Transaction Specialist (Procurement)

Excited to grow your career?\n\nWe value our talented employees and instill an environment where you feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute your unique skills and talents while living and working as your authentic self. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.\n\nOur people make all the difference in our success.\n\nSummary\n\nIn this role, you will obtain status for purchase orders electronically transmitted from providers to suppliers that do not have the ability to transmit via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Your top priority will be to provide accurate and timely confirmation for non-EDI orders.\n\nResponsibilities \n\n * Coordinate efforts between the Transaction Management Application (TAM), within the eCommerce exchange platform, and Outlook to confirm purchase orders.\n\n * Request purchase order acknowledgment information from suppliers on all unacknowledged purchase orders within predefined service level agreements.\n\n * Contact suppliers via phone to place and/or confirm orders at specific call times each day, accounting for approximately 40%-50% of your day.\n\n * Create and maintain quality relationships with members and suppliers to ensure member satisfaction.\n\n * Collect and present statistical data using SQL, Excel, and PowerPoint following the Team Performance Management Module (TPMM) guidelines.\n\n * Utilize TAM and Excel to run daily and monthly status reports.\n\n\n\n\nQualifications\n\n * Relevant degree preferred.\n\n * 2 or more years relevant experience required.\n\n * Possess both effective verbal and writing skills required.\n\n * Ability to provide excellent customer service.\n\n * Strong ability to work in an open team environment; physically and mentally.\n\n * Ability to work under tight deadlines and prioritize effectively.\n\n * Prior experience with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and PPT.\n\n\n\n\nEstimated Hiring Range:\n\nAt Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $39,100.00 to $66,500.00.\n\nThis position is also incentive eligible.\n\nVizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:\n\nhttp://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers\n