Buyer at Moab Regional Hospital in Moab, UT

Summary: Moab Regional Hospital is a rural hospital dedicated to providing exceptional patient care to its community. The Buyer will support healthcare purchasing and materials management by ordering supplies and equipment, maintaining accurate pricing and product information, coordinating with vendors and internal teams, and resolving supply-related issues.

Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with physicians, department managers, Inventory Specialists, and department leads to identify supply and equipment needs
- Determine appropriate sources and order supplies and equipment according to hospital and departmental policies
- Work with our Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) to help ensure correct pricing is maintained in the Materials Management Information System (MMIS)
- Partner with Accounts Payable to help ensure invoicing is accurate
- Request charge codes for products used in patient care and enter appropriate information into the item master to support patient billing
- Meet regularly with vendors to receive product information and evaluate purchasing options
- Request product samples and coordinate product returns and credits
- Prepare bid specifications, develop basic Requests for Proposals (RFPs), and review quotations
- Work with the Inventory Specialist to ensure supplies received from vendors are properly recorded and documented each day
- Help resolve issues involving pricing, product availability, product quality, and delivery
- Use Excel and other available information to support purchasing and bid-process decisions
- Serve as a backup for other responsibilities within Materials Management as needed

Required Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED equivalency required
- Excellent written, verbal, listening, and interpersonal communication skills
- Willingness and ability to learn and follow organizational procurement policies and procedures
- Ability to investigate and resolve issues involving pricing, product availability, quality, and delivery
- Ability to perform analysis using Excel to support bid-process decisions
- Knowledge of purchasing
- Ability to lift up to 25 pounds independently on a regular basis and assist with moving heavier objects as needed

Preferred Qualifications:
- college coursework in general education or business preferred
- Previous purchasing experience within a public entity and/or medical setting preferred
- Knowledge of purchasing and contracting policies, laws, and regulations preferred
- Previous experience with the Meditech MMIS system preferred

Required Skills: Purchasing, Procurement Policies and Procedures, Purchasing and Contracting Regulations, Excel, Meditech MMIS

Benefits: Comprehensive benefits, Medical insurance, Paid Time Off, 403(b) retirement plan, Continuing education and training opportunities, Professional development, Opportunities for internal career growth, Collaborative and supportive workplace, Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer, HRSA-approved site