Indirect Procurement Buyer

Position Overview

Position based in Monza and reporting to the Procurement Lead, you will be a key member of the Finance, IT and Business Operations team. You will be jointly accountable for the Commercial Finance Operations transformation journey, fostering a collaborative, customer‑centric environment and driving the adoption of agile ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a strong understanding of the suppliers’ market, trends, and innovations in the assigned categories.
• Drive and ensure an effective and proactive scouting process of strategic partners in the reference market.
• Co‑create sourcing strategies with internal stakeholders, gathering business needs and ensuring adherence to the procurement policy.
• Implement and execute robust, agile sourcing processes, contributing to the effectiveness of the overall strategy.
• Plan and implement source‑to‑pay activities in accordance with the defined strategy, leading the sourcing process through tools such as RFI, RFP, RFQ and eSourcing tools.
• Analyze commercial suppliers’ proposals and lead the negotiation process based on the established strategy.
• Oversee and ensure an effective and timely process for supplier contract set‑up, coordinating with other functions and complying with procurement policy and legal framework.
• Manage supplier relationships, aiming to increase efficiency, improve commercial terms, and implement new approaches and technologies.
• Contribute to supplier performance review, due diligence and risk assessment, translating insights into actionable plans.
• Collaborate across functional areas to deliver better outcomes and overcome barriers.
• Participate in international procurement working groups, strengthening networking to deliver better outcomes.
• Co‑own the procurement vision, strategy, strategic goals and follow up on their implementation.

Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering (preferred Management), Business Administration, Economics.
• Postgraduate qualification (nice to have) – Master’s degree in Procurement.
• At least 2 years of experience in a similar position within a multinational environment, ideally in Diagnostics or Medical Devices industry.
• Excellent knowledge of source‑to‑pay fundamentals and proven capability in leveraging AI‑driven tools to optimise procurement processes, enhance spend analysis, and automate workflows.
• Ability to understand business context, prioritise and make decisions.
• Excellent negotiation capability, problem solving, business acumen, result orientation and organisational skills.
• Strong attitude towards innovative technologies, with a focus on AI for predictive data analysis, contract management optimisation and informed decision‑making within the S2P cycle.
• Passion for change, simplification and process improvement, with the ability to see through complexity and remove waste.
• Strong interpersonal, collaborative and influencing skills and ability to build trusting relationships.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and curiosity that inspires others, generating ideas and seeing them through to action.
• Fluent in English and Italian, both written and spoken.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.