Healthcare Purchasing Specialist — Community-Oriented Buyer

Open Door Community Health Centers; Eureka (CA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Open Door Community Health Centers is seeking a Purchasing Agent to support site purchasing, returns, and vendor communications in a busy healthcare network in Eureka, CA. The role reports to the Purchasing Manager and ensures accurate receiving, scanning, and documentation in purchasing software.

Temporary position with potential extension through 2027. Responsibilities include assisting with year-end inventories, training site purchasers, and covering for the Purchasing Manager when needed.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build constructive relationships across sites, staff, vendors, and suppliers.
• Effective written and verbal communication.
• Ability to work in a team or independently as needed.
• Calm and equitable handling of difficult situations.
• Strong organizational and documentation skills.
• Basic math proficiency.
• Ability to read and follow instructions and compose memos.
• Computer literacy with purchasing software and standard office tools.

Responsibilities

• Follows federal procurement guidelines and ODCHC policies.
• Receives packing slips and verifies them in purchasing software.
• Manages returns and communicates with sites and vendors, documenting in software.
• Keeps receiving records up to date and follows up as needed.
• Helps train new site purchasers.
• Assists with year-end inventories and onsite support.
• Provides backup support to the department.
• Adheres to attendance policy and covers duties as needed.
• Supports purchasing manager by placing and approving orders after accuracy checks.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Effective written and verbal沟通

Tools

Purchasing software

Databases

Spreadsheets

Word processing

Job description

Open Door Community Health Centers is seeking a Purchasing Agent to support site purchasing, returns, and vendor communications in a busy healthcare network in Eureka, CA. The role reports to the Purchasing Manager and ensures accurate receiving, scanning, and documentation in purchasing software.

Temporary position with potential extension through 2027. Responsibilities include assisting with year-end inventories, training site purchasers, and covering for the Purchasing Manager when needed.