Senior Procurement Specialist — interim (B2B) - Braine, Belgium

About the job

Interim Procurement Specialist for a GMP-regulated pharmaceutical site, managing strategic sourcing, suppliers and contracts.

Senior Procurement Specialist — interim (B2B) - Braine, Belgium

Job description:

• Start: ASAP
• Duration: 4–6 months, with possible extension
• Workload: 100% / full-time
• Location: Braine, Belgium
• Working model: 4 days on site, with 1 home-office day possible
• Travel: Approx. monthly travel to Strasbourg, France (1–2 days)

As an Interim Procurement Specialist, you will support the procurement organization at the Braine site, working at the intersection of strategic procurement and operational purchasing. Your focus will be on sourcing activities for new site projects and direct materials rather than transactional purchasing or purchase-order processing.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop sourcing strategies for new site projects together with Global Category Management and internal stakeholders.
• Manage RFQs and end-to-end supplier selection processes, including bid evaluation and commercial negotiations.
• Manage sourcing activities for direct materials within a GMP-regulated pharmaceutical environment.
• Negotiate and manage supply, development and equipment contracts within global procurement frameworks.
• Build and maintain relationships with national and international suppliers and monitor supplier performance.
• Use market intelligence, commodity trends and price indices to challenge and negotiate supplier price increases.
• Identify savings opportunities, supplier consolidation potential and supply-continuity risks.
• Coordinate with Global and Local Procurement and internal stakeholders on short- and mid-term demand requirements.
• Use SAP for relevant procurement activities while collaborating with the operational purchasing team responsible for transactional purchasing and master data.

About the customer:

Our client is an international pharmaceutical manufacturing organization operating in a highly regulated GMP environment. The company combines local site operations with global procurement structures and works with national and international suppliers across direct materials, equipment and project-related sourcing. 

Requirements:

• 3–7+ years of professional experience in procurement, sourcing or strategic purchasing at specialist level.
• Proven responsibility for an annual spend of approximately EUR 10–15 million.
• Experience within pharmaceutical manufacturing or another GMP-regulated environment, ideally involving direct materials.
• Strong hands-on experience with project and/or strategic sourcing, including RFQs, bid evaluation, negotiations and supplier selection.
• Solid experience negotiating contracts within corporate or global procurement frameworks.
• Fluent French and English, both written and spoken.
• Based in Belgium or able to commute regularly to Braine.
• Availability to start immediately or at short notice.
• Willingness to travel to Strasbourg approximately once per month for 1–2 days.

• Experience collaborating with Global Category Management teams in a matrix organization.
• SAP MM / procurement user experience.
• Experience using commodity and price-index analysis in supplier negotiations.