Purchasing Specialist

Werfen Immunoassay; Lliçà d'Amunt; Presencial; EUR 30.000 - 42.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Werfen Immunoassay is seeking a Purchasing Specialist to source items and services for our IVD solutions, negotiate freight rates, and control import transit.

You will create purchase orders, manage supplier relations, verify delivery dates and prices, and cooperate with planning and warehouse teams to avoid backorders.

Requirements include Ciclo Formativo de Grado Superior in a supply chain field, SAP and Excel proficiency, fluency in Spanish or Catalan, and intermediate English.

Formación

• 5 years of professional experience in a similar purchasing role.
• Fluency in Spanish or Catalan; intermediate English (reading, writing, speaking).
• SAP and Excel proficiency preferred; basic knowledge of import processes.

Responsabilidades

• Run SAP reports to determine purchase requests for expenses and generate POs from requisitions.
• Maintain vendor relationships and ensure correct delivery dates, quantities, and prices.
• Coordinate with warehouse and planning departments to avoid backorders and resolve delays.

Conocimientos

Time management

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Reporting & analysis

Educación

Ciclo Formativo de Grado Superior (supply chain)

Any degree higher than minimum

Herramientas

SAP

Excel

Word

Descripción del empleo

The Purchasing Specialist ensures that the items and services required to manufacture our IVD Solutions are purchased from specified suppliers and delivered according to agreed terms and conditions. Additionally, this role is responsible for negotiating rates with freight service suppliers and controlling import transit.

Key Accountabilities

• Runs reports in SAP to help determine purchase requests for expense items. For inventory items, generates purchase orders based on reorder points set in the inventory management system. Periodically reviews reorder points to ensure they are adequate.
• Creates purchase orders from purchase requisitions.
• Issues purchase orders to suppliers and confirms that delivery dates, quantities ordered, and prices are correct.
• Maintains vendor relationships, ensuring best pricing and order preference are received.
• Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedules.
• Conducts periodic conference calls with suppliers to follow up on ongoing projects.
• Handles data entry and files paperwork.
• Maintains procurement records by monitoring deliveries, detecting delays, and resolving issues with vendors to avoid customer backorders.
• Responds to inquiries from a variety of internal and external sources to provide information, direction, and/or appropriate referrals.
• Participates in department meetings, exhibitions, workshops, etc., to convey and/or gather information required to perform job functions.
• Coordinates with the warehouse and planning departments.
• Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection/quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine the source of trouble and take corrective action.

Networking / Key Relationships

To be determined based on department needs, including interactions with:

• Production & R&D
• Planning & Warehouse
• Quality Control

Minimum Knowledge & Experience Required for the Position

- Required: Ciclo Formativo de Grado Superior in any related field within the supply chain area.

- Desirable: Any degree higher than the minimum requirement stated above.

- Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in a similar position.

- Software: Proficiency in Office Tools (Excel & Word). Advanced knowledge of SAP is desirable.

- Languages: Fluency in Spanish or Catalan. Intermediate level of English (reading, writing, and speaking).

Skills & Capabilities

The ideal candidate for this position will exhibit the following skills and competencies:

• Time management skills to work on several projects simultaneously.
• Flexibility to work with and provide support to multiple team members.
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Solid reporting and analysis capabilities.
• Reflects the values of Werfen in the quality of work and professional relationships.