Buyer

UR Thompson Health • Canandaigua, NY

11h • $24 - $30 • Onsite

About The Position

The Buyer is responsible for the functionality of the Materials Management module, maintaining the Item Master, and developing strategies to support the system's vision, mission, and values. This role serves as a primary contact for stakeholders to process requisitions and create Purchase Orders, and acts as a resource for sourcing products, generating savings, obtaining pricing, negotiating, and ensuring quality for designated areas.

Requirements

• Demonstrates skills in communication, leadership, and problem-solving.
• Proficient in all aspects of the McKesson MM module and has a complete functional grasp of its impact on Accounts Payable, General Ledger, and ORM.
• Demonstrates aptitude for basic materials management principles such as PAR-level inventory systems, inventory management, and effective supplier and contracting strategies.
• Understanding and supportive of Thompson Health’s relationship with its GPO and supplier relationships.
• Understands core Purchasing fundamentals including but not limited to contracting, negotiation, Quote analytics, and RFx process.
• Well-versed in competitive bid fundamentals to drive down costs for supplies, equipment, and services as identified by system leaders.
• Requires experience with competitive bidding, sourcing, and negotiations.
• Three or more years of exp. as a Materials Management or Purchasing Agent with a proven track record for quality, PO Generation, Inventory Control, Expediting & Savings.

Nice To Haves

• Associate Degree preferred in Business or related Supply Chain field.
• Certification as a Materials Resource Professional (CMRP) or APICS is recommended.

Responsibilities

• Responsibility for the functionality of the Materials Management module.
• Maintains the Item Master in a neat, accurate, and orderly manner.
• Develops long-term strategies and short-term objectives to actively support the system’s vision, mission, and values.
• Functions as a primary contact for Hospital and offsite stakeholders to aid in processing requisitions and creating Purchase Orders.
• Serves as a resource for sourcing products, generating savings, obtaining pricing, negotiating, and quality for designated areas of responsibility.
• Generates purchase orders from the system and physical requisitions, confirms, expedites, and files all pertinent documents.
• Manages local supply cards for stakeholder distribution: tracks and logs returns, outgoing mail, and common carrier mailings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree