Purchasing Specialist for Supply Chain Team

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

Do you want to develop and contribute to the growth of Uppsala County Council? We welcome you to join us!

Do you want to use your clinical experience to improve healthcare's access to the right products? Then this might be the perfect role for you! We are now looking for a Purchasing Specialist for the Supply Chain team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a background in healthcare to test a new role where your experience makes a difference.

About Us

Supply Chain is a collaboration between the county councils of Dalarna, Västmanland, Sörmland, Uppsala, and Örebro. Every year, we conduct procurement worth approximately 2 billion SEK, and our portfolio includes 100,000 items. Uppsala County Council hosts the collaboration, and Supply Chain employees are part of the same department as the region's own purchasers and procurement specialists.

Within Supply Chain, purchasers, purchasing controllers, environmental chemists, business developers, product, contract, quality, and procurement coordinators, an E-commerce manager, information specialists, and management work together to provide healthcare and dental care with consumables of the right quality and price. Our work makes a difference.

Your Role

As a Purchasing Specialist, you plan, lead, and execute procurements from needs analysis to contract signing and contract management. The work covers the entire procurement process, from creating specifications, drafting procurement documents, to contract signing and management. The role also involves providing support in procurement matters and developing purchasing and procurement activities together with your colleagues in the unit.

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

The role of Purchasing 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 several different types of assignments simultaneously, which includes planning, setting up, and maintaining timeframes. You have the ability to adapt to the situation and your interaction with the recipient in a listening, clear, and smooth manner. As a person, you are secure, stable, and have self-awareness.

As a Purchasing Specialist, you will:

• Independently execute procurements, primarily within orthopedic implants, surgical instruments, as well as stapling and energy instruments
• Work closely with operations to understand and meet their needs
• Lead expert groups consisting of various professions
• Be an advisory and supportive expert in procurement matters

We are looking for someone who has:

• Clinical experience as a nurse or assistant nurse, preferably within orthopedics or surgery, and/or
• Extended experience as a purchaser of consumables or medical technology equipment for healthcare, preferably within orthopedics or surgery, and/or
• Extended experience in sales of consumables or medical technology equipment for healthcare, preferably within orthopedics or surgery
• Good knowledge of the Office package
• Very good ability to communicate verbally and in writing in Swedish, as well as good knowledge of English
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team

It is meritorious if you have:

• Experience in purchasing, procurement, or sales within healthcare-related consumables, products, and/or equipment
• Experience in working with improvement projects, such as material selection or changed working methods that lead to cost savings
• Experience in project management or other roles where you lead others
• Valid driver's license (Class B)

We offer

• Meaningful work where you make a difference for healthcare and patients
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and contribute to developing purchasing and procurement activities
• Flexible working hours and the possibility to work remotely some days 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 position may involve travel within Sweden.

At our organization, you receive benefits that make a difference; read about the benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/ (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/)).

Want to know more?

Unit Manager Linn Jansson, +46 18-617 23 81
Union representatives:
Vision - Christianne Simson, +46 18-611 32 51
SACO - Örjan Olsmats, +46 18-611 00 00 (switchboard)
Other unions can be reached via Uppsala County Council's switchboard at +46 18-611 00 00.

Do you want to work with us?

Send your application by June 28, 2026. Selection and interviews are conducted continuously, with planned interview starts in June and July 2026.

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

Uppsala County Council mobilizes all permanent staff based on the needs of the total defense. This means 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 sought position, may come to work within psychiatric care, habilitation, care of children and adolescents, or compulsory care for substance abusers, areas covered by optional record extracts. This thus applies to all who will work close to patients, even if the tasks currently are not intended to primarily involve work with the aforementioned patient groups.

This recruitment is conducted entirely through Uppsala County Council, and we decline phone calls from recruitment agencies and advertising sales.