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Responsibilities:

• Reviews requisitions to assure compliance to approved vendors.
• Adheres to department processes and guidelines for materials, supplies, and services to be purchased.
• Supports the process of pricing validation, resolution of invoice price discrepancies, and conversions to compliant purchases.
• Works with the category team in the resolution and escalation of issues to related pricing, availability of supply, product specifications, and utilization.
• Owns back-order and substitution requirements and action plans to insure the proper supply level to maintain patient care levels.
• Facilitates and maintains the short term substitute list.
• Maintains the proper and appropriate professional and ethical relationships with all vendor representatives, conducts business according to established principals and guidelines.
• Places all assigned orders.
• Organizes, facilitates updates and retains product information files and purchase order records.
• Secures reasons for price changes and challenges price changes when not justified.
• Ensures appropriate paperwork is secured from the vendor and updated in the respective information systems.
• Works in concert with the sourcing teams that all updates are processed on a timely basis to facilitate an efficient procure to pay process.
• Communicates the status of issues to appropriate staff as required.
• Delivers a high-level of customer service to all internal and external customers and vendors.
• Adheres to all policies, guidelines, operating procedures, and reporting metrics to manage the utilization and compliance of the procure-to-pay process.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, transportation and logistics, Business or a related field required.
• Additional four years of supply chain or purchasing experience can substitute the degree requirement.

Certifications:

• Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) or American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) certification preferred.

Complexity of Work:

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Work Experience:

• Minimum two years of purchasing or related experience required.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to perform work in a stationary position for extended periods
• Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment
• Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information
• Ability to travel throughout the hospital system and, in some locations, off-site.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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