Network Planning Specialist

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

This role is embedded within our global organization and works closely with our US-based biotech affiliate, Genentech. At Genentech, we are dedicated to pursuing science to discover and develop medicines for people with serious and life‑threatening diseases. Our transformational discoveries include the first targeted antibody for cancer and the first medicine for primary progressive multiple sclerosis.

We celebrate our unique history as the pioneers of scientific breakthroughs that have an incredible track record of improving lives. And yet, our ambitions are bigger and bolder. Together, we are united in a bold quest to solve the world’s most complex health challenges and serve society.

The Opportunity

The Network Planning Specialist maintains consistent and accurate planning system parameters to ensure that long‑range and operational plans are aligned, and manages process improvements for Integrated Planning.

Key functional interfaces to enable supply plans include Network Planners, Product Supply Chain Leaders (PSCLs), and the Plan Business Capability community.

What You’ll Do

• Translate business requirements into long range supply plans within the planning system.
• Independently identify and collaborate with PSCLs to understand and validate product supply plan requirements and outcomes. May also deputize Network Planner responsibilities to reflect capacity related planning parameters in the planning system.
• Drive consistency in operational and long range planning system master data across the Roche Pharma portfolio of products that impact long range plans outcomes.
• Lead troubleshooting initiatives to ensure planning system solvers consistently deliver optimal capacity utilization and inventory levels.
• Strategically engage and influence data content owners to resolve master data discrepancies, ensuring plan integrity.
• Lead initiatives to ensure cross functional supply chain teams endorse plan outcomes on a routine basis.
• Deliver analysis of long range plan trends and insights including plan accuracy.
• Act as a planning system superuser within the Plan Business Capability and / or System Expert communities, driving knowledge transfer and fostering expertise through active mentorship and on‑the‑job training.
• Share in-depth knowledge and best practices within the team and across functional interfaces to elevate overall planning capabilities.
• Design, optimize, and implement robust work processes for both the Network Planning Specialist role and for the Network Planning team.

Skills & Mindset

We have high expectations around end‑to‑end thinking and collaboration in a global network by developing and executing strategy, removing waste, and ensuring strong cross‑functional alignment. We value an entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to constantly change and adapt in a dynamic environment. The ability to build trustful and effective relationships is critical in this global, multicultural, multifunctional environment. We expect you to focus on the most impactful and value‑adding work by prioritizing your efforts with a clear focus on creating value for the patient.

Who You Are

Relocation funding is available for this role.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA is $113,500 - $210,900. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job‑related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advancing 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.

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