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Job Description

Are you ready to bring your skills to a world-class healthcare organization recognized as one of the top ten in the United States? Do you have a passion for the highest quality and patient happiness? Then please respond to this dynamic opportunity available with one of the best places to work in Southern California!

Cedars-Sinai is a nonprofit, independent healthcare organization committed to improving the health status of the communities we serve through:

+ Leadership and excellence in delivering quality healthcare services

+ Expanding the horizons of medical knowledge through biomedical research

+ Educating and training physicians and other healthcare professionals

Quality patient care is our priority. Providing excellent clinical and service quality, offering compassionate care, and supporting research and medical education are essential to our mission.

Summary of Essential Duties:

+ Reviews purchase requisitions for approval, completeness, clarity, detail, and correctness

+ Edit requisitions for the purchase of routine items including equipment and services, after review, approval, or advice from CA/PS

+ Prepares purchase order indicating vendor, items purchased, quantities, pricing, and terms and conditions

+ Develops an understanding of the customer/ department served, including the customer’s goals and services provided

+ Responsible for prudent purchase of commodities, equipment, services and contracts and follow-up with suppliers to ensure compliance with prices and deliveries as promised

+ Provides telephone assistance and information as requested by Health System departments and vendors

+ Coordinates with departments, receiving personnel, vendors, and accounts payable to resolve problems encountered with invoices or order delivery

Qualifications

Education:

+ High School Diploma or GED required

Experience:

+ A minimum of 2 years of experience in a Purchasing department or related area required

+ Demonstrated proficiency using a PC in a Windows environment required

About Us

Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.

About the Team

Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 886 licensed beds, 2,100 physicians, 2,800 nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Choose this if you want to work in a fast-paced environment that offers the highest level of care to people in the Los Angeles that need our care the most.

**Req ID** : 9796

**Working Title** : Purchasing Procurement Specialist - 8-Hour Day Shift

**Department** : Purchasing

**Business Entity** : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

**Job Category** : Supply Chain / Procurement

**Job Specialty** : Supply Chain

**Overtime Status** : NONEXEMPT

**Primary Shift** : Day

**Shift Duration** : 8 hour

**Base Pay** : $31.36 - $48.61

Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law.