BUYER

Minimum Offer

$ 20.82/hr.

Maximum Offer

$ 25.85/hr.

Compensation Disclaimer

Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department: Purchasing - UH

FTE: 1.00
Full Time
Shift: Days

Position Summary:
Responsible for inventory control functions. Reviews, coordinates, processes purchase requests (PR), in accordance with UNMH policy and the State of New Mexico procurement code. Ensure adherence to Hospital and departmental policies and procedures. No patient care assignment.

Detailed responsibilities:
* PURCHASE ORDERS - Issues Purchase Orders for goods or services in compliance with the UNMH purchasing procedures, state procurement code, and user requirements; perform high volume and quality purchase orders; facilitates technical and large-scale Purchase Orders of equipment, materials, services, and supplies; Investigate and follow-up on challenging purchase orders that may have changes, complaints, and make corrections to purchase orders to rectify any/all issues
* REQUISITIONS - Receive, analyze, and process departmental requisitions
* LIAISON - Provides liaison services between vendors and departments for requisition status, procurement procedures, and problem resolution; researches procurement methods; confer with departmental representatives to determine purchasing needs, specifications, areas of standardization, and unique purchases; follow-up on purchase orders not received within a reasonable length of time and communicate with the requesting department
* QUALITY ASSURANCE - Expedite shipping, deliveries; maintain inventories, monitor usage inconsistencies, price changes, and vendor back orders; work with vendors on backorder items to verify expected delivery dates; review vendor quotes for content and accuracy
* ORDER - Order medical and non-medical supplies carried by Materials Management inventory to ensure effective and efficient patient care
* DATA - Maintains data, files, reports, and price lists on assigned commodities and has the ability to negotiate prices
* RECORDS - Maintains records in accordance with established policies, procedures and audit guidelines
* ASSISTANCE - Validate and assist with reconciliation, processing receiving reports and as needed with vendor invoices or other payment documents
* RESOLUTION - Resolve matters relating to substitutions, equivalents, delivery schedules, and vendor complications
* SUPPLIES - Work with other hospitals on borrowing/lending supplies in an emergency
* DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops

Qualifications

Education:
Essential:
* High School or GED Equivalent
Nonessential:
* Bachelor's Degree
Education specialization:
Nonessential:
* Related Discipline

Experience:
Essential:
2 years directly related experience

Nonessential:
2 years directly related experience

Credentials:
Essential:
* Not Applicable/Not Required

Physical Conditions:
Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Working conditions:
Essential:
* No or min hazard, physical risk, office environment