Senior Buyer

Job Title: Senior Buyer
Location: Irving, TX, 75038
Duration: 03+ months

Job Summary:
Monday-Friday 8 hours
Procurement / Purchasing Medical Office Supplies, preferred.
Buying experience within Healthcare industry, preferred.
Inventory Management.

Roles & Responsibilities:
Consistently supports the hospital's Spirit of Serving Standards, in line with the Mission, Vision and values of CHRISTUS Health.
Follows the CHRISTUS Guidelines related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), designed to prevent or detect unauthorized disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI)
Promotes a culture of safety for patients and Associates through proper identification, proper reporting, documentation and prevention of medical errors in a non-punitive environment.
Effectively manages expenditures to reduce the total cost of ownership of material acquisitions.
Maintain SAP Material Master data integrity for inventory planning and purchasing fields.
Works effectively in inventory, planning and purchasing screens in MMIS.
Responsibility for maintaining inventory according to stated goals of levels and/or turns.
Maintain satisfactory supplier metrics.
Create and implement new processes to reduce inventory and waste.
Follow all safety guidelines and report unsafe conditions to supervisor.
Responsible for the creation, communication of Procurement related reporting
Development of supply chain related analysis to assist in improved contract compliance and lowering of supply costs.
Assist with the processing of purchase requests for assigned departments. Ensures requests are processed in a timely and accurate manner (within 24hrs) and all terms of Purchase agreements are met by vendors.
Assist Internal Customers to insure inventory levels compare favorably with ordering and receiving levels. Strives to keep inventory levels at a minimum.
Monitors purchasing computer system to assure efficiency and data integrity. Insures system is being utilized according to system and hospital procedures. Insures purchasing information is up- dated daily - pricing, unit of purchase, vendor order number etc.
Assist in the review/ resolution of open orders to ensure Department delivery expectation met.
Assist in the review and resolution of GARPSE report related issues.

Preferred Qualifications:
Hospital Setup experience

Minimum Qualifications:
Procurement / Purchasing Medical Office Supplies, preferred.
Buying experience within Healthcare industry, preferred.
Inventory Management.