Buyer I - 2 years Procurement Exp Required
- Full-time
Company Description
As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.
Job Description
Support the Procurement Supervisor in resource planning pertaining to student deliverables. Coordinate with offsite inventory reports and monitor min./max inventory levels & proactively assist with analysis processes. This includes record-keeping, forecasting, systems support, and assisting in month-end reconciliation processes, & generation of purchase requisitions. Track orders and expedite, as necessary.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain Supplier Contact updates, W-9 files & certificates of insurance for the Planning, Facilities & Procurement Department.
- Attend Teams Meetings, as required and keep minutes.
- Assist with supporting the Accounting Dept. with information & documentation during the month-end process, Expensify, AMEX, and necessary receipts from the campuses.
- Support the buyer pool, as needed to maintain an even distribution of work, as a team effort in meeting the demands on the department.
- Enter requisitions for student supplies, books, corporate office and breakroom supplies, and company promo items.
- Enter requisitions for eBook billing and other student software used in various programs.
- Maintain off-site inventory levels and place replenishment requisitions for promotional marketing items, scrubs and student supplies.
- Request instructor access and resources from publishers.
- Request orders status and tracking for orders from suppliers.
- Support campus staff with orders for student supplies, office supplies and other miscellaneous items.
- Serve as a liaison for purchasing & accounts payable issues, interacting with faculty and staff.
- Maintain cost lists for books and students supplies.
- Other duties as assigned.
Other Skills and Abilities
- Ability to process a high volume of daily requests while maintaining accounting and purchasing records.
- Able to organize many tasks, determine priority, and independently complete detailed skills.
- Ability to work independently with a self-motivated attitude, as well as in a team environment.
- Ability to efficiently manage deadlines.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Effective writing and communication skills.
- Meticulous attention to detail.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications; Outlook, Word, and Excel.
Pay Starting at $25/hr
Qualifications
- Associates’ degree and/or equivalent work experience required
- A minimum of two (2) years of work experience in procurement/purchasing required
- Demonstrated understanding of contract terms and conditions, and SLA language, Microsoft Word, Excel, Email and DocuSign.
- Experience in Coupa or similar required
- Dependable & Punctual
- Travel 10% of the time or less may be required
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing between departments, with suppliers, campus staff & faculty at all levels
- Team oriented
- Ability to manage time efficiently, prioritize and follow through with multiple daily tasks and project deadlines
- Positive attitude & professional demeanor
- Able to communicate professionally both verbally and through written form to a diverse group of people
Additional Information
For Full Time Employees, We Offer:
- Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
- 2 Weeks’ starting Vacation per year. Increasing based on years of service with company
- 12 paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holiday
- 401K with a Company Match
- Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x’s your annual salary
- Leadership development and training for career advancement
- Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program