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.

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 and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
• 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.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
• Parental leave benefits
• Flexible work schedules
• 401k and retirement planning
• Paid time off and floating holiday plans
• 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
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees