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, supportive, and coordinating role, the Management Office is tasked with supporting the political leadership and administrations to ensure that political directions 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 us!

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

About Us

The Supply Chain (Varuförsörjningen) 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 the Supply Chain employees are part of the same department as the region's own procurement specialists and buyers.

Within the Supply Chain team, procurement specialists, purchasing controllers, environmental chemists, business developers, product, contract, quality, and procurement coordinators, e-commerce managers, informants, 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 Procurement 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, contract signing, and contract management. The role also involves providing support in procurement matters and developing purchasing and procurement activities together with your colleagues.

The work as a Procurement 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 different 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 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 Procurement Specialist, you will:

• Independently execute procurements primarily within orthopedic implants, surgical instruments, as well as stapling and energy instruments
• Work closely with the operations to understand and meet their needs
• Lead expert groups consisting of different 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 procurement specialist for 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 in speech and 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 of healthcare-related consumables, products, and/or equipment
• Experience in working with improvement work, 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 (Category B)

We offer

• A meaningful job where you make a difference for healthcare and patients
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and contribute to the development of 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 workplace, you receive benefits that make a difference. Read about the benefits here: Region Uppsala Benefits (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 Region Uppsala'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 interviews starting in June and July 2026.

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

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

Before 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 for children and youth, or involuntary care for addicts, areas covered by optional record extracts. This thus applies to all who will work close to patients, even if the tasks are not currently intended to primarily involve work with the aforementioned patient groups.

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