Clerk Supply Chain Management Purchasing

McLaren Health Care; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care is seeking a detail-oriented procurement processor to handle automated and manual order placement, confirmation, and discrepancy resolution. The role supports centralized PO processing for capital, patient care, service, and urgent orders.

Responsibilities include placing orders daily, maintaining PO logs, researching pricing, communicating with departments and suppliers, and preparing purchase orders with terms. Schedule is full-time with daytime hours.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma is required.

Responsibilities

• Place automated and manual orders daily with vendors via phone, fax, email, or EDI.
• Maintain logs for PO data and validation.
• Research pricing to ensure PO accuracy and resolve discrepancies.
• Communicate with departments, buyers, inventory staff and suppliers about delays, price changes, and back orders.
• Coordinate order confirmations, substitutions, returns, and expedited shipping with suppliers.
• Prepare purchase orders and include terms for supplies, equipment and services.

Skills

Order placement

Vendor communication

Data entry

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Performs responsibilities of automated order placement, order confirmation and resolving Purchase Order and Invoice Match Exceptions. Creates and processes all orders for McLaren Health Care including all capital, patient care, service, and urgent orders. Files procurement documents operates office equipment and performs other related clerical functions for the ongoing operation of a centralized purchase order processing center.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Accurately places automated and manually created orders daily to predetermined vendors via telephone, facsimile, email, electronic data interface.
• Maintains various logs and files for use in validating accuracy of purchase orders and maintaining purchase order data.
• Utilize multiple resources to research product pricing and other product information to ensure purchase order accuracy and resolve purchase order and invoice discrepancies.
• Communicates directly with departments, buyers, inventory staff, and suppliers regarding such things as product delays, price changes and manufacturer's back orders.
• Has regular contact with Suppliers to confirm orders, identify substitute items, coordinate return of goods, request expedited shipping.
• Prepares purchase orders either manually or from purchase requests, and adds special conditions and terms for the purchase of supplies, equipment and services for the corporation.

Qualifications

Required:

• High School Diploma

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26004374
• Daily Work Times: 7:30am - 4pm
• Hours Per Pay Period: 80
• On Call: No
• Weekends: No