Strategic Pharma & Marine Procurement 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

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.