Buyer

Saint Luke's Health System; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical health plans

Tuition reimbursement

Leave & PTO

Retirement contributions

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Saint Luke's Health System is seeking a procurement professional to manage purchases, interpret guidelines, and coordinate orders within departmental and institutional timelines. The role includes resolving vendor and internal customer issues and leading process improvement initiatives, including training new requisitioners.

The position emphasizes providing expert advice on procurement-related decisions, maintaining database records, and generating reports to support department objectives.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of procurement experience.
• Full-time day shift in the United States.
• Experience handling vendor relations and internal customers.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, interpret and manage purchases and place orders.
• Resolve routine issues between vendors and internal customers.
• Lead and participate in process improvement projects and requisitioner training.
• Enter data into databases and generate reports.

Skills

Purchasing

Procurement

Vendor management

Process improvement

Customer service

Data entry

Tools

Database software

Reporting tools

Job description

Job DescriptionReports to Manager/Supervisor of Procurement, the position prepares, interprets and manages purchases and places orders according procedural guidelines, department expectations, and institutional time frames, and resolves problems between external (vendors) customers and internal customers. Creates, leads, and participates in departmental and cross-functional process improvement projects, including the training of new requisitioners.

• Work dependent upon, or facilitated by, the use of computers and computer software programs.
• Handling routine customer service complaints and comments that have only minimal impact on the business, without authority to resolve significant matters.
• Purchasing, buying, procuring or managing inventory, materials or supplies - meeting department expectations and timelines.
• Providing expert advice to the company or the company's customers in areas such as accounting, setting or changing prices, selection or termination of contractors/vendors hired for purposes related to business operations, while performing work that strictly follows established manuals, guidelines, policies or procedures.
• Entering information into a database, formulating or entering queries into a database or running reports from a database.

2-5 years experience requiredWhy Saint Luke's?We believe in creating a collaborative environment, while looking for innovative ways to improve. We offer competitive salaries and benefits packages to all eligible employees:

• Medical health plans
• Tuition reimbursement
• Leave of Absence, PTO, and various Welfare plans
• Retirement contributions
• Employee Assistance Program

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Job Requirements

Applicable Experience: 2 years

Job Details

Full TimeDay (United States of America)