Global Freight Procurement Lead - Remote

SkyCell AG; Indiana; Hybrid; CHF 52,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great Place to work award

Platinum Ecovadis rating

Job summary

SkyCell AG is seeking a Supplier & Procurement Manager to manage global freight procurement, data quality, and supplier relationships. You will leverage data and AI to improve pricing, capacity planning and efficiency, while collaborating across teams and countries.

This role offers remote work within Spain, Portugal, and Poland and opportunities to shape highly innovative pharma logistics. The position requires 2–4 years in procurement/logistics, strong Excel/data skills, and excellent English

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in procurement, logistics, or freight forwarding.
• Experience negotiating freight quotations across multiple transport modes.
• Solid understanding of global RFQ processes, rate management, and supplier coordination.
• Experience creating, maintaining, and analysing transportation rate cards.
• Proficiency in procurement tools and systems, including RFQ platforms.
• Strong Excel and data-analysis skills, with experience supporting cost-optimisation initiatives.
• Strong AI knowledge how to use different platforms to create tools, dashboards and visuals which will help improving the data quality.
• Ability to work accurately with large datasets and pricing structures.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills in English; additional languages are an advantage.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation, and multitasking abilities.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and support global stakeholders in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Procurement & Data Management: Process procurement activities, maintain data and the RFQ tool, identify special-handling requirements, and implement process improvements and resolutions
• RFQs, Rates & Cost Control: Request, analyse and negotiate freight rates across transport modes, support global RFQ processes, maintain rate cards, and identify cost-saving opportunities
• Supplier & Stakeholder Management: Support supplier management and relationship development, maintain required documentation, and contribute to supplier meetings and Quality Business Reviews (QBRs)
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Freight Bill & Audit, Pooling and Pricing teams to resolve billing queries, anticipate volume changes, provide accurate pricing information, and respond to operational requests
• Reporting & Continuous Improvement: Support dashboards and data visibility, analyse trends and volumes, and identify opportunities to improve procurement processes, efficiency and supplier performance

Skills

Procurement experience

Freight quotations negotiation

RFQ processes understanding

Rate cards management

RFQ platforms

Excel

Data analysis

AI for dashboards

Large datasets handling

English communication

Multilingual (advantage)

Organizational skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

RFQ platforms

Job description

SkyCell AG is seeking a Supplier & Procurement Manager to manage global freight procurement, data quality, and supplier relationships. You will leverage data and AI to improve pricing, capacity planning and efficiency, while collaborating across teams and countries.

This role offers remote work within Spain, Portugal, and Poland and opportunities to shape highly innovative pharma logistics. The position requires 2–4 years in procurement/logistics, strong Excel/data skills, and excellent English