Procurement Specialist

We are seeking a skilled Vendor Manager to join our team at Maersk. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic and challenging business environment, characterized by high pace, diversity, and opportunities for personal and professional growth.

• Manage daily vendor performance, ensuring on-time delivery, capacity allocation, and proper volume distribution according to procurement guidelines.
• Collaborate with execution teams to align vendor assignments with the overall procurement strategy.
• Analyze execution cycles to verify that required capacity is consistently met on a daily basis.
• Develop improvement plans when vendors are falling short of delivery requirements or capacity provisions.
• Manage and cultivate key supplier relationships, ensuring commitments to vendors are honoured.
• Create and maintain relevant KPIs and dashboards, presenting and reviewing them with Vendors and stakeholders.
• Identify recurring service issues and collaborate with vendors to address them effectively.
• Act as a bridge between operations, procurement, and finance departments for important commercial decisions.
• Facilitate onboarding of new vendors, ensuring compliance with all requirements.
• Serve as an internal and external escalation point, taking ownership of problem resolution.
• Develop, standardize, and optimize procedures to foster constructive relationships between stakeholders involved in the inland process.
• Secure Ad-hoc quotes and capacity for physical inland products as required.

• Excellent communicator
• Solution-oriented
• Strong market knowledge
• Team player
• Good industry network
• Customer-oriented
• Cost-conscious
• Continuous improvement and optimization mindset
• Languages: Polish and English mandatory

Maersk is a diverse and inclusive workplace, embracing different styles of thinking. We are an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements. Maersk is committed to a positive and inspiring work environment, where we celebrate achievements, value diverse perspectives, and foster trust.