Healthyhorns Senior Departmental Buyer

Healthyhorns Senior Departmental Buyer

Serves as the primary buyer and purchasing representative for Healthyhorns departments, coordinating the procurement of supplies, equipment, and services while ensuring compliance with organizational policies and budget requirements.

Responsibilities include:

• Coordinates ordering and receiving of supplies, equipment, and requested purchases for the department.
• Researches submitted items for purchase as needed through current and new vendors as appropriate.
• Works with UT Document Solutions for any forms/pamphlets as applicable.
• Submits, monitors, and tracks purchase orders.
• Coordinates delivery to requesting department or to inhouse store as inventory.
• Accepts and checks in deliveries for Healthyhorns supplies.
• Posts deliveries of storeroom material to the inventory electronically.
• Maintains files on open purchase orders and after completion forwards them to the Administrative Assistant for filing. Train UHS employees with ordering process and coding information related to processing requisitions for product and supplies.
• Screens open purchase orders for material that is overdue for follow-up action.
• Reviews PAR Level storage sites for restocking by Stores Clerk/ Supply/Processing/Distribution Technician.
• Restocks Storage sites in the absence of Stores Clerk/ Supply/Processing/Distribution Technician.
• Verifies copier counts and report to vendor for invoicing monthly.
• Receive invoices and matches with PO for invoice processing.
• Assume responsibilities for back-up support of departmental courier services.
• Assumes supervisor responsibilities for department in absence of the Assistant Director, Material Management.
• Compares inventories to office records or computes figures from records, such as sales orders, or purchase invoices to obtain current inventory.
• Prepares list of depleted items and recommends survey of defective or unusable items
• Reconciles vendor invoices.
• Resolves discrepancies with vendors prior to creating payment vouchers.
• Receive and process any telephone orders (same ordering mechanisms as above) to move, add and change request.
• Change and exchange gas cylinders for the primary care #1 and all the clinics (i.e. oxygen, and CO2).

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience in purchasing/buying
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to interact in a professional manner with various University personnel.
• Licenses: Class C Operators Drivers License. Applicant selected must provide a current three year Driving Record from the current state of residence. If not currently a Texas resident, must obtain a Texas Drivers License within 30 days after entering Texas a new resident.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully work with a varied community and provide services from a non-judgmental perspective.
• Ability to lift/move items less than 20 pounds without assistance, over 20 pounds with assistance (coworker, dolly, or car).

Preferred Qualifications:

• More than three years of experience performing purchasing or stores work
• Minimum one year purchasing experience using MarketPlace, DEFINE, and MS Office
• Experience in payment voucher preparation
• Knowledge of UT purchasing procedures (competitive procurement, source selection, negotiation, etc.)
• Experience using UT ProCard. Some supervisory experience.
• Experience preparing professional correspondence.
• Proven time management skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and organize work.
• Proven skills with accuracy in the maintenance of records and in preparing and submitting reports.
• Demonstrated customer service-oriented behavior and excellent public relations techniques

Salary Range: $51,000 + depending on qualifications

Work Schedule: Schedule to be discussed. Some evening/weekends as necessary for projects.

Working Conditions:

• Typical Office Environment
• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
• Use of manual dexterity
• Exposure to chemicals and commercial items typically found in offices, medical clinics, and building repairs/maintenance.
• Ability to lift/move items less than 20 pounds without assistance, over 20 pounds with assistance (coworker, dolly, or car).

Required Materials:

• Letter of interest
• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor