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Cedars-Sinai Receiving Procurement Associate - 8-Hour Day Shift in Los Angeles, California
Job Description
Are you ready to bring your skills to a world-class healthcare organization recognized as one of the top ten in the United States? Do you have a passion for the highest quality and patient happiness? Then please respond to this dynamic opportunity available with one of the best places to work in Southern California! We would be happy to hear from you.
Cedars-Sinai is a nonprofit, independent healthcare organization committed to improving the health status of the communities we serve through:
Leadership and excellence in delivering quality healthcare services
Expanding the horizons of medical knowledge through biomedical research
Educating and training physicians and other healthcare professionals
Improving the health status of the community
Quality patient care is our priority. Providing excellent clinical and service quality, offering compassionate care, and supporting research and medical education are essential to our mission.
Summary of Essential Duties:
The Procurement Associate is responsible for daily departmental procurement activities, with the ability to evaluate requests for services and communicate priorities to peers and customers tactfully.
Acts as the primary liaison with Accounts Payable to facilitate accurate payment of vendors, by partnering with internal Supply Chain teams, clinical teams, and vendor representatives.
Communicates directly with external vendors, to update assigned ERP Systems and other approved communication channels such as updating excel sheets and MS Teams site or others, with updated delivery dates on all open purchase orders.
Maintains fill rates, reviews and resolves match exception and Aging POs, follows-up with vendors to validate availability and pricing and communicate status to internal and external contacts.
Follows up with vendors to validate product/substitution availability, ETA, pricing and other related items.
Acts as subject matter expert with primary distributor and service vendors for match exceptions and discrepancies.
Qualifications
Education:
High School Diploma or GED required
Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Economics or related field preferred
Experience:
A minimum of 1 year of Billing/Collections experience required
Experience in Healthcare Supply Chain or Purchasing preferred
About Us
Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.
About the Team
Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 886 licensed beds, 2,100 physicians, 2,800 nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Choose this if you want to work in a fast-paced environment that offers the highest level of care to people in the Los Angeles that need our care the most.
Req ID : 9504
Working Title : Receiving Procurement Associate - 8-Hour Day Shift
Department : Receiving
Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Job Category : Supply Chain / Procurement
Job Specialty : Supply Chain
Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT
Primary Shift : Day
Shift Duration : 8 hour
Base Pay : $23.87 - $35.81
Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law.