Purchasing Coordinator

BluePearl Pet Hospital • Johns Creek, GA

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About The Position

BluePearl Pet Hospital is now hiring for an energetic, passionate, and driven Purchasing Coordinator to join our team. Do you work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment? Would your peers describe you as patient, respectful, and compassionate? Are you eager to make a difference for animals and provide premier patient care? If you answered “yes” to these questions, we want to hear from you! The Purchasing Coordinator supports the Commercial function by evaluating and approving vendors, authorizing purchase orders for goods and services, and implementing Commercial strategies. As a Purchasing Coordinator you will: Coordinates the ongoing, timely provision of materials and services for hospitals. Works to improve internal processes and procedures and stakeholder engagement for requisitions and contract management, focusing on quality and service levels. Identifies risk and crisis management within the BluePearl network and provides feedback regarding supply chain optimization, how service levels can be improved, and Commercial’s overall effectiveness. Supports Commercial initiatives to drive: Supplier Performance, and Continuous Process Improvement. Total Delivered Cost Reduction. Working Capital/Cash Management Strategies. Stakeholder Engagement. Procure to Pay process enhancements & improvements. Responsible for supply logistics and operational relationships for Support Center including supplies and services spend, communication of service set-up requirements, and management of supplier performance. Drives the Procure-to-Pay Process with internal stakeholders, recommending areas for improvement and simplification. Facilitates the supply chain, internal ordering process optimization, and Procure-to-Pay process for hospitals, handling all supply, quality, or service level issues. Drives and leverage supplier capabilities to reduce Mars TCO in the supply chain. Implements process standardization and optimization strategies across the organization. Live and exemplify the Five Principles of Mars, Inc. in all daily activities. Other job duties as assigned. Why BluePearl? Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food. We encourage you to grow with us. Our associates are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in their career. To transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals. We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following: Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options. Parental leave benefits Flexible work schedules 401k and retirement planning Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans A regional licensed social worker who can provide guidance, advice, and tips/tricks on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working in a fast-paced emergency and specialty care environment We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets. BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and each applicant will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual or affectional preference, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace. BluePearl Specialty + Emergency Pet Hospital is a national network of specialty and emergency pet hospitals. Our hospitals are located throughout the country, most of which are open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Types of BluePearl Hospitals: Specialty and 24/7 Emergency Specialty & After-hours Emergency 24/7 Emergency After-hours Emergency Specialty Only Our veterinarians use innovative procedures, high-tech equipment and the latest treatment methods to provide comprehensive medical care to pets. We combine this expertise with a love for animals and the belief that kindness is the foundation of veterinary medicine. Mission: Our mission: Enriching lives through remarkable care for pets At BluePearl, we recognize that pets are part of the family. We honor the human-animal bond by providing the very best in advanced medical care for pets – including techniques that were once reserved exclusively for humans. Our vision: To transform the delivery of veterinary care through specialty and emergency medicine.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the ongoing, timely provision of materials and services for hospitals.
• Works to improve internal processes and procedures and stakeholder engagement for requisitions and contract management, focusing on quality and service levels.
• Identifies risk and crisis management within the BluePearl network and provides feedback regarding supply chain optimization, how service levels can be improved, and Commercial’s overall effectiveness.
• Supports Commercial initiatives to drive: Supplier Performance, and Continuous Process Improvement. Total Delivered Cost Reduction. Working Capital/Cash Management Strategies. Stakeholder Engagement. Procure to Pay process enhancements & improvements.
• Responsible for supply logistics and operational relationships for Support Center including supplies and services spend, communication of service set-up requirements, and management of supplier performance.
• Drives the Procure-to-Pay Process with internal stakeholders, recommending areas for improvement and simplification.
• Facilitates the supply chain, internal ordering process optimization, and Procure-to-Pay process for hospitals, handling all supply, quality, or service level issues.
• Drives and leverage supplier capabilities to reduce Mars TCO in the supply chain.
• Implements process standardization and optimization strategies across the organization.
• Live and exemplify the Five Principles of Mars, Inc. in all daily activities.
• Other job duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Trupanion pet insurance
• Discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food
• Annual continuing education allowance
• Free continuing education sessions
• BluePearl University for training
• Access to over 2,000 medical journals
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options
• Parental leave benefits
• Flexible work schedules
• 401k and retirement planning
• Paid time off and floating holiday plans
• A regional licensed social worker who can provide guidance, advice, and tips/tricks on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working in a fast-paced emergency and specialty care environment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed