Merck KGaA Posted September 11, 2026

Indirect Procurement Specialist Israel

Rehovot, Central, Israel FULL_TIME
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About this opportunity

Role Purpose

Lead Strategic Indirect procurement transactions. Oversee quality and compliance across all procurement processes within the organization. Ensures that material purchases are executed in an optimal economic and strategic manner, in full compliance with global corporate procurement policies, while maximizing cross-functional synergies.

Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end procurement processes for strategic transactions (above NIS 200,000).

Provide professional support to business units (R&D, Production, Marketing) in managing negotiations with major suppliers.

Conduct ongoing reviews and controls of procurement processes to ensure compliance with global procurement policies.

Keep Procurement policies updated.

Identify and drive synergies across different procurement domains to achieve cost savings and operational efficiency.

Manage relationships with strategic suppliers and establish long-term framework agreements.

Support and assist the CFO in cross-functional projects and related assignments, as required.

Work with Global Procurement Coordinator

Scope Exclusions

The role is not responsible for day-to-day operational purchasing activities below NIS 200,000 (except for process compliance oversight).

The role does not include the operational execution of Purchase Orders (POs) within procurement systems.

Key Stakeholders & Interfaces

Direct reporting line to the CFO

Ongoing collaboration with Purchasing Managers within the Business Units.

Close partnership with core functions: R&D, Production, and Marketing.

Tools, Systems & Infrastructure

SAP

Ariba

Excel excellent knowledge (data analysis and reporting)

Local procurement and financial systems

Success Metrics

Savings: Achieving measurable and documented cost savings from led strategic transactions.

Compliance: Zero material deviations from global procurement policies in periodic audits.

Cycle Time: Meeting defined timelines for the closure of strategic procurement deals.

Internal Satisfaction: Positive feedback from business units regarding the quality of support and added value delivered.

Reporting Structure

Reports to: CFO

Direct reports: None (Individual Contributor / Headquarters role)

Ongoing Responsibilities

Approval of new supplier onboarding within the system.

Providing sign-off for material purchases, not directly led by the role.

Leading annual contract renewal processes for significant strategic contracts.

Leading negotiations and bids for material purchases

Leading agreement negotiations

Ongoing analysis and control of compliance to Global Procurement policies

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree – mandatory

Relevant experience in a global organization – advantage

Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience – mandatory

High level of English – mandatory

High level of Excel – mandatory

Working with SAP and Ariba - advantage

 

PERSONAL SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

Time management

Self-starter

Good interpersonal relationships

Reliability and integrity

Proactive, accurate, Team player

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Procurement
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Rehovot, Central, Israel
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Procurement role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 187 comparable Procurement roles across 21 biopharma companies.

187Comparable roles tracked
165Currently active
21Companies hiring similar roles
30Countries represented

Salary context

19 of 187 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Procurement Manager - EPNV/ (1 out of 4) · Johnson & Johnson $104,000/yr – $156,310/yr
Highest disclosed · VP, Indirect Procurement, Orthopedics · Johnson & Johnson $199,000/yr – $366,850/yr
Peer group range $130,155 – $282,925 (median $178,725)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 187 comparable roles

United States33
India24
United Kingdom19
Philippines15
Spain11
Belgium11

+ 24 more countries

Seniority mix

135 of 187 peers have a known seniority level

Manager82
Director24
Associate Director16
Senior10
Associate2
Executive/VP1

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 187 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

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How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.