Contract Negotiation Specialist

2 weeks ago

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Roche Full time
Contract Manager (Research and Development Vendor Contracts)

About the Role

Roche is seeking a skilled Contract Manager to join our Global Procurement organization. As a key member of our team, you will play a critical role in driving our 10-year ambition plan, which requires us to adapt and transform to our evolving ecosystem and challenges ahead.

We have redesigned our Global Procurement organization to ensure we can succeed in this new environment and deliver on our mission for patients by building new capabilities and creating a more agile organization.

As a Contract Manager, you will work closely with procurement and business stakeholders to deliver procurement contract management and advisory activities. You will use your specialized knowledge and expertise in contracting and procurement to ensure effective and efficient service delivery that manages business, legal, and compliance risks.

Key Responsibilities

  • Contracting knowledge and subject matter expert providing specialist input, advice, assistance, and know-how with complex scientific, commercial, and/or technical contract drafting and negotiating activities.
  • Contract drafter and negotiator - using functional, technical, and/or operational expertise to interpret, draft, and negotiate complex scientific, commercial, and/or technical contracts in two primary areas: sourceable contracts in direct support to the business (either fully or in support of the business' self-service); and, working with Procurement Delivery professionals, complex scientific, commercial, and/or technical contracts that require contracting functional, technical, and/or operational expertise beyond provided templates and playbooks.
  • Contracts 'Best Practices' developer and advocate contributing to the development, improvement, and delivery of templates, playbooks, and training to procurement, the business, and other stakeholders.

Requirements

  • University degree, with a business or legal degree preferable.
  • 7+ years or fewer with or legal credentials 3+ years of relevant procurement or contract management experience, ideally in a pharmaceutical contracting organization.
  • Proven experience with managing and negotiating Research and Development specific contracts (all levels of complexities).
  • Understanding and ability to work with tax, insurance, import/export, safety & health, and compliance matters.
  • The ability to explain difficult or higher complexity capability information to others or collect/translate moderate complexity stakeholder requirements in situations requiring alignment and consensus.
  • Legal and Compliance subject matter expertise with extensive delegation of authority.
  • Business level fluency in English.

What We Offer

As a Contract Manager at Roche, you will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic global environment, use your contract drafting and negotiation skills, and general understanding of applicable laws, policies, and regulations to deliver procurement contract management and advisory activities.

You will partner with procurement and business stakeholders, supporting their contracting needs by creating and providing tools, templates, playbooks, advice, and counsel, and assistance with complex drafting and negotiating, enabling efficient and compliant contracting.

Working closely with other team members, such as the contracting enablement capability teams, you will gather feedback and input to meet reporting requirements, and to continuously develop, validate, enhance, and deploy services, tools, templates, playbooks, processes, and service levels.

Our Culture

We are an entrepreneurial organization that values enterprise thinking, inclusive collaboration, and continuous learning. We strive to create solutions for business customers by proactively fostering collaboration, including across the procurement network.

We are action-oriented and can make decisions and influence others to do the same; we repurpose work and ideas in favor of starting from scratch.

We demonstrate curiosity, active listening, and a willingness to experiment and test new ideas when appropriate, focusing on continuous learning and improvement.

We work with colleagues across procurement, business, and the broader Roche organization to broaden knowledge and expertise, better understand customer needs, and connect the dots.

We are open-minded and inclusive, generously sharing ideas and knowledge while being receptive to ideas and feedback from others.

Language

English

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