Specialist - Procurement

About the role

The position is responsible for managing direct procurement and purchase orders for pharmaceutical materials, including raw materials, primary packaging, finished products, commercial requirements, and R&D requirements for local and overseas suppliers. The role oversees the full procure-to-pay cycle while ensuring compliance with GMP, quality, and environmental standards.

Key responsibilities

• Create and validate purchase orders for direct materials using the approved vendor list.
• Raise purchase orders for commercial, R&D and finished-product requirements.
• Issue enquiries, obtain supplier quotations and prepare comparative statements.
• Negotiate prices, payment and delivery terms and obtain management approvals in SAP.
• Release purchase orders, share them with suppliers and manage contracts and performance.
• Follow up deliveries, resolve supply issues and handle payment-related matters.
• Complete the procure-to-pay process in line with company procedures.
• Support GMP/QMS activities such as change control, CAPA and deviations.
• Follow ISO 14001:2015, HSE requirements and report hazards or non-conformities.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical sciences.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office and SAP.
• Experience with procurement systems; SAP Ariba is an advantage.
• Strong negotiation skills.

Required skills

• MS Office
• SAP
• SAP Ariba