Procurement Specialist- Full Time (No Weekends)

Munson Healthcare•Traverse City, MI

8h•Onsite

About The Position

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties. If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country. Invested in You Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance. Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling. Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges. Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings

Requirements

A minimum of Bachelor Degree, in Business or accounting field with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a business setting (purchasing preferred) with a need for planning/coordination.
Position requires good communication skills, analytical skills, coordination, detail oriented and successful completion of projects in a complex organizational business setting
The ability to work with limited supervision
Efficient with MS Office Suite – Excel, Access, Word, etc.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Supply Chain Management or Healthcare preferred

Responsibilities

Confers with customer/departments in determining commodity needs and delivery schedules on assigned items.
Working with customer representatives, develops and analyzes specifications and determines the best source for purchasing assigned commodities, or ensures that purchases are made in accordance with existing applicable supplier contracts.
Confers with other purchasing staff members as related to expeditious handling of purchasing requirements.
Ensures internal customer satisfaction and service are maintained.
Monitors the internal customers’ receipt and acceptance of products and services, and resolves related problems.
Expedites and follows through on orders and backorders as appropriate. Informs Sourcing team and/or Purchasing Manager of changing needs/demands of customers.
Must be able to recognize product interchangeability and encourage system wide standardization especially in category of spend the buyer is responsible for.
Confers with the accounts payable department in solving problems pertaining to purchasing and accounting. Process payables for assigned companies and reconcile vendor statements (as required).
Analyzes capital and small equipment orders for contract and policy compliance, and informs departments as appropriate. IE Accounts, IS/IT and Biomed. Assists with loading all IS/IT, Equipment, and General Service agreements/contracts into SCIS (Supply Chain Information System) system.
Assists with managing the rebate program, recall program, P-card program and Fuel Card Program. Ensuring all processes are completed in compliance with finance, auditing and Munson Healthcare policy.
Works with clinical coordinator as necessary for handling of product issues related to SCM functions within the Munson Healthcare VOICE system.
Serves as the back-up to the SCIS Specialist who is responsible for entering and updating item pricing in the SCIS for all items purchased under contracts of any kind.
Execute Sourcing Strategies for capital and small equipment, MRO supply contracting, purchased services, and service contracts, achieving optimal value to the organization.
Understands a working knowledge of the Northern Michigan Supply Alliance/Munson Healthcare/Trinity Health system.
Maintains good working relationships with internal customs and vendors, providing prompt response to inquiries.
Be able to develop, negotiate, and manage contracts.
Works the Product Selection and Sourcing in Value Analysis on an on-going basis to understand product standardization opportunities.
Successfully completes assignments above within specified time frames with accuracy.
Receives and provides positive feedback from managers and co-workers.
Maintain good relationships with internal customers and vendors, including prompt response to inquiries.
Work the Product Selection and Sourcing in value analysis on an on-going basis to understand product standardization opportunities.