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Senior Buyer - Supply Chain Full Time Days

Knoxville, TN💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-10 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior Buyer managing procurement processes, purchase orders, and vendor contracts to support daily operations at a children's hospital.

Role type

Senior Buyer (Supply Chain)

Builds

Procurement processes and vendor contracts for a health system

Domain

Healthcare Supply Chain

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Contract negotiation, vendor management, purchase order processing, market research, ERP applications, capital equipment planning, GPO contract utilization, backorder resolution, pricing verification

Preferred skills

Certified Materials Resource Professional (CMRP), healthcare experience, Workday proficiency

Technologies

Workday, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX), Vizient's Member Dashboard

Responsibilities

Process purchase orders on schedule with correct pricing and quantities, verify pricing and quantities daily to prevent invoice discrepancies, resolve backorders daily by sourcing from alternative distributors or arranging substitutions, collaborate with leadership to procure capital requests, manage product evaluations and trials, coordinate with shipping/receiving to manage receiving problems and returns

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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