Senior Procurement Officer

About the role

The Senior Procurement Officer will lead end‑to‑end procurement activities, ensuring cost‑effective sourcing, contract compliance, and high supplier performance for a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare comparison sheets for CAPEX purchases based on user requirements.
• Organise CAPEX Executive Committee meetings and create/review SOPs and policies.
• Identify, evaluate, onboard, and maintain relationships with suppliers.
• Monitor supplier performance (lead time, quality, compliance, after‑sales service).
• Obtain multiple quotations, negotiate terms, prices, warranties, and contracts.
• Collaborate with engineering/maintenance to define technical specifications, acceptance criteria, installation requirements, and spare‑part lists.
• Issue purchase orders, track order status, expedite deliveries, and manage order changes.
• Verify shipping documents against purchase orders and manage incoming inspection and non‑conformance escalations.
• Maintain accurate procurement and contract records, manage warranty claims, and oversee post‑purchase service interactions.
• Ensure all procurement activities comply with company policy and proactively identify risk areas.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of procurement experience within pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Very good command of written and spoken English.

Required skills