About the role
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BluePearl Pet Hospital is now hiring for an energetic, passionate, and driven Purchasing Coordinator to join our team.
*Please note: we will only be considering prior experience in medical or veterinary facilities at this time*
Pay: $24.00 - $32.00 / hour
This pay band is a starting point and is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency leveling system.
Tentative Schedule: This is a five day a week position on site.
The Purchasing Coordinator supports the Commercial function by evaluating and approving vendors, authorizing purchase orders for goods and services, and implementing Commercial strategies.
As a Purchasing Coordinator you will
- Coordinates the ongoing, timely provision of materials and services for hospitals.
- Works to improve internal processes and procedures and stakeholder engagement for requisitions and contract management, focusing on quality and service levels.
- Identifies risk and crisis management within the BluePearl network and provides feedback regarding supply chain optimization, how service levels can be improved, and Commercial’s overall effectiveness.
- Supports Commercial initiatives to drive:
- Supplier Performance, and Continuous Process Improvement.
- Total Delivered Cost Reduction.
- Working Capital/Cash Management Strategies.
- Stakeholder Engagement.
- Procure to Pay process enhancements & improvements.
- Responsible for supply logistics and operational relationships for Support Center including supplies and services spend, communication of service set-up requirements, and management of supplier performance.
- Drives the Procure-to-Pay Process with internal stakeholders, recommending areas for improvement and simplification.
- Facilitates the supply chain, internal ordering process optimization, and Procure-to-Pay process for hospitals, handling all supply, quality, or service level issues.
- Drives and leverage supplier capabilities to reduce Mars TCO in the supply chain.
- Implements process standardization and optimization strategies across the organization.
- Demonstrated experience managing and monitoring a large Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) budget, including purchasing, inventory control, vendor negotiations, cost analysis, and budget adherence.
- Other job duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 2 years of purchasing or supply chain experience with responsibility for managing significant Cost of Goods (COGS) expenditures.
- Proven ability to control costs, analyze purchasing trends, maintain inventory levels, and ensure budget compliance while supporting operational needs.
Why BluePearl?
- Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
- We encourage you to grow with us. Our associates are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in their career.
- To transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.
We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
- Parental leave benefits
- Flexible work schedules
- 401k and retirement planning
- Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans
- We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets.
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or sponsorship transfer. Applicants must possess unrestricted, current authorization to work in the U.S. and not require future sponsorship for an employment-based green card.
BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and each applicant will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual or affectional preference, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.
