The Supply Chain & Procurement Manager will constitute an integrated part of the Roche Diabetes Care Austria organization. The role will focus on providing support towards the Austria commercial organization. Areas of responsibility will cover supply chain management as well as procurement functions, both in terms of regular responsibilities as well as delivering a variety of local and global initiatives and projects.

The position will have strong connection with and guidance from Global Supply Chain and Global Procurement organizations of Roche Diabetes Care.

The Job Profile

• Supply Chain and Logistics: 

• Ensure end-2-end logistics flows 

• Management of local logistics suppliers for warehousing and transports 

• Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process owner, providing demand forecast in cooperation with sales, product and finance managers

• Connection between Austria Affiliate and various Global Supply Chain functions 

• Returns handling process

• External reports: ARA, ERA, Intrastat 

• Local Transport Safety Advisor, Local Export Control Officer, Local Dangerous Goods Coordinator roles

• Represent Supply Chain function and provide regular updates to Leadership Team 

• Conceptualization and execution of local supply chain and logistics related initiatives and projects 

• Material Management & Business Administrator:

• Master data maintenance for trading / advertising / promotional goods, as well sales-boom materials in SAP and MDG-M system 

• Orders and stock bookings for advertising materials in cooperation with marketing department 

• Single-point-of-contact for all invoice related tasks and questions regarding advertising materials 

• Create price list for new materials and prices in cooperation with marketing and sales departments

• Maintain customer master data regarding price conditions and payment terms in cooperation with sales department 

• Create and update the material management & business administrator related documents in the company’s Quality Management System

• Procurement:

• Accountable for local procurement processes, in line with Roche policies and guidelines 

• Establish criteria for supplier selection and ensure transparency during the decision process

• Execution of tenders and related assessments 

• Contractual design with suppliers. Establish supplier qualification and assessment process

• Responsible for supplier creation in MDG-S system

• Creation and updating of preferred supplier list which meet the Business needs 

• Implementation and execution of spend analyses, category specific strategies according to the standards

• Responsible to achieve and report savings 

• First contact for purchase requests and SAP related matters (e.g. release strategy, amendment of purchase orders, goods receipt booking)

• Responsible for trainings about purchase requisition creation in SAP and for the related training materials

• Create and update the procurement related documents in the company’s Quality Management System

You’re someone who wants to influence your own development. You’re looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests across functions and geographies. Where a job title is not considered the final definition of who you are, but the starting point.

To be successful in this role following skills and experiences are required:

• To be successful in this role following skills and experiences are required:

• Education and experience with a track record of about 5+ years of experience in supply chain management and/or procurement 

• Beneficial experience in medical devices and/or pharma environment 

• Fluency in both German and English 

• Affinity to IT tools beneficial (SAP, possibly SAP IBP)

• Good communication and partnering skills in a fast pace matrix environment 

• Independent, self-motivated and accurate working style with great attention to detail, customer and process-oriented way of working

• Flexible and reliable personality

• Willingness to develop the supply chain and procurement function 

Travel requirements: business travel (up to ~10% time)

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche Diabetes Care is a pioneer in the development of blood glucose monitoring systems and a global leader in diabetes management systems and services. For 40 years, the Accu-Chek brand has been committed to enabling people with diabetes to lead an almost normal and active life.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.