Purchasing Analyst 1

About the role

IQVIA Laboratories is looking for a Purchasing Analyst 1 in Bratislava to join its Procurement Team. The role plays a key part in advancing the Procure to Pay (P2P) purchasing processes and supporting acquisition integrations, working closely with cross-functional teams to improve purchasing efficiency, strengthen system adoption and ensure smooth operational transitions.

Key responsibilities

• Handle most of the transactional procurement work for one or more Business Units, ensuring requisitions and purchase orders are executed on time, suppliers deliver as required and supplier invoices are paid on time.
• Guide internal stakeholders on using procurement systems, raising requisitions, committing purchase orders and paying invoices.
• Review requisitions for accuracy, dispatch purchase orders to suppliers and follow up until received and delivered, and work with suppliers to amend delivery dates.
• Ensure purchase orders comply with contract terms, pricing is accurate and price deviations are corrected before invoice holds.
• Manage supplier performance, negotiate supplier pricing, support supplier relationship management and work with Accounts Payable to clear on-hold invoices.
• Act as Subject Matter Expert for procurement systems (PeopleSoft, Oracle, Coupa), troubleshoot issues and use reporting and Excel or Power BI analysis to drive decisions.
• Extract spend data, run RFP/RFQ work, prepare competitive analyses and present purchasing recommendations to management.
• Support purchasing system UAT, vendor performance reporting and special projects as assigned.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree; Business, Supply Chain, Finance or a related field preferred.
• At least 3 years of professional experience, including at least 1 year in purchasing, procurement, supply chain or materials management, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Strong knowledge of purchasing methodologies, principles and best practices.
• Ability to prioritize, organize and manage multiple workstreams under pressure, and strong interpersonal skills with vendors and cross-functional partners.

Required skills

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel for data analysis and reporting.
• Solid technical accounting understanding and ability to interpret financial data.
• Experience with procurement systems such as PeopleSoft or Coupa is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with LEAN, automation or process improvement is a plus.

The potential base pay range is EUR 18,900 to EUR 28,300 per year, depending on qualifications, location and schedule; incentives, bonuses and other benefits may also apply.