Purchasing Specialist

Unimed Maritime Solutions; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Unimed Maritime Solutions is seeking a Procurement Specialist to ensure supply continuity for its purchasing area and deploy regional sourcing strategies. As a member of the Procurement Team, you will aim to secure cost-effective, high-quality, and timely supplies for medical and pharmaceutical needs.

The role requires Dutch and English fluency, SAP experience, and strong negotiation, planning, and communication skills.

Qualifications

• 3 years marine or pharma procurement experience
• Fluent Dutch and English (written and spoken)
• Experience with SAP and multiple systems/tools (SAP, Databases, MS Office, MS Project)
• Strong commercial awareness and negotiating skills
• Excellent organizational and planning abilities
• Adaptable to changing priorities and multiple internal customers
• Effective communication with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to bring teams together to resolve issues and meet targets
• Knowledge of strategic sourcing and procurement processes

Responsibilities

• Advise stakeholders to define product/service specs and demand for action plans
• Purchase a wide range of medical and pharmaceutical supplies
• Source products and process RFQs
• Forecast inventory needs and maintain inventory levels
• Follow up on purchase orders to ensure delivery dates/times/locations
• Maintain databases of items purchased: cost, delivery, performance, and inventory
• Monitor shipments and resolve undelivered goods or quality issues
• Proactively inform internal customers of potential delays
• Maintain pricing and ordering information in the system
• Source products at the most favorable price and highest quality per specs
• Code purchase orders per Finance instructions
• Assist internal customers with product numbers, locations, etc

Skills

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Dutch & English

SAP experience

MS Project

MS Office

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SAP

MS Project

MS Office

Job description

This role is responsible for procurement supply continuity and the deployment of regional sourcing strategies for their assigned purchasing area. The Purchasing Specialist is a member of the Procurement Team. This position will, along with other team members in the department, ensure the best sourcing for all products procured based on cost, quality, and delivery- overall value to the organization.

RESPONSIBILITES

• - Effectively work with functional and business groups as a trusted advisor to determine desired product/service specifications and projected demand when making recommended action plans.
• - Responsible for purchasing a wide range of medical and pharmaceutical supplies.
• - Researching/sourcing products and processing requisitions/requests for quotations.
• - Forecast inventory needs and maintain accurate inventory levels.
• - Responsible for follow-up of all issued purchase orders to ensure appropriate delivery dates/times/locations.
• - Maintain and review databases and records of items purchased; cost, delivery, product performance, description and inventory levels.
• - Monitor shipments to ensure that goods come in on time and resolve problems related to undelivered goods and unacceptable quality/quantity.
• - Pro- actively inform internal customers of any potential delays that may impact the client.
• - Maintain current pricing and ordering information in system, update as needed
• - Review requirements and purchase products at the most favorable price and highest quality, consistent with specification and other factors.
• - Properly code all purchase orders per instructions from Finance
• - Assist internal customers in determining product, item numbers, locations, source, etc.

REQUIREMENTS

• - 3 years marine or pharma industry purchasing procurement preferred
• - Fluent commend of both the Dutch and English languages, both verbally and in writing
• - Previous experience in SAP preferred
• - Learn/work in multiple systems/tools such as SAP, Databases, Microsoft Office, MS Project, etc.
• - Strong commercial awareness and negotiating skills
• - Strong organizational and planning skills
• - Flexibility/adaptability to changing priorities, multiple internal customers
• - Ability to communicate effectively and work with internal and external customers
• - Ability to bring teams together to resolve issues and achieve targets and goals
• - Knowledge of strategic sourcing and procurement work processes and solutions