Buyer - Toronto, Canada - Humber River Hospital

Humber River Hospital

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Position Profile:

Humber River Hospital. Lighting New Ways In Healthcare.

Since opening our doors in 2015 as North America's first fully digital hospital and we remain unwavering in our belief that we can change the hospital where we work, the community where we live, and the world of healthcare beyond our borders.

Serving a community of 850,000 residents in North West Toronto, Equity Inclusivity and active participation in the North West Toronto Ontario Health Team are key initiatives important to our Team.

At Humber River Hospital, we use a custom combination of technology and clinical expertise to rebuild elements of care.

We make technology work for staff and physicians; giving them more time to spend with patients, to eliminate inefficiencies, and to reduce the chance of errors.

Humber River Hospital is formally affiliated with both the University of Toronto and Queen's University and committed to becoming a community academic hospital.

Clinical Excellence, Optimizing Care through Technology and Community Connection frame our Research Strategy.

At Humber River Hospital, we're not hoping for a renaissance, we are making it happen. As part of our dynamic team, you can lead the way, as we continue our journey towards high reliability care

Join our professional team of Buyers as we work together to deliver compassionate care that is responsive to the healthcare needs of our community. Right now we're looking for a

Part Time

Buyer to work within the Purchasing department

.

Reporting Relationship:
Director of Purchasing, Logistics

Hourly Rate Range:
$30.515 to $31.409

Schedule Requirements:
Days, evenings, weekend & statutory Holidays

Location:
Wilson Site (Cross site coverage is required)

Employee Group:
Teamsters PT Clerical

Position Responsibilities:

Process all noninventory purchase orders, based on purchase requisitions received from all departments (on requisition forms and via Meditech online requisitions) on a daily basis while abiding by all Hospital's contractual obligations, ensuring compliance, accuracy and timeliness.
Reconcile monthly statement with supporting documentation for all credit card purchases.
Process select Capital purchase orders and special project purchase orders, as assigned by Director of Procurement, Logistics and Mail Room, ensuring compliance, accuracy and timeliness.
Expedite all outstanding purchase orders, selected Capital purchase orders and special project noninventory purchase orders to ensure timely arrival of goods
Obtain quotations for required supplies, services and equipment and negotiate prices in the best interest of the hospital. Has autonomy to order and shop for best price for items not on contract.
Process service repairs and obtain repair quotes, ensuring compliance, accuracy and timeliness.
Resolve noninventory backorder issues
Assign asset tag and process required forms for minor equipment and select Capital purchase orders, ensuring compliance, accuracy and timeliness.
Update /maintain various spreadsheets for tracking information of processed purchase orders, ensuring compliance, accuracy and timeliness.
Create and update item and vendor dictionaries with new information as received i.e. set up new Meditech Item numbers with product and vendor information, pricing updates, contract dates, packaging changes, vendor contact information's, etc
Maintain and update approved delegation of signing authority for departments in Meditech
Process invoices for noninventory purchase orders /service contracts, special projects (i.e. Reactivation Care Centre project) and services, which are not received by Stores, ensuring compliance, accuracy and timeliness.
Resolve noninventory backorder issues

, ensuring compliance, accuracy and timeliness.

Reconcile invoices and exception report referred from Accounting for approval where price, quantity or product discrepancies exist, ensuring compliance, accuracy and timeliness.
Process other invoices as assigned, ensuring compliance, accuracy and timeliness.
Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to: obtain and provide product information, on request to coordinate loaners for scheduled and elective emergency surgeries, on request; to standardize goods and services to establish contracts; to review products, services and/or equipment relevant to those purchase
Train department users on the use of purchase requisitions and Meditech online requisitions
Participate or assist on the Product Review Standardization Committee Meetings on an adhoc basis or as required by the Director, Procurement, Logistics and Mail Room

Qualifications:

Diploma in Procurement and Supply Chain Management from Supply Chain Management Association (SCMA) or (Formerly) Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC) Level 2 required
2 years of recent purchasing experience required
Purchasing experience in computerized healt