Procurement Specialist

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The Position

Procurement Specialist

Roche India – Roche Services & Solutions

Location: 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.

Your Opportunity:

• Contract management: Responsible for the administrative handling of tenders, contract preparation, handling of guarantees, acceptance protocols and insurance documents
• Support of sourcing activities for CAPEX/OPEX projects; processing of reactive or business-related sourcing requests within a specific region, country or large location
• Execution of smaller sourcing activities such as ad hoc, call-off, and unplanned/planned or reactive business-related sourcing activities to ensure maximum impact of procurement
• Support in sourcing requests in accordance with the specifications of the relevant category and the relevant guidelines, standards, specifications and work instructions, including agreements and contracts with existing suppliers
• The Sourcing Supporter will work with procurement and business stakeholders to understand the requirements and implement the appropriate sourcing process using appropriate methods, tools, and bundling
• Provides general and specialized procurement knowledge for specific areas, ensuring efficient delivery of procurement services (sourcing strategy, vendor selection, negotiation, contract drafting, SRM). Collaborates with internal stakeholders to align business needs with sourcing activities, improving automation and content. Supports the team in daily operations, customer experience, and contributes expertise to productivity projects

Some examples of actual work execution for this specific position:

Purchase requisition/ Order work

• Independent review, verification and validation of purchase requisition (free-text orders within threshold) incl. approval/rejection based on procurement aspects. E.g. completeness, plausibility, legal conformity, quote, commercial terms, product category, demand-description & specification
• Close collaboration & communications with category managers, internal stakeholders & suppliers on operational procurement topics
• Creating Purchase requisitions for services according to business requirements
• Monitoring all POs that are issued and received & closed (e.g. Order Acknowledgement handling and contacting suppliers & internal stakeholders when needed)
• Following up with stakeholders/suppliers when modifying orders or performing updates/maintenance in the system
• Proactively notify requisitioners of order changes/delays

Vendor master related work

• Handling of MDG-M workflows for direct goods. (creating/updating info records)
• Creation of framework orders in the system with responsible Category/Procurement Manager
• Vendor registrations and maintenance (updating vendor master data) in the purchasing system

General Procurement support

• Responsible for common procurement support mailbox
• Supporting Accounts payable department for invoice discrepancies, goods delivery & closing PO's
• Vendor registrations and maintenance (updating vendor master data) in the purchasing system
• Contracting/ CDA related work
• Processing NDA's (Non-Disclosure Agreements) according to business requirements in the system

Who you are:

• You hold a bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in Procurement. Preferably, you have a Master's degree in Operations & SCM
• Additional training as a specialist for purchasing and materials management or Bachelor's Degree

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.