Procurement Specialist for Supply Chain – Region Uppsala

The Management Office of Region Uppsala is part of Region Uppsala, one of the largest employers in Uppsala County. The office is led by the Regional Director and consists of approximately one thousand employees. With a governing, supporting, and coordinating role, the Management Office is tasked with supporting the political leadership and administrations to ensure that political guidelines are implemented across the region's various operations. In this way, Region Uppsala can fulfill its role both regionally and nationally.

Do you want to develop and contribute to the growth of Region Uppsala? We welcome you to join our team!

Do you want to use your clinical experience to improve healthcare access to the right products?

We are now looking for a Procurement Specialist for the Supply Chain team, responsible for procuring consumables for healthcare – primarily within cardiology, neurology, thorax, radiology, and surgery. This position offers an exciting opportunity for someone with a healthcare background to take the step into a new role where your experience makes a difference.

Our Operations

The Supply Chain is a collaboration between the regions of Dalarna, Västmanland, Sörmland, Uppsala, and Örebro. Every year, we conduct procurements valued at approximately 2 billion SEK, and our portfolio includes 100,000 articles. Region Uppsala hosts the collaboration, and Supply Chain employees are part of the same department as the region's own procurement specialists and buyers.

Your Role

As a Procurement Specialist, you plan, lead, and execute procurements from needs analysis to contract signing and contract management. The role also involves providing support in procurement matters and working together with your colleagues to develop the purchasing and procurement operations.

The work as a Procurement Specialist is stimulating and varied, involving many contacts, and you will become a central figure in the process. The role entails leading, steering, and collaborating with expert groups consisting of various professional roles.

The role of Procurement Specialist requires business acumen and analytical skills. You take responsibility for your tasks, structure your approach, and drive your processes forward efficiently. You can prioritize and handle multiple types of assignments simultaneously, which includes planning, setting up, and adhering to timelines. You have good self-awareness and the ability to adapt to situations and recipients in a sensitive, clear, and flexible manner. As a person, you are confident and find it easy to establish and nurture relationships and collaborations.

As a Procurement Specialist, you will:

• Independently execute procurements within areas such as catheter-based interventions (vascular, neuro, and PCI), TAVI interventions, interventional and radiology materials, customized sets, as well as arrhythmia and pacemakers.
• Work closely with operations to understand and meet their needs.
• Lead expert groups consisting of various professions.
• Act as a consulting and supportive expert in procurement matters.

Your Qualifications

• A degree as a nurse or assistant nurse with experience from clinical work in healthcare.
• Very good knowledge of Excel and good knowledge of the rest of the Office package.
• Very good ability to communicate verbally and in writing in Swedish, as well as good knowledge of English.
• Interest in driving complex projects with periods of high workload.

Merits include:

• Clinical experience as a nurse or assistant nurse within cardiology, neurology, thorax, radiology, or surgery.
• Experience in purchasing, procurement, or sales of consumables, products, and/or equipment for healthcare.
• Experience in independently executing or participating in procurement processes.
• Experience in improvement work, such as material selection or changed working methods leading to cost savings.
• Experience in public procurement and good knowledge of the Public Procurement Act (LOU).
• Experience with the products included in the area of responsibility.
• A valid driver's license (Category B), as travel is involved in the role.

We Offer

• Meaningful work where you make a difference for healthcare and patients.
• The opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and contribute to the development of purchasing and procurement operations.
• Flexible working hours and the possibility to work remotely one day a week.
• Wellness allowance, occupational pension, extra vacation days for those over 40, and benefits related to parental leave.
• Competence development through internal and external training.

Location

Regionhuset in central Uppsala, but the role may involve travel within Sweden.

At our workplace, you receive benefits that make a difference. Read more about our benefits here: Region Uppsala Benefits (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/).

Do you want to know more?

Unit Manager Linn Jansson, 018-617 23 81, [email protected]

Union Representatives:

• Vision - Christianne Simson, 018-611 32 51
• SACO - Örjan Olsmats, 018-611 00 00 (switchboard)
• Other unions can be reached via Region Uppsala's switchboard at 018-611 00 00.

Do you want to work with us?

Please submit your application via the link below. Send your application no later than July 12. Selection and interviews take place on an ongoing basis, starting in June and July.

Read about employment terms and salary setting within Region Uppsala here: Become Our New Colleague (https://regionuppsala.se/jobb-och-utbildning/bli-var-nya-kollega/).

Region Uppsala values the qualities that a balanced gender distribution and diversity bring to the operations and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences.

Region Uppsala mobilizes all permanent staff based on the needs of the total defense. This entails no obligations for the individual employee in peacetime but is solely a planning measure.

Before making a decision on employment, checks of suspicion and criminal records are conducted for all job seekers who, in the applied position, may work within psychiatric care, habilitation, care for children and youth, or compulsory care for substance abusers, areas covered by optional register extracts. This applies to all who will work close to patients, even if the tasks at present are not intended to primarily involve work with the aforementioned patient groups.

This recruitment is conducted entirely by Region Uppsala, and we decline phone calls from recruitment agencies and advertising sales.