Purchasing Coordinator - Hospital (Sacramento)

POSITION TITLE:   Purchasing Coordinator

REPORTS TO (TITLE):  Director of Plant Operations 

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:

This role will coordinate supply procurement, distribution, and maintain inventory at SBHH.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintains an electronic inventory of all supplies relevant to patient care at SBHH.
• Understands inventory management including PAR levels and lead times.
• Works directly with hospital leadership and patient care givers to determine supply needs, set PAR levels, and demonstrates flexibility in meeting requests for inventory.
• Creates and manages contracts with vendors, purchase orders, and follows hospital policy in annual assessment of vendor contracts to achieve favorable cost and vendor performance.
• Daily stocking of supplies to patient care areas and support areas of the hospital.
• Accurately receives and documents all supplies delivered to facility.
• Prepares outgoing shipments with necessary documents to correct carrier.
• Daily stocking of supplies to nursing units per re-establish par levels.
• Issues stock accurately to requestors in a timely fashion and responds to special request for supplies and/or equipment.
• Performs inventory and informs supervisor of any changes in supply usage.

• Monitors emergency management supplies and prepares control strategies to Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements.
• Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs.

Minimum Requirements:

• Hospital and/or Healthcare Experience strongly desired.
• Experience and proficiency with Microsoft Office products, (word, excel, outlook).
• Experience and proficiency with software programs related to inventory management.
• Exceptional customer service with internal and external stakeholders including compassionate and professional communication, responsiveness to requests
• Meticulous ability to collect, track, monitor data and summarize results to senior leadership.
• Ability to organize workflow with minimal oversight, organize schedule and routine with minimal direction.

Knowledge and Experience:

• AA or BA degree preferred in supply chain management, logistics or business administration
• Current NCI equivalent as approved by the Chief Nursing Officer (or obtained within the first 30 days of hire).
• One year hospital central supply distribution experience preferred.

Skills and Abilities:

• Sensitivity to and willingness to interact with persons of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize projects, work relatively independently, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills. 
• Good judgment, problem solving and decision-making skills.

Physical Requirements:  

• While performing the duties of this job, this position is frequently required to do the following: 
• Communicate effectively in person or via telephone in a manner which can be understood by those with whom the person is speaking, including a diverse population. 
• Give and follow verbal and written instructions with attention to detail and accuracy. 
• Perform complex mental functions and basic arithmetic functions.
• Vision: see details of objects at close range.
• Coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously. 
• Reach forward, up, down, and to the side. 
• Sit or stand for minimum periods of one hour at a time and come and go from the work area repeatedly throughout the day.
• Lift up to twenty-five (25) pounds.

• Medical
• Vision
• Dental
• 401(k)
• 3.5 Weeks Paid Time Off
• $25,000 Life insurance policy is provided at no charge to the employee

Pay Range: $23.82-$33.23