Senior Purchasing Buyer Job at Northside Hospital Inc.
Overview:
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
PREFERRED
1. Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Healthcare related field.
Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.
Responsibilities:
Performs various buying, price reviewing, and ordering functions, and maintains inventories and associated records. Makes bids on non-stock and capital purchases, and reviews non-stock follow-up invoices for accuracy. Evaluates products for safety and cost effectiveness. Serves all patients, including, but not limited to neonates, pediatrics, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Purchases materials for inventory, non-stock items, capital equipment and services for over a hundred locations including the main hospital and all outpatient facilities. Also expedites rush orders as needed.- Reviews purchase orders and calls, faxes, and sends EDI’s to vendors for all departments.
- Monitors purchase orders to make sure orders transmitted successfully and confirms expected delivery dates and pricing, updating the purchasing system accordingly.
- Resolves errors on purchase orders as required and reconciles invoice discrepancies.
- Reviews and resolves open orders.
- Monitors prices changes and communication to Supervisor/Manager as necessary.
- Processes returns, exchanges and repairs.
- Assists personnel in the selection and procurement of new supply items.
- Performs various review and audit activities.
- Assists with orienting and training employees, assigns and checks work.
- Assists with training ordering departments in electronic requisitioning.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
- Associate’s degree in Business Administration
- AND/OR Five (5) years previous experience in Hospital Purchasing, Materials Management, or related area.
- Demonstrated knowledge of purchasing procedures, bidding, inventory control, and accounting principles.
- Demonstrated knowledge of MS Office, purchasing applications and computer spreadsheet programs.
- Communicates effectively verbally and in writing.
- Ability to plan and prioritize a wide variety of activities in a high-volume fast-paced environment.
PREFERRED
1. Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Healthcare related field.
2. Ability to work collaboratively with others and build positive business relationships.
Work Hours:: 8AM-4:30PM Weekend Requirements:: No On-Call Requirements:: No
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