Make a Difference as a Procurement Specialist in Intervention and Customized Sets

Description:

Supply Chain Management Region Uppsala's Management Office is part of Region Uppsala, one of the largest employers in Uppsala County. The Management Office is led by the Regional Director and consists of approximately one thousand employees. With a steering, supporting, and coordinating role, the Management Office is tasked with supporting the political leadership and administrations so that the political direction is implemented across Region Uppsala's various operations. In this way, Region Uppsala can fulfill its role, both regionally and nationally. Want to develop and contribute to Region Uppsala's development - welcome to work with us! Do you want to use your clinical experience to improve healthcare's access to the right products? We are now seeking a procurement specialist for the Supply Chain Management team with responsibility for procuring consumable materials for healthcare – primarily in cardiology, neuro, thorax, radiology, and surgery. This position is an exciting opportunity for you with a background in healthcare to take the step into a new role where your experience makes a difference. Our Operations Supply Chain Management is a collaboration between the regions of Dalarna, Värmland, Sörmland, Uppsala, and Örebro. Each year we conduct procurements valued at approximately 2 billion kronor, and our inventory contains 100,000 articles. Region Uppsala hosts the collaboration, and Supply Chain Management employees are part of the same department as the region's own procurement and purchasing specialists. Your Assignment As a procurement specialist, you plan, lead, and conduct procurements from needs analysis to contract signing and contract management. The procurement specialist role also includes providing support on procurement matters and, together with your colleagues in the department, developing purchasing and procurement operations. Work as a procurement specialist is stimulating and varied with many contacts, and you become a central person in the work. The work involves leading, directing, and collaborating with expert groups consisting of various professional roles. The procurement specialist role demands business acumen and analytical ability. You take responsibility for your tasks, structure your approach, and drive your processes forward efficiently. You can prioritize and manage several different types of assignments simultaneously, which includes planning, setting, and maintaining timelines. You have good self-awareness and the ability to adapt to situations and recipients in an attentive, clear, and flexible manner. As a person, you are confident and have an easy time establishing and maintaining relationships and collaborations. As a procurement specialist you will: • Independently conduct procurements in, among others, catheter-based vascular intervention, neuro and PCI as well as TAVI intervention, intervention and radiology materials, customized sets, and arrhythmia and pacemaker. • Work closely with the operations to understand and meet their needs. • Lead expert groups consisting of various professions. • Be a consulting and supporting expert in procurement matters. Your Qualifications • Degree as a registered nurse or nursing assistant with experience from clinical work in healthcare. • Very good knowledge of Excel and good knowledge of other Office applications. • Very good ability to communicate verbally and in writing in Swedish and good knowledge of English. • Interest in driving complex projects with periodically high workload. It is meriting if you have: • Clinical experience as a registered nurse or nursing assistant in cardiology, neuro, thorax, radiology, or surgery. • Experience in purchasing, procurement, or sales of consumable materials, products, and/or equipment for healthcare. • Experience independently conducting or participating in procurement processes. • Experience working with improvement initiatives, such as material selection or changed work methods that lead to cost savings. • Experience with public procurement and good knowledge of the Public Procurement Act (LOU). • Experience with the products included in the area of responsibility. • Driver's license category B, as travel occurs in the position. We Offer • Meaningful work where you make a difference for healthcare and patients. • Opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and contribute to developing purchasing and procurement operations. • Flexible working hours and the possibility to work remotely one day per week. • Wellness allowance, occupational pension, additional vacation days for those over 40 years of age, and benefits related to parental leave. • Competence development through internal and external training. Location: Regional House in central Uppsala, but the position may involve travel within Sweden. With us you get benefits that make a difference, read about the benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/). Want to Know More? Department Manager Linn Jansson, 018-617 23 81, [email protected] Trade Union Representatives: Vision - Christianne Simson, 018-611 32 51 SACO - Örjan Olsmats, 018-611 00 00 (switchboard) Other trade unions can be reached via Region Uppsala's switchboard 018-611 00 00. Want to Work With Us? Welcome with your application via the link below. Send your application no later than July 12. Selection and interviews take place continuously, starting in June and July. Read about employment terms and salary setting at Region Uppsala here: Become Our New Colleague (https://regionuppsala.se/jobb-och-utbildning/bli-var-nya-kollega/) Region Uppsala values the qualities that equal gender distribution and diversity bring to operations and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different ethnic backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences. Region Uppsala civil defense positions all permanent employees in accordance with total defense needs. This means for the individual employee no obligations in peacetime but is solely a planning measure. Prior to employment decisions, screening of suspicion and criminal records registers is conducted for all job applicants who in the sought position may work within psychiatric care, rehabilitation, care of children and youth, or compulsory care of substance abusers, areas covered by optional register extracts. This thus applies to all who will work in patient-facing roles, even if current work tasks are not intended to primarily involve work with the aforementioned patient groups. This recruitment is conducted entirely by Region Uppsala's organization and we decline telephone calls from recruitment firms and advertising sales representatives.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Uppsala

GPS

59.8520701, 17.7188369copyopen in

Email

[email protected]

Phone

018-617 23 81

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6

Published

12. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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