Procurement Specialist Senior - Per Diem
About The Position
The Procurement Specialist Senior is responsible for ensuring all orders within their area of responsibility adhere to established hospital purchasing policies. This involves monitoring purchase requests for accuracy, validity, and compliance with signature requirements and contracts, as well as ensuring timely processing of requisitions. The role also includes preparing and coordinating product returns, securing credit, and collaborating with accounts payable and vendors to resolve pricing or credit issues. Additionally, the specialist will provide timely information updates to systems staff, coordinate template reviews, identify cost-saving opportunities, ensure products reach end-users, and provide return documents to Receiving staff. This is a per-diem position, working as needed, typically Monday-Friday from 8am to 4:30pm, and requires travel across various sites.
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor degree or one-year relevant hospital/healthcare business experience
- Skills: Effective oral and written communication skills
- Skills: Ability to get work performed through, with, and by people efficiently and effectively
- Skills: Analytical ability to solve problems encountered with daily purchasing, deliveries, and prices
- Skills: Possess ability to distinguish between an emergency and non-emergency situation and solve situation accordingly
- Skills: Ability to congenially accept numerous personnel and visitor interruptions without general disruption of the basic workload
- Experience: one-year relevant hospital/healthcare business experience
Nice To Haves
- Certified healthcare professional credentials preferred (CPHM, CPM, etc.)
Responsibilities
- Ensures all orders placed for their area of responsibility follow established hospital purchasing policies
- Monitor purchase requests for accuracy and validity, compliance with signature requirements, and compliance to standards and contracts
- Ensure requisitions are processed in a timely manner
- Prepares and coordinates product returns, ensuring credit is received
- Works with accounts payable staff to resolve pricing issues within defined standards
- Coordinates efforts with vendors to resolve pricing or credit issues
- Ensures information updates are provided to systems staff in a timely manner
- Coordinates with systems staff on template reviews and updates
- Participates in or identifies cost saving opportunities
- Ensure products reach the appropriate end user
- Provide return documents to Receiving staff for products in timely manner
- Other projects/duties, as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
