Buyer I

Intermountain Health • Anchorage, AK

4d • $23 - $34 • Hybrid

About The Position

This position is accountable for purchasing both direct and indirect goods and services, and for ensuring that the company’s operational needs are met, while optimizing price and quality. The products, equipment, and services require more functional knowledge of the clinical and/or technical aspects of requested items. The position handles specialized purchasing processes and is a subject matter expert in assigned categories. The incumbent works and communicates directly with all levels of Intermountain Healthcare Caregivers and suppliers. The shift will 8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday The position is a flex position - with mostly remote work, but we do have monthly days in office

Requirements

• Effective communication and customer service skills, ability to pay attention to finer details, sound decision making, and sense of urgency / timeliness and negotiation interfacing with clinical and technical experts and external suppliers.
• Excellent skills in Microsoft office, and working with ERP and P2P systems preferred
• Critical thinking, ability to analyze problems, and recommend and implement solutions.
• Business acumen, intellectual curiosity, and creative thinking.
• Maintain professional license where necessary. (For example, the pharmacy buyers are required to maintain a pharmacy tech license.)
• Experience in a role requiring attention to detail, sound decision making, sense of urgency / timeliness and negotiation skills working with Suppliers and Internal Stakeholders.
• Experience in a role requiring work in a fast-paced and changing environment while handling multiple deadlines and priorities

Nice To Haves

• 1 year demonstrated experience in a role requiring effective communication and customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Works directly with assigned service lines, suppliers and product categories to provide world class purchasing service and solve problems related to the procure to pay process.
• Responsible for procurement of low-to-medium dollar/risk purchases, such as basic commodity products.
• The buyer I serves as a valuable support resource and acts as an expert for assigned categories, contracts, and overall Intermountain purchasing policy.
• Develops close working relationship with aligned category manager(s) to identify and implement cost, quality, and supply continuity improvements.
• Responsible for proactive supply risk management plans for assigned categories and suppliers. This includes the primary point of contact for assigned categories on facilitating the identification and approval of substitutes to resolve potential disruption promptly and to ensure a continuous and secure supply of materials.
• Acquisition of requested items by; verifying submitted requisitions for accuracy, approval, compliance to contract, formulary and policies, then generating and executing Purchase Orders. This may require identification of sources for unique, low value purchasing, and require minimal negotiation of pricing, terms and conditions for non-contracted items.
• Manages stat/emergency orders, including proactive communication of delivery info to requesting Caregivers.
• Ensures that all applicable reports are reviewed and maintained to minimize supply disruptions, facilitate on-time payments and meet targeted benchmarks for established Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).

Benefits

• We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
• Intermountain Health’s PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees