Purchasing Supervisor

Purchasing Supervisor

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Purchasing Supervisor with Health Trust Performance Group you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Supervises a centralized team of operational purchasing and capital procurement professionals for all of Mercy Health. Ensures the most efficient approach and use of resources in the areas of product sourcing, purchase order processing, purchase order follow up, invoice and pricing discrepancy resolution, project management support, daily vendor relationships and coordination and support of a comprehensive best practice capital project planning and procurement strategy and daily vendor relationships.

Enforces business, financial, and organizational controls while enforcing contract compliance and product standardization. Assist with the oversight and maintenance of multiple Purchasing software and technology tools.

Coordinate and monitor daily tasks and workload of the Central Purchasing staff, redirecting workload tasks as needed while observing, developing, creating, modifying, and implementing processes to increase and ensure the daily efficiency of team performance

Ensure that contract pricing is honored, that product standardization is upheld and that organizational controls are followed while ensuring the most efficient order process and customer service is accomplished using the tools and technology available

Responsible for the routine daily processing of purchase orders while exerting oversight and direction for PO creation by the CSC, MCES, Facilities Maintenance and Blanket Orders.

Monitor team member work performance by listening, observing, and helping the director interpret reports, metrics, and observations to evaluate team and team member purchasing service levels

Support and provide input to the design and structure of the Purchasing Team, processes, and technology to ensure maximum customer service is provided to Mercy Health.

Proactively and quickly manage customer and vendor relations and issues and is responsive to escalated issues

Facilitate day-to-day interactions with Mercy and Health Trust vendors (contract and non-contract) in regard to product sourcing, order processing, emergency product needs, discontinued item resolution, product education, order confirmations, expediting, service issues and invoice resolution issues

Facilitate the timely payment of discrepant invoices to early pay discount vendors via vendor negotiations and relationships and coordination with Mercy Accounts Payable, CSC Operations and Health Trust Unified Supply Chain leaders

Qualifications:

• High School Graduate/Equivalent Required
• Bachelor's degree with emphasis in Business Management, Administration or Finance Preferred
• 3+ years of experience in a leadership role Required
• 3+ years of experience in purchasing Required
• 3+ years of experience in capital equipment purchasing and/or Construction Project Planning Preferred

Licenses, Certifications, & Training:

• Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) Preferred

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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