Senior Purchasing Specialist

About the role

Mérieux NutriSciences, a global food safety partner operating in 32 countries, invites applications for a Senior Purchasing Specialist within its Finance / Procurement team in Turkey. The role ensures that procurement processes run efficiently and on time, managing supplier quotations, orders and deliveries, maintaining supplier relationships, researching new suppliers and overseeing procurement reporting and documentation.

Key responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end procurement and ensure purchasing follows company procedures.
• Evaluate procurement requests from departments and research suppliers based on business needs.
• Assess quotations on quality, cost, delivery and payment terms, and negotiate prices and annual agreements.
• Identify new suppliers, strengthen existing ones and evaluate supplier performance.
• Monitor the procurement budget, analyse costs and find savings.
• Follow up orders, deliveries, stock and payments, and resolve procurement issues.
• Work with the Global Procurement team, contribute to global projects and report regularly.
• Track procurement KPIs and prepare reports, ensuring compliance with the Quality Management System, ISO 17025 standards and global procedures.

Required profile

• University degree in Food Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, Econometrics or a related field.
• At least 5 years of procurement experience.
• Experience in supplier management, price analysis, cost control and procurement processes.
• Knowledge of budget monitoring and reporting.
• Advanced English and strong planning, organisational and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Residing on the Asian side of Istanbul (preferred); completed military service for male candidates.

Required skills

• Proficiency in MS Office applications.
• Supplier management and price analysis.

What we offer

• Access to an international knowledge network through online courses and training on an internal learning platform.
• A corporate culture built on strong ethical values.

The recruitment process includes CV screening, a telephone interview, HR and department manager interviews, candidate assessments, reference checks and a job offer.