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Acquisition Associate - Galveston Supply Chain Operations

UTMB Health • Galveston, TX • 1w ago

Galveston, Texas, United States

New

Supply Chain Management

UTMB Health

Requisition # 2600042

Minimum Qualifications:

High School Diploma or equivalent plus 2 years of work experience in an office environment.

Job Summary:

To provide basic advisory, technical, and administrative skills necessary to acquire supplies, equipment, and services required by the institution in compliance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. Primarily responsible for acquiring routine supplies, equipment, and services on a non-competitive/spot market basis. This Job Title is exclusive to the UTMB Purchasing Department.

Job Duties:

Processes noncompetitive requisitions, issuing purchase orders in accordance with appropriate rules and regulations, utilizing an online purchasing system.

Corresponds with parties involved to ensure that orders, payments, shipping, and deliveries are timely and in order.

Resolves discrepancies between purchase orders and invoices, delivery dates, delays, damages, and rejections.

Assists customers and suppliers in problem resolution; provides general information regarding purchasing, policies, procedures, and processes.

Assists in outreach and educational programs related to Historically Underutilized Businesses.

Analyzes financial data and initiates appropriate action when necessary.

Assists in proactively facilitating the resolution of customer issues.

Coordinates compliance with all applicable UTMB, State, and Federal rules and regulations.

Assists in the development of office record-keeping systems.

Responsible for data entry, including the creation, retrieval, and/or update of electronic files, checking and verifying the correctness and completeness of data entered.

Files and maintains purchasing (i.e., orders, bids, contacts, and payment data), reports, correspondence, and other documents in accordance with the current Record Retention Schedule.

Compiles data for necessary reports.

Interacts regularly with people at a variety of levels inside and/or outside the Process.

Handles routine inquiries regarding policies, procedures, and operations of the process area.

Assists, recommends, and facilitates the collaborative development of team process change, new programs, and operational planning. Coordinates compliance with all applicable UTMB, State, and Federal rules and regulations.

Performs miscellaneous clerical duties such as answering the telephone, making copies, filing, faxing, and maintaining area bulletin boards.

Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Basic accounting skills.

Working knowledge of a personal computer.

Demonstrates telephone professionalism and etiquette.

Good organizational skills.

Ability to create documents utilizing word-processing, database, and spreadsheet software packages (e.g., MS Word, Access, Excel)

Good proofreading skills.

Good verbal communication skills.

Basic problem resolution skills.

Good time management skills.

Salary Range:

Actual salary commensurate with experience.

Work Schedule:

Monday through Friday, 8 am - 5 pm, and as needed on occasion.

Equal Employment Opportunity

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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