Senior Associate Supply Chain (GMP) (34433)
TR/078415
Posted: 14/07/2025
- €23.83 - €25.08 per hour
- Netherlands, Provincie Noord-Brabant, Breda
- Contract
Orion Group Life Sciences are looking for a Senior Associate Supply Chain (GMP) – Cost Management Contractor for our Multinational Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology client based in Breda. Initial 12-month contract, with high possibility of extension. This is a hybrid position.
Accountabilities
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Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
Accountabilities
- Manage and improve the invoice verification process of freight invoices.
- Manage and handle freight invoice process from invoice receipt till final approval via SAP workflow.
- Manage invoice disputes with service providers and ensure adequate and timely resolution.
- Manage annual PO process.
- Ensure invoice dashboard is maintained to provide accurate data to support business decisions.
- Maintain and improve KPIs and reports.
- Support Global Distribution Hubs EU in business case development and opportunity searches by providing financial data.
- Manage relationship with third party freight auditing company.
- Regular performance and business reviews with supply chain partners on current business, escalations, reporting and improvements.
- Identifies and develop plans to optimize internal processes and procedures.
- Supports logistics managers and other internal stakeholders in escalating issues to supply chain partners.
- Maintain and manage agreements with supply chain partners on invoice verification and payment.
- Support Business analysis manager with financial data.
- Ensures detailed data set is delivered to freight audited company by supply chain partners.
- Ensure our clients’ system output is delivered to freight audited company.
- Execute ordering process to maintain distribution supporting materials at 3rd parties.
- Bachelor preferably in finance or logistics.
- 0-3 years’ experience, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Quick process understanding, insight and visualizing.
- Fluent in English, both in verbal and written communication.
- Strong analytical skills (incl. MS Excel) and ability to distil insights.
- Experience SAP and BW.
- Knowledge of financial closing cycle.
- Independent self-starter, able to work autonomously, under pressure and in teams
- Natural relationship builder in which employer’s interests prevail be soft and, on the relationship, when possible and be tough when needed.
- Result focused and proven ability to deliver results.
- Motivated, persistent, eager to optimize, drive for excellence.
- Strong relational, negotiating and persuasion skills.
- Problem solver with high sense of responsibility.
- Strong communication and presentation skills (verbal & written).
- Oversee processes beyond own department Preferred Requirements.
- GMP and GDP knowledge.
- Knowledge of Operational Excellence tools, six sigma, FMEA.
- Experience setting up service level agreements.
- Good technical writing skills.
- Self-starting.
- Results focused.
- Relationship management.
- Good communicator.
#opportunity #multinational #pharmaceutical #senior #associate #supplychain #invoices #invoiceverification #dashboard #KPI’s
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
Tim Browaeys
Recruitment Consultant
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