SENIOR PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST

Description

Job Summary: We are seeking a Senior Procurement Specialist to procure materials and contract services, ensuring optimal commercial terms and supplier quality, with a focus on negotiation and management. Key Highlights: 1. Strategic involvement in material procurement and service contracting. 2. Opportunity to develop and evaluate suppliers, impacting quality. 3. Collaboration with production departments and quality management processes. **About the Opportunity** We are looking for a Senior Procurement Specialist to handle material procurement and service contracting, ensuring optimal commercial terms, on-time delivery, and supplier quality. This person will be responsible for managing quotations and negotiations, tracking purchase orders and deliveries, developing and evaluating suppliers, and supporting production departments’ requirements. They will also play a key role in supplier qualification processes and compliance with Quality Management System and ANVISA requirements. We seek someone with strong negotiation skills, organizational ability, analytical thinking, and excellent relationships with both suppliers and internal customers. **Key Responsibilities** * Manage material procurement processes—from receiving requisitions and conducting quotations to negotiating and issuing purchase orders; * Conduct quotations, negotiations, and contracting of service providers; * Negotiate prices, delivery schedules, payment terms, and other commercial conditions to achieve optimal cost-benefit for the company; * Track purchase orders, material deliveries, and execution of contracted services, taking proactive measures to ensure on-time fulfillment; * Address and monitor production departments’ requisitions related to procured materials; * Prospect, develop, and qualify new suppliers—including requesting documents, samples, and technical information; * Evaluate supplier performance according to procedures established by the Quality Management System; * Issue, request, and verify supplier compliance and qualification documents required to meet ANVISA regulations; * Develop and monitor procurement KPIs to support identification of improvement opportunities; * Maintain up-to-date records, databases, and documents related to procurement and supplier processes. Requirements * Bachelor’s degree in Administration, Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or related fields; * Prior experience in procurement, preferably within industrial companies; * Experience with quotations, negotiations, purchase order issuance, and delivery follow-up; * Intermediate proficiency in Excel; * Intermediate English; * Strong negotiation, critical analysis, and organizational skills; * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for interacting with suppliers and internal departments. Preferred Qualifications * Experience in industries producing ANVISA-regulated products; * Familiarity with supplier qualification and control routines within Quality Management Systems; * Knowledge of ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 standards; * Experience procuring production materials, electronic components, or technical items; * Familiarity with Protheus/TOTVS system; * Experience developing and monitoring procurement KPIs; * Advanced Excel skills; * Knowledge of negotiation techniques, Strategic Sourcing, or Total Cost of Acquisition (TCO) analysis.