Corporate Procurement Agent

150 Shriners Hospitals for Children; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Tuition assistance

Retirement matching

And so much more!

Job summary

Shriners Children's is seeking a Corporate Supply Chain Procurement Agent to oversee end-to-end hospital supply purchasing, vendor negotiations, and contract compliance. The role emphasizes timely procurement, data integrity, and collaboration with Contracting and Legal teams to maximize cost savings and value across the enterprise.

Experience in healthcare purchasing and ERP systems is highly valued, with opportunities to influence enterprise efficiency and patient care supporting EVAC

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of hospital supply chain experience required.
• Proficient in MS Office and ERP systems.
• Knowledge of Purchasing, Inventory, Contracting, Logistics, A/P Finance, and Value Analysis.
• Knowledge of hospital equipment and purchasing practices.
• Basic accounting principles knowledge.
• High School Diploma/GED; Associate's Degree preferred or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Independently directs the purchasing of all hospital supplies.
• Place orders, coordinate with vendors and departments; communicate pricing, availability and delivery; manage returns.
• Ensure requests are processed within 24 hours.
• Own customer needs; balance service, outcomes and cost.
• Lead negotiations with vendors for competitive pricing and contract compliance.
• Maintain professional vendor relationships and sourcing issues.
• Support EVAC and Value Analysis processes across the enterprise.
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and savings.
• Resolve price discrepancies and backorders; manage emergency purchase orders.

Skills

Hospital supply chain experience

MS Office Suite

Supply chain functions

Hospital equipment purchasing

Basic accounting principles

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Associate's Degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

Lawson ERP

Workday ERP

Job description

Company Overview

Shriners Children's is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidence based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families. With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Every day, we provide innovative, compassionate care and conduct leading research that enhances the quality of life for children and families.

Job Title

Corporate Supply Chain Procurement Agent

Job Description

The Corporate Supply Chain Procurement Agent is responsible for the complete and accurate procurement of stock and non-stock items per assigned manufacturer or vendor while ensuring proper pricing is attained and that all incentives, terms and other benefits, including return on investment, are maximized throughout the enterprise. The position makes independent decisions regarding item and vendor selection while assuring a seamless and timely transmission of all emergent, supply and service purchase order requests while working collaboratively with Contracting and Legal representatives. The Procurement Agent participates in maximizing company operation efficiency and financial gains by monitoring the data integrity of the product and vendor formularies across the organization for consistency in description, pricing, unit of measure, etc. and alerts the appropriate party with any discrepancies. The Procurement Agent will support the capital management and equipment sourcing process as well as be an intricate part of the Value Analysis process. The Procurement Agent will assist the Value Analysis Chair in facilitating the Enterprise Value Analysis Committee (EVAC). The Procurement Agent will gather data to support corporate metrics, analytics and exercise discretion and independent judgment to make decision and recommendations. The Procurement Agent is responsible for driving contract compliance by utilizing our Group Purchasing Organization to source product inquiries to maintain contract compliance and standardization initiatives, to ensure overall cost reduction and enterprise-wide cost savings based on predefined enterprise strategic goals and performance metrics. The Procurement Agent plays a key role in the company’s Purchasing functions to collaboratively implement sourcing strategies that deliver best total value for the organization as well as identifying and reporting risks to protect the organization’s mission and reputation. The Procurement Agent strives to minimize expenses and increase company profitability, develop detailed purchasing reports, and recommend changes to the acquisitions processes as needed. Purchasing Agents are in charge of buying goods, services, and operations equipment for their organization, as well as analyzing financial reports identifying trends or discrepancies.

Key Responsibilities

• Independently directs the purchasing of all hospital supplies.


• Performs order placement and interacts with vendors and SHC hospital departments regarding purchase orders to communicate pricing information, product availability and delivery, as well as coordinates and supports repairs, returns and cancellation of orders as necessary.


• Ensures requests are processed in a timely and accurate manner (within 24hrs).


• Assumes ownership of customer needs and initiates effective interaction considering service, outcome and cost at all times.


• Works with minimum direction or supervision to accomplish all of the duties delegated by the Supply Chain Inventory & Purchasing Team Lead and Corporate Supply Chain Management Director.


• Leads negotiations with vendors to ensure that goods and services purchased are priced competitively and that all contracts or pricing agreements are followed.


• Analyzes requests for item adds and recommends changes; researches and addresses concerns, problems and issues and presents findings to management.


• Establishes and/or maintains professional vendor relationships by interfacing with them regarding sourcing, pricing and contract related issues.


• Contributes to and supports ongoing efforts to identify, recommend and implement new systems or processes that add end-user value, goals and metrics, enhance the procurement process and improve customer satisfaction.


• Resolves exceptions - discrepancies between the vendor's price and SHC's price of record, and quantities e.g. backorders.


• Executes emergency purchase orders, which are time-sensitive due to specific patients' needs.

Required Qualifications

• 5 years of hospital supply chain experience


• MS Office Suite proficiency


• Knowledge of key activities within supply chain organization including Purchasing, Inventory Management, Contracting, Logistics, A/P Finance, and Value Analysis


• Knowledge of hospital equipment and supplies and purchasing practices.


• Knowledge of basic accounting principles.


• High School Diploma/GED Associate's Degree - or sufficient number of years of job-related experience may be considered in lieu of an Associate's Degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• Lawson 10/Workday ERP Preferred


• AHRMM (Association of Healthcare Resource Materials Management) Certified Material Resource Professional


• Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.

Benefits

• Medical insurance


• Dental insurance


• Vision insurance


• Tuition assistance


• Retirement matching


• And so much more!

Location

Eligible Shriners Children's employees receive comprehensive benefits packages, including medical, dental and vision insurance, tuition assistance, retirement matching and so much more! No matter where you're located, you'll find openings at our Shriners Children's facilities across the U.S., in Canada and Mexico and at our corporate headquarters in Tampa, Florida.