplier Relationship Management activities for our most strategic and critical suppliers, embed best practices such as enhancement and development of services, tools, templates, playbooks, processes, and provide capacity, expertise, and oversight to other supplier oriented projects/solutions. As a Sr. Supplier Relationship Manager , you will play a variety of roles according to your experience, knowledge, and general business requirements, including but not limited to: Acting as a domain knowledge and subject matter expert, providing input, advice, and know-how on alliance management, business and strategic planning, and facilitation of innovation with our strategic partners. Developing and leading the identification, refinement, and delivery of supplier strategies, including identification and execution of supplier initiatives, establishment of effective governance around the partnership, and execution of relevant supplier management activities. Advocating and influencing and building strong working relationships, focused on leading and advising across Procurement and business stakeholders to share best practices and align on common supplier strategies and practices across functions, divisions, and categories. Who you are You hold a university degree, preferably in business or a related discipline. You also have 7+ years within procurement, supply chain, and/or management consulting, ideally in a matrix organization, as well as strong demonstrated success in building and cultivating collaborative and productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You have strong experience in procurement systems and processes, in particular in the application of Strategic Relationship Management. You have experience delivering strategies, operations, and innovation across Facilities and Utilities services. 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 proven capability in negotiation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management. You have skills in project management, in particular managing global cross-functional teams. You have skills in change management and process improvement with direct experience in delivering complex business process / organizational change. You are fluent in English to a Business level, as well as German. Join our team and enable the strong capability expertise needed to meet the evolving needs of our customers. Note: Relocation benefits are not available for this posting. Duration: This position is to be filled permanently So far, so good? It can still get better. We offer you diverse top benefits at our locations. Only together with you can we improve the lives of patients. You make Roche unique with your contribution. Therefore, we offer exceptional benefits to support you in shaping your life, finances, and health as you wish. Find out more here: https://go.roche.com/Kandidaten-Benefits-DE Your application We request the following documents from you: Current resume Additional documents are currently not necessarily required. Please note before submitting the application that no further documents can be added afterwards. Your contact to us! With people. For people. Do you need further support? Please have a look at our FAQs, you will find them via https://careers.roche.com/global/en/faq . 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.