Purchasing Coordinator

HCA Healthcare • Nashville, TN

103d • Remote

About The Position

The Purchasing Coordinator is responsible for managing complex purchasing tasks, ensuring the timely and accurate processing of all purchasing requests for supplies, services, and equipment. The role involves resolving invoice and price discrepancies, ensuring the back-order report is current, maintaining effective communication with vendors and internal departments, and mentoring other purchasing assistants. The Purchasing Coordinator will also handle sourcing viable substitute products to minimize the impact of backorders and ensure compliance with purchasing policies.

Requirements

• High School Graduate / Equivalent Required
• 3+ years of experience as a Purchasing Assistant or in a similar purchasing role Required

Nice To Haves

• Associate's or Bachelor's Degree Preferred

Responsibilities

• Process all assigned special purchase requests in a timely and accurate manner.
• Process all online requisitions for assigned vendors within twenty-four hours.
• Review OREC report weekly to ensure it remains current.
• Work closely with Accounts Payable staff to resolve and avoid any invoice discrepancies within forty-eight hours.
• Validate receipt, review, and correct all EDI and fax confirmations to eliminate any service failures.
• Mentor and provide training support to purchasing assistants and WH Buyers.
• Maintain a high degree of communication, cooperation, and coordination with assigned departments regarding purchases.
• Report any supplier or customer performance issues in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Work closely with the Purchasing Manager to ensure that EDI, online requisitioning, electronic faxing, and file item additions are optimized.
• Comply with and enforce the Market Purchasing Policy.
• Maintain expedited log (courier) to track emergency deliveries.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more.
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships.
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence).
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: High school or GED