Buyer

Education: Bachelor's Degree: Related Field or 4 years' experience in lieu of education

• Creates purchase orders from the materials management system for supplies and equipment as needed.
• Interacts with vendors to negotiate and coordinate purchase and consignment agreements.
• Investigates and resolves all incorrect billings, deliveries, or other discrepancies, working closely with Accounts Payable, receiving teams, and vendors.
• Responsible for keeping up to date with group purchasing contracts and utilizing them to their fullest potential.
• Implements cost and inventory management initiatives to decrease overall costs.
• Works closely with Inventory Coordinators to ensure proper levels of supplies are replenished and on-hand at all times.
• Monitors backorders and works with vendors and requesters to find suitable alternatives as needed.
• Handles product recalls according to policy/procedure.
• Communicates with clinical teams on the status and review of items, inventory levels, and requests for new equipment or products for standardization purposes.
• Facilitates product conversions with Supply Chain and clinical teams to ensure a smooth transition, including scheduling trials, in-services, and logistical planning.
• Keeps management informed of problems, changes, and other pertinent information concerning inventory or other potential issues.
• Works closely with ERP system specialists on revisions, additions, and deletions of inventory items.
• Serves as a member of the appropriate Total Value Management team for evaluation of supply requirements.
• Prepares and analyzes usage reports in response to management requests.

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Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. The supportive and inclusive team where you can thrive. The place where growth meets balance - and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all at Carle Health.

Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,600 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups and a variety of healthcare businesses. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet designations, the nation's highest honor for nursing care. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world's first engineering-based medical school, and Health Alliance. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: human.resources@carle.com.