Senior Group Purchasing Process Specialist - Temporary Contract

Eurofins; Katowice; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Eurofins is seeking a proactive procurement specialist to drive both global and local initiatives within our purchasing organization. You will own complex projects, deliver cost-effective results, and mentor junior team members.

With autonomy, you’ll provide actionable insights to senior management, champion process improvements, and shape the future of procurement within a multinational network.

Qualifications

• Experience in a global, multinational procurement environment.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of purchasing strategies.
• Deploy new processes and tools; run change management and training.
• Monitor and continuously improve deployed processes and tools.
• Coordinate with suppliers and internal stakeholders to deliver outcomes.
• Monitor project budgets; ensure cost-effectiveness and compliance.
• Provide regular status updates to Manager and stakeholders.
• Conduct market research to identify potential suppliers.
• Ensure compliance with regulations and company policies.

Skills

Global procurement experience

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

English communication

Project management

Job description

Eurofins is an international network of independent life sciences companies, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across its companies around the world.

Eurofins is an international network of independent life sciences companies, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across its companies around the world.

Job Description

Eurofins is seeking a proactive and analytical specialist to drive both global and local initiatives within our purchasing organization. In this role, you’ll take ownership of complex projects, ensuring alignment with stakeholder expectations while delivering results that are cost-effective and timely.

You’ll perform in-depth cost and savings analyses to empower strategic decisions, lead category strategy implementation, and mentor junior team members to elevate project management standards. With significant autonomy, you’ll provide actionable insights to senior management, champion process improvements, and demonstrate a strong commitment to learning and growth. This is your chance to make a tangible impact and shape the future of procurement.

Key Objectives

• Leads the development and implementation of purchasing strategies for various projects
• Deployment of new processes and associated tools, defining and running change management and communication plans, training end users, etc.;
• Monitoring and continuous improvement of newly deployed processes and associated tools.
• Establishing process transformation projects, defining objectives, deliverables, and agreeing associated timelines with stakeholders;
• Coordinate with suppliers, internal stakeholders and team timely delivery of project outcomes.
• Monitor and track project budgets, ensuring cost-effectiveness and adherence to financial guidelines.
• Provide regular status updates to Manager and stakeholders within the group.
• Diagnose of current processes, strengths and weaknesses, identifying pain points and key areas of improvements;
• Conduct market research to identify potential suppliers and evaluate their capabilities.
• Collaborate with internal departments to understand project requirements and timelines.
• Maintain accurate records of procurement activities and support Purchasing Team KPIs delivery
• Assist in resolving any issues or discrepancies related to procurement.
• Support the Purchasing Manager in deployment of new processes and associated tools, defining and running change management and communication plans, training end users, etc.;
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and company policies.

Qualifications

• Advanced personal skills.
• A proven record working in a global, multinational, strategic procurement environment.
• Process oriented in global company with independent entities.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• The ability to operate effectively in an environment with tight deadlines and finite resource and uncertainty.
• The ability to achieve the ends in quickly changing business environment.
• The ability to handle multiply projects at the same time with some uncertain requirements.
• Good stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage with, and influence, internal and external stakeholders.
• Out of the box thinking.
• Strong customer service orientation and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Cultural awareness and pro-active behavior.
• Strong analytical skills, Visionary, Self-esteem.

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As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Company description

Eurofins Scientific is an international network of independent life sciences companies, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in‑vitro diagnostic products.

In under 40 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 employees across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of over 950 laboratories in over 1,000 independent companies across 59 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

The Eurofins network generated EUR 7.296 billion revenues in FY 2025, and has been one of the fastest growing listed European companies for almost three decades.