Procurement Specialist

The Medical City Ortigas is searching for an experienced Procurement Specialist to join the team and help lead the organization to the next level. This role is responsible for implementing best practices for Category Management, specifically for medical equipment CAPEX and Group Procurement initiatives (e.g., Buy-Together programs covered by contracts). Ensuring the processing of assigned hospital procurement requirements from legitimate sources, with the right quality, within the required timelines, and in a cost-efficient manner, in accordance with existing procurement policies and manuals. Preparing procurement summary reports aligned with established KPIs for the assigned category.

What's The Role All About

Job responsibilities include, but not limited to:

- Achieving specific procurement goals or provide support to others while following established procurement systems and protocols.

- Identify trends, summarize findings, and give feedback on existing contract performance, and provide it as input to new contract processes for negotiations/renegotiations.

- Deliver required outcomes by coordinating activities of subcontractors and suppliers and acting as primary point of contact for them while working within an established contract management plan.

- Organize and prepare complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices, such as standard office software. Also responsible for gathering and summarizing data for special reports.

- Collect and analyze the key cost drivers, market dynamics and issues, areas of innovation, and alternative suppliers for a low-risk area with many alternatives and minimum costs to change, in consultation with relevant functions to provide solid market information for decision-making.

- Implement and continuously improve procurement processes in compliance with the Procurement Operations Policies and Manual, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives in governance standards.

- Manages end-to-end processing and timely delivery of procurement requirements within assigned categories by sourcing from qualified suppliers and ensuring quality, cost-efficiency, and service timeliness.

Who Are We Looking For

Ideally, a candidate must be a graduate of any four (4) year Business course, preferably with experience working in the same field/industry of hospital/clinical setting and to work in a purely onsite setting. Certified Procurement Professional (CPP) is an advantage.