Assortment and Contract Manager for Assistive Devices, Assortment Unit in Malmö

REGION SKÅNE · plný úvazek

Region Skåne, Malmö, Švédsko

Make a difference. Every day. Do you have experience in procurement or coordination? Would you like to be part of ensuring that Region Skåne's patients receive the best possible assistive devices? We are looking for an assortment and contract manager for the assistive devices business area (VO) in Malmö! Take the opportunity to become part of a committed team driven by development, improvement, and helping patients find the right assistive devices. The assistive devices operation is a business area (VO) within the administration of Psychiatry, Habilitation and Assistive Devices, responsible for all assistive device areas financed by Region Skåne. This includes assistive devices for people with mobility, vision, hearing, communication, and cognitive impairments, medical treatment aids, orthopedic-technical devices, and medication-related products. The Assortment Unit belongs to the order/logistics area and is responsible for order and material flow throughout the operation. This also includes the units for Customer Service, Operations Support, and Logistics. The Assortment Unit holds assortment and contract responsibility for the various assistive device areas and is responsible for assistive device guidelines. We lead procurement work and follow up on contracts, assortments, and guidelines to ensure that Region Skåne's patients receive the right products. We currently have a total of nine assortment and contract managers. Your closest colleagues all have healthcare education as their foundation and may belong to different professional categories such as nurses, occupational therapists, speech therapists, dietitians, physiotherapists, and audiologists, which creates a dynamic group. Expertise is shared between professional categories to strengthen delivery reliability to patients. The unit actively works with transparency to promote employee participation. 1 position(s). JOB RESPONSIBILITIES We are now looking for a new colleague for a parental leave substitute position for approximately one year. As an assortment and contract manager, you are responsible for both strategic and operational work within your assortment area, which in this position includes medical treatment aids for respiratory care. You are the link between the assistive devices operation, healthcare, and the supplier market. This means you are responsible for coordinating procurement work, implementing the contract, and conducting ongoing contract follow-up in close collaboration with the procurement officer. You also actively contribute to business development and work on improvements related to the prescribable assortment provided to Region Skåne's patients. You are responsible for ongoing assortment work, which means further developing the assortment, collaborating with prescribers, and preparing materials for financial follow-up. In addition, you conduct market monitoring, ensure good register management, and manage supplier contacts. The work takes place in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. The operation is based on LEAN philosophy and has created a structure where all employees participate in local pulse and improvement meetings. These meetings address deviations and improvements based on established processes. The perspective is customer-centered, where the customer is primarily the prescriber and the end customer is the patients. There is an opportunity for remote work up to two days per week when the operation allows. QUALIFICATIONS We welcome you if you are a licensed nurse or physiotherapist, biomedical engineer, or have other education that the employer deems relevant for the position. You have good knowledge of Swedish in speech and writing, and since the work is performed administratively, good knowledge of the Microsoft Office package, primarily Excel, is necessary. It is advantageous to have clinical experience, experience working with medical-technical equipment/respiratory aids, and good knowledge of MDR and regulations applicable to the current product area. If you also have experience in procurement, purchasing, and contracts within public operations, as well as contact with suppliers, that is a plus. To thrive in the role, you are organized, solution-oriented, and flexible with good collaboration skills. You are equally comfortable working independently and in a team, and because the work takes place in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, you are communicative and pedagogical in your approach. A driving force for you is to create and maintain relationships with the various partners. Furthermore, you enjoy work that is driven forward by continuous improvements. We value commitment and a positive attitude toward work, so we also place importance on your personal qualities and expect that you share Region Skåne's values: welcoming, driven, caring, and respectful. Does this sound like a position for you? We welcome your application. We look forward to getting to know you. We use continuous selection and plan to conduct interviews during weeks 39 and 40. Employment type: Fixed-term employment. Duration: 6 months or longer, start date: Start date by agreement. The substitute position runs from 2026-12-15 to 2027-12-31. . Region Skåne exists so that everyone living in Skåne is well and feels confident about the future. Through boundless collaboration and care, we create the best conditions for a healthy life within business, public transportation, culture, and healthcare in Skåne. Together, we make life more possible. Psychiatry, Habilitation and Assistive Devices is the second-largest administration with operations throughout Skåne. We have a broad mission where many different competencies together provide our patients with the best care and support. With curiosity and great interest, we also invest in development and research. At https://www.skane.se/ledigajobb you can see the status of Region Skåne's recruitments and how many have applied for the positions. If you have protected personal information, please contact the contact person listed in the job posting so that your application is handled according to special procedures. When you apply for a job at Region Skåne, your application becomes a public document according to the principle of public access. The information is processed and stored in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). To staffing and recruitment companies and to you who are salespeople: We kindly but firmly decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies as well as sellers of additional job postings.