Global Purchasing Associate / Specialist - Icon Clinical PLC
12 hours ago
Barcelona
Overview In this role you drive the global distribution of clinical trial kits from a new Spain facility to investigator sites worldwide. You collaborate with internal teams, vendors, and couriers to ensure compliant, on-time delivery and continuous process improvement. You’ll support protocol-specific logistics and oversee kit production partners, contributing to a fast-paced, international launch. This is a chance to shape the setup of ICON’s Barcelona operation and impact global clinical supply chains. Compensaciones / Beneficios • Competitive base salary and performance related incentives, • Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable, • Retirement and pension plans, • Life assurance and disability coverage, • Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources, • Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways Responsabilidades, • Coordinate global shipment of clinical trial kits and supplies to investigator sites, • Monitor inbound/outbound shipments and resolve delays, • Support setup and implementation of protocol-specific logistics plans, • Liaise with project teams, investigators, couriers, vendors to ensure supply continuity, • Prepare shipping documentation and import/export paperwork per country requirements, • Manage courier relationships and identify cost-effective shipping solutions, • Oversee kit production vendors and track performance metrics, • Support quality investigations, audits, and corrective actions, • Contribute to process improvement initiatives to boost efficiency and customer experience, • Ensure compliance with SOPs, regulations, and international shipping requirements, • Participate in risk assessments and provide subject matter expertise on global logistics Requisitos principales, • Experience in supply chain, logistics, clinical supplies, pharmaceutical operations, or related field, • Strong understanding of global shipping and transportation processes, • Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills with multi-priority management, • Experience working with cross-functional teams and external vendors, • Knowledge of import/export regulations and international logistics (advantageous), • Strong communication and customer-focused approach, • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and supply chain management systems, • Fluency in English; additional European languages beneficial, • Degree educated, • organisation, • problem-solving, • communication, • global shipping, • supply chain management systems, • import/export regulations