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
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