Purchasing Clerk

Sullivan County Community Hospital•Sullivan, IN

About The Position

The Purchasing Clerk performs purchasing, receiving, inventory-control, and data-entry duties. The role works with computer reports, stock status, and department issues; prepares reports for departmental and accounting purposes; and resolves receiving reports, purchase-order documents, and backordered-item issues. The clerk posts issued goods and enters and verifies data about supplies ordered, received, and delivered to nursing units. The position also includes changing prices, reviewing backorder reports, and assisting with the year-end physical inventory count. The clerk works with minimal supervision, schedules duties according to workload, completes assignments within scheduled timeframes, and communicates work status and other issues to the director. This is a full-time, day-shift position scheduled for 80 hours biweekly.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
One year of experience in a stockroom and/or purchasing operations.
Computer literacy.
Good clerical, analytical, and communication skills.
Ability to work under stress.
Adequate hearing and visual abilities to perform job requirements.
Ability to communicate with others.
Ability to push, pull, stop, and lift while performing routine tasks.

Responsibilities

Work with computer reports, stock status, and department issues.
Keep current with commonly used terminology and buying techniques in the health field.
Prepare reports for departmental and accounting purposes.
Resolve receiving reports and purchase-order documents.
Work efficiently to minimize waste of materials and supplies.
Post issued goods for data entry in accordance with inventory-control methods.
Enter data about supplies ordered, received, and delivered to nursing units.
Change prices and verify the accuracy of entered data.
Resolve receiving reports and backordered-item issues with directors.
Run and review the backorder report.
Assist with the year-end physical inventory count.
Fill in for coworkers during short periods of absence.
Schedule duties according to workload and complete assignments within scheduled timeframes.
Work with minimal supervision and communicate problems, resolutions, work status, recommendations, and accomplishments to the director.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Comply consistently with established behavioral expectations.
Maintain composure in stressful situations and manage frequent interruptions.