Buyer

Saint Luke's Health System•Kansas City, MO

13d

About The Position

The Buyer prepares, interprets, and manages purchases and places orders according to procedural guidelines, department expectations, and institutional time frames. The role resolves issues between external vendors and internal customers and creates, leads, and participates in departmental and cross-functional process-improvement projects, including training new requisitioners. The work relies on computers and software. The Buyer handles routine customer-service complaints and comments with minimal business impact, and purchases or manages inventory, materials, and supplies to meet department expectations and timelines. The role also provides advice related to areas such as accounting, pricing, and vendor selection or termination while following established manuals, guidelines, policies, and procedures. Duties include entering information into databases, creating or entering database queries, and running reports.

Requirements

2 years of applicable experience.
Ability to work with computers and computer software programs.
Ability to follow established manuals, guidelines, policies, and procedures.

Responsibilities

Prepare, interpret, and manage purchases and place orders in accordance with procedural guidelines, department expectations, and institutional time frames.
Resolve problems between vendors and internal customers.
Create, lead, and participate in departmental and cross-functional process-improvement projects.
Train new requisitioners.
Handle routine customer-service complaints and comments with minimal impact on the business.
Purchase or manage inventory, materials, and supplies to meet department expectations and timelines.
Provide advice related to accounting, pricing, and vendor selection or termination while following established procedures.
Enter information into databases, formulate or enter database queries, and run database reports.