Manager – Purchasing -Remote in Ohio or Florida

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Job Title

Manager – Purchasing -Remote in Ohio or Florida

Location

Cleveland

Facility

Remote Location

Department

CCHS SC Administration-Operations

Job Code

T97527

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-5:00pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and make a lasting, meaningful impact on patient care. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.  

As Purchasing Manager at Cleveland Clinic, this role oversees daily procurement operations across more than 300 locations in Ohio, Florida, and Nevada, managing over 1.5 million purchase orders annually. It is responsible for developing and executing purchasing strategies, maintaining strong supplier relationships, and collaborating with internal stakeholders to meet supply needs, while also leading the purchasing team in the acquisition of goods and services. Additionally, the role focuses on implementing best practices across the organization and optimizing purchasing processes to enhance overall efficiency.

A caregiver in this position works remotely in Ohio or Florida Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Lead enterprise purchasing functionality, including a team of 15 buyers supporting over 1.5 million purchase orders annually.
• Oversee buying processes to ensure compliance to corporate policies for all products, services and equipment.
• Support new and existing caregivers (8k + regular requestors) and provide training for procurement functions in Oracle and Ivalua.
• Implement, track and report key functional metrics targeted at measuring departmental performance including timely invoice payment, customer satisfaction, on-hold resolution, perfect orders and rush orders.
• Ensure timely issue of all purchase orders and proactive expediting ensuring timely fulfillment.
• Assess, manage and mitigate supply chain risks working with both internal and external teams.
• Function as business owner and subject matter expert related to data stewardship, analytics, automation and artificial intelligence.
• Manage and audit outputs of all automated solutions that interact with purchasing applications.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Transportation and Logistics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and seven years of experience in supply chain, data management or purchasing OR Associate’s degree and eight years of experience OR Master’s degree and three years of experience
• Three years of supervisory/leadership experience preferred
• Strong written and verbal skills to communicate complex information to administrative leadership
• Strong analytics skills and ability to research/troubleshoot problems 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Healthcare background
• ERP System experience
• Project Management experience

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to perform work in a stationary position for extended periods.
• Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment. 
• Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster. 

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.