Transport Procurement Specialist

⚡ Flexibility & Balance: Flexible working hours and work-life balance allow you to tailor work to fit your life.

🌟 Recognition & Growth: Opportunities for career advancement in a company that values your contributions.

🌍 Flexible ways of working: Our global teams work across our offices in Zurich, Zug, Hyderabad and Basel, with a mix of on-site, hybrid and remote working. Role-specific locations and working arrangements are detailed above.

🎉 Company-wide Events: Join us for company events to celebrate successes, build teams, and share our vision. Plus, new joiners experience SkyWeek, our immersive onboarding program.

👶 Generous Maternity & Paternity Leave: Support for new parents with competitive maternity and paternity leave.

🏖️ Annual Leave & Bank Holidays: Enjoy a generous annual leave package, plus local bank holidays to recharge and unwind.

• 2–4 years of experience in procurement, logistics, freight forwarding or a related field, with experience managing freight quotations and rates across multiple transport modes

• Good understanding of global RFQ processes, supplier coordination and transportation rate management, including creating and analysing rate cards

• Strong Excel and data-analysis skills, with the ability to work accurately with large datasets, pricing structures and cost-optimisation initiatives

• Experience using procurement tools and an interest in applying AI and technology to improve data quality, reporting, dashboards and efficiency

• Strong communication, negotiation and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate effectively with global stakeholders. Fluent English; additional languages are an advantage

As a Transport Procurement Specialist, you'll play a key role in managing our global freight procurement activities, from sourcing and negotiating rates to maintaining accurate pricing data and supporting supplier relationships. Working with teams across the business, you'll use data and market insights to identify cost-saving opportunities, improve procurement processes and ensure we have the right rates and capacity to support our operations. You'll also help enhance our reporting and tools, using technology and AI to improve data quality, visibility and efficiency.

• Procurement & Data Management: Manage procurement activities, maintain accurate pricing data and the RFQ tool, identify special-handling requirements and support process improvements

• RFQs, Rates & Cost Control: Request, analyse and negotiate freight rates across transport modes, support global RFI/RFQ processes, maintain rate cards and identify opportunities for cost optimisation

• Supplier & Stakeholder Management: Support supplier relationships, maintain relevant documentation and contribute to supplier meetings and Quality Business Reviews (QBRs)

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with Freight Bill & Audit, Pooling and Pricing teams to resolve billing queries, anticipate volume changes, provide accurate pricing information and support operational requirements

• Reporting & Continuous Improvement: Support dashboards and reporting, analyse trends and volumes, and identify opportunities to improve procurement processes, efficiency and supplier performance

📍 Location: We are open to candidates based anywhere within Spain, Portugal and Poland, with remote working available within these countries.

🌱 Purpose-Driven Work: Make a real difference by contributing to a more sustainable future in global logistics and healthcare.

🚀 Innovation at Heart: Work with cutting-edge technology and be at the forefront of supply chain innovation.

🌎 Stronger together: Join a supportive team of talented individuals from over 40 countries, where we work together every step of the way.

💡 Growth Opportunities: We believe in investing in our people - continuous learning and development are key pillars of SkyCell.

🏆 Award-Winning Culture: Join a workplace recognized for its commitment to excellence with a 'Great Place to work' award, as well as a Platinum Ecovadis rating highlighting our sustainability and employee well-being.

If you don't meet every requirement but bring relevant experience, we'd still like to hear from you.

We’re not just offering a job; we’re offering a chance to be part of something bigger. At SkyCell, you’ll help build a future where pharmaceutical delivery is efficient, sustainable, and transformative.

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