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Saint Luke's Health System; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical health plans

Tuition reimbursement

Leave of Absence, PTO, and various Wef

Retirement contributions

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Saint Luke’s Health System is seeking a procurement professional to manage purchases, place orders, and resolve vendor issues. The role emphasizes process improvement and training requisitioners within established guidelines and timelines.

Qualified candidates will typically have 2–5 years of experience in procurement or related fields and will work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment in the United States.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of procurement or purchasing experience required.
• Ability to interpret and manage purchases per guidelines and timelines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, interpret and manage purchases and place orders per guidelines and timelines.
• Resolve problems between vendors and internal customers.
• Lead and participate in cross-functional process improvement projects.
• Enter information into a database and generate reports.
• Provide training to new requisitioners.

Skills

Procurement

Vendor management

Process improvement

Data entry / database queries

Customer service

Job description

Job Description

Reports 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 required

Why 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 Time

Day (United States of America)