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POSITION TITLE: Purchasing Coordinator

REPORTS TO (TITLE): Director of Plant Operations

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:

This role will coordinate supply procurement, distribution, and maintain inventory at SBHH.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

+ Maintains an electronic inventory of all supplies relevant to patient care at SBHH.

+ Understands inventory management including PAR levels and lead times.

+ Works directly with hospital leadership and patient care givers to determine supply needs, set PAR levels, and demonstrates flexibility in meeting requests for inventory.

+ Creates and manages contracts with vendors, purchase orders, and follows hospital policy in annual assessment of vendor contracts to achieve favorable cost and vendor performance.

+ Daily stocking of supplies to patient care areas and support areas of the hospital.

+ Accurately receives and documents all supplies delivered to facility.

+ Prepares outgoing shipments with necessary documents to correct carrier.

+ Daily stocking of supplies to nursing units per re-establish par levels.

+ Issues stock accurately to requestors in a timely fashion and responds to special request for supplies and/or equipment.

+ Performs inventory and informs supervisor of any changes in supply usage.

+ Monitors emergency management supplies and prepares control strategies to Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements.

+ Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

+ Hospital and/or Healthcare Experience strongly desired.

+ Experience and proficiency with Microsoft Office products, (word, excel, outlook).

+ Experience and proficiency with software programs related to inventory management.

+ Exceptional customer service with internal and external stakeholders including compassionate and professional communication, responsiveness to requests

+ Meticulous ability to collect, track, monitor data and summarize results to senior leadership.

+ Ability to organize workflow with minimal oversight, organize schedule and routine with minimal direction.

Knowledge and Experience:

+ AA or BA degree preferred in supply chain management, logistics or business administration

+ Current NCI equivalent as approved by the Chief Nursing Officer (or obtained within the first 30 days of hire).

+ One year hospital central supply distribution experience preferred.

Skills and Abilities:

+ Sensitivity to and willingness to interact with persons of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds.

+ Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize projects, work relatively independently, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines.

+ Strong written and verbal communication skills.

+ Strong interpersonal skills.

+ Good judgment, problem solving and decision-making skills.

Physical Requirements:

+ While performing the duties of this job, this position is frequently required to do the following:

+ Communicate effectively in person or via telephone in a manner which can be understood by those with whom the person is speaking, including a diverse population.

+ Give and follow verbal and written instructions with attention to detail and accuracy.

+ Perform complex mental functions and basic arithmetic functions.

+ Vision: see details of objects at close range.

+ Coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously.

+ Reach forward, up, down, and to the side.

+ Sit or stand for minimum periods of one hour at a time and come and go from the work area repeatedly throughout the day.

+ Lift up to twenty-five (25) pounds.

Benefits

+ Medical

+ Vision

+ Dental

+ 401(k)

+ 3.5 Weeks Paid Time Off

+ $25,000 Life insurance policy is provided at no charge to the employee

Pay Range: $23.82-$33.23