Procurement Associate (The Medical City Pangasinan)

The Medical City Pangasinan is searching for an experienced Procurement Associate to join the team and help lead the organization to the next level. This role is crucial for implementing procurement best practices for assigned specific item category (e.g. medical supplies, medicines, equipment and services, etc.) and prepares procurement summary report.

This role reports directly to the Supervisor of Procurement Department.

What's The Role All About

Job responsibilities include, but not limited to:

- Implements procurement best practices for assigned specific item category (e.g. medical supplies, medicines, equipment and services, etc.) and prepares procurement summary report.

- Processes all hospital requirements as assigned to be purchased in the right time, source, and cost-efficient manner and in accordance with the existing procurement operation's policies/manual.

- Collaborates and negotiates items assigned for standardizing and uniform pricing.

Who Are We Looking For

An effective Procurement Associate must possess the following skills:

- Cost-efficiency: Implementing efficient procurement processes as guided by the updated procurement/operations procedures manual and with strict compliance to its provisions.

- Evaluating and selecting suppliers through supplier assessments.

- Accuracy: Accurately generating and processing purchase orders in compliance with company policies.

- Negotiation skills: negotiating contract terms and conditions with suppliers to achieve optimal pricing, delivery terms, and quality standards

- Proper identification: identifying and mitigating procurement-related risks, such as supply chain disruptions or quality issues

Ideally, a candidate must be at least a graduate of any 4-year course preferably Business graduate, with work experience in purchasing/procurement field.