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Academic Resource AB; Uppsala kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Occupational pension

Health care allowance

Parental pay

Job summary

Academic Resource AB in Uppsala is seeking a Direct Sourcing Lead for a full-time consultancy role, based on-site in Uppsala. The assignment runs until 31 December initially, with potential extension. Start as soon as possible.

Responsibilities include leading sourcing strategies, managing RFQs and negotiations, and ensuring cost reductions while meeting KPI targets. Strong supplier management and cross-functional collaboration are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 5–7+ years of sourcing, procurement, or supply chain experience.
• Experience in managing suppliers and executing commercial negotiations.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of sourcing strategies for assigned commodities.
• Manage full procurement lifecycle: RFQs, negotiations, contracting, and purchase execution.
• Maintain full accountability for buy execution, deflation, cost reduction, and KPI targets.
• Drive supplier performance, optimization, and continuous improvement.
• Perform detailed cost and manufacturing process analysis to ensure lowest total cost of ownership.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to onboard suppliers meeting business needs.
• Build deep relationships with strategic suppliers for lifecycle support.
• Drive improvements in sourcing processes including escalations for delivery/quality issues.

Skills

Sourcing experience

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Supplier management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field

Job description

Direct Sourcing Lead to Life Science company in Uppsala

Academic Resource is searching for a Direct Sourcing Lead to Life Science company in Uppsala.

The job is a fulltime consultancy assignment, until 31 december initially with opportunities for extension.

Location in Uppsala, on-site.

Start as soon as possible.

Description of the role / job tasks:

• Lead the development and execution of sourcing strategies for assigned commodities and suppliers, delivering competitive advantage through supplier selection, development, consolidation, and performance optimization.
• Manage the full procurement lifecycle, including RFQs, negotiations, contracting, and purchase execution for assigned category.
• Maintain full accountability for buy execution, meeting deflation, cost reduction, and KPI targets.
• Drive supplier performance, optimization, and continuous improvement.
• Perform detailed cost and manufacturing process analysis to ensure highest quality at the lowest total cost of ownership.
• Analyze and apply structured sourcing tools for risk and spend optimization to deliver and improve sourcing targets
• Collaborate closely with key business stakeholders to identify, qualify, and onboard suppliers and to ensure sourced material and services meet the needs of the business.
• Building deep relationships with Strategic Suppliers driving early supplier engagement into Cytivas NPI/NPD process, and long-term partnership for wing-to-wing product lifecycle.
• Driving improvements in sourcing processes including escalations due to delivery/quality issues, invoicing/payables issues, and database management
• Monitor global markets and regulatory trends and developments, become a commodity expert for the assigned commodities and proactively adapting sourcing strategies to mitigate risk and ensure long term supply security.
• Working with businesses and suppliers to manage and track implementation of supply agreements, communicating to Business General Managers and other senior staff, obtain sign-off for projects.

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 5–7+ years of sourcing, procurement, or supply chain experience.
• Experience in managing suppliers and executing commercial negotiations.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in regulated industries (bioprocessing, chemicals, life sciences).
• Exposure to manufacturing/site-based sourcing environments.
• Knowledge of direct materials sourcing and supplier qualification processes.
• Experience in global or matrixed organizations.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently and within the team
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills

About Academic Resource:

Academic Resource is the recruitment and staffing company for academics with experience.

We have extensive experience in Leasing, Recruitment and Interim Management in the service sector.

Our business areas are Life Science, Economics & Finance, and HR. We operate in the service sector and mainly in Stockholm & Uppsala.

As a consultant at Academic Resource you are offered:

• Benefits such as occupational pension, health care allowance and parental pay.
• An authorized staffing company, which means much greater security, as you are covered by the terms of the collective agreement for, for example, salary, insurance, pension and vacation.
• A dedicated consultant manager who is available and keeps in constant contact with you and the client companies throughout your employment, who ensures that you enjoy and develop in your workplace!
• Opportunity to develop through learning on the job as well as in varied roles at interesting client companies.