Buyer II

Job Title

This position is accountable for purchasing both direct and indirect goods and services, and for ensuring that the company's operational needs are met, while optimizing price and quality. The products, equipment, and services require more functional knowledge of the clinical and/or technical aspects of requested items. The position handles specialized purchasing processes and is a subject matter expert in assigned categories. The incumbent works and communicates directly with all levels of Intermountain Healthcare Caregivers and suppliers.

Essential Functions:

• Works directly with assigned service lines, suppliers and product categories to provide world class purchasing service and solve problems related to the procure to pay process. Responsible for procurement for moderate-to-high-dollar/risk purchases, which includes consignment, storerooms, pharmaceuticals, Physician Preference items (such as implants, surgical equipment) for moderate to high dollar /risk purchases.
• Leads the acquisition of requested items by using expanded knowledge of contracts, formulary and policy and driving compliance to meet organization requirements and goals.
• Verifies submitted requisitions for accuracy, approval, and then generating and executing Purchase Orders. This may require identification of sources for unique, low value purchasing, and require minimal negotiation of pricing, terms and conditions for non-contracted items. Manages stat/emergency orders, including proactive communication of delivery info to requesting Caregivers.
• Develops close working relationship with aligned category manager(s) to identify and implement cost, quality, and supply continuity improvements.
• Responsible for proactive supply risk management plans for assigned categories and suppliers. This includes the primary point of contact for assigned categories on facilitating the identification and approval of substitutes to resolve potential disruption promptly and to ensure a continuous and secure supply of materials.
• Ensures that all applicable reports are reviewed and maintained to minimize supply disruptions, facilitate on-time payments and meet targeted benchmarks for established Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).

Skills:

• Effective communication and customer service skills, ability to pay attention to finer details, sound decision making, and sense of urgency / timeliness and negotiation interfacing with clinical and technical experts and external suppliers.
• Excellent skills in Microsoft office. Knowledge of ERP and P2P systems required.
• Working knowledge of EDI, e-commerce, and phone systems for the placement of orders.
• Critical thinking, ability to analyze problems, communicate and collaborate with other internal and external stakeholders to facilitate decisions.
• Continuous improvement mindset and ability to analyze problems, recommend, and implement solutions.
• Mentor ability to help train and mentor buyer I's
• Business acumen, intellectual curiosity, and creative thinking.
• Negotiation - Learns negotiation tactics and identifies successful negotiation examples. Further development required.

Qualifications:

• Maintain professional license where necessary. (For example, the pharmacy buyers are required to maintain a pharmacy tech license.)
• Experience in a role requiring attention to detail, sound decision making, sense of urgency / timeliness and negotiation skills working with Suppliers and Internal Stakeholders.
• Experience in a role requiring work in a fast-paced and changing environment while handling multiple deadlines and priorities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two years' demonstrated experience in a role requiring effective communication and customer service skills, interfacing with clinical and technical experts.

Physical Requirements:

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with customers that require employee to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer, phone, and cable set-up and use.

Location: Supply Chain Center

Work City: Midvale

Work State: Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$25.02 - $39.41

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.