Purchasing Manager

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This role manages the purchasing of goods and services for the company. The Purchasing Manager position requires an experienced, motivated individual with the vision and managerial skills to drive continuous improvement in purchasing and vendor oversight and the technical and problem-solving skills to administer day-to-day operations.

Responsibilities

  • Efficiently manages processing of requisitions, purchase orders, contracts, and contractor onboarding and offboarding using GHX online applications
  • Maintains controls for release of legal and spending commitments
  • Helps administers contractor access to facilities and IT systems
  • Helps GHX stakeholders manage the company’s vendor relationships, including helping with sourcing and negotiations on request, due diligence, cost and performance monitoring, and renewals and terminations
  • Maintains current and accurate documentation of vendor relationships
  • Coordinates as a team member with GHX Finance, Accounting, Legal, Compliance, HR, and IT to provide visibility and facilitate their input into vendor engagements and spending
  • Partners with and influences management and employees at all levels throughout the company on purchasing and vendor-related matters.  Maintains good professional relationships with vendors and other third parties.
  • Helps identify, communicate, and address impacts of vendor engagements on company products, customers, operations, and data security and privacy
  • Provides internal education on purchasing processes, best practices, and controls
  • Helps set and maintain purchasing policies in cooperation with other stakeholders, documents processes, and publishes helpful user guidance, including on the company’s wiki pages
  • Generates and presents regular and ad-hoc reporting for business stakeholders as needed
  • Identifies opportunities and implements measures for process efficiency, cost savings, and other improvements

 

Knowledge and Skills

  • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university. 
  • Graduate education in business-related fields a plus
  • Strong computer skills with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and ERP systems required.  Experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Agiloft a plus
  • Solid integrity and strong leadership, collaboration, influencing, negotiation, and verbal and written communication skills
  • Service and outcomes orientation
  • Ability to develop clear action plans and drive processes with numerous interdependencies
  • Demonstrated ability to implement continuous improvements while maintaining regular operations
  • Demonstrated self-motivation and the ability to work independently and with a team
  • Great people skills and ability to build relationships
  • Brings procurement experience, best practices, leadership, and operational management skills to elevate the existing purchasing function to the next level

Required Experience

  • At least five years’ purchasing work experience in a mid-size to large corporation

Key Differentiator

  • Demonstrated ability to take ownership and drive process improvement

 

GHX: It’s the way you do business in healthcare

Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) enables better patient care and billions in savings for the healthcare community by maximizing automation, efficiency and accuracy of business processes.

GHX is a healthcare business and data automation company, empowering healthcare organizations to enable better patient care and maximize industry savings using our world class cloud-based supply chain technology exchange platform, solutions, analytics and services. We bring together healthcare providers and manufacturers and distributors in North America and Europe — who rely on smart, secure healthcare-focused technology and comprehensive data to automate their business processes and make more informed decisions.

It is our passion and vision for a more operationally efficient healthcare supply chain, helping organizations reduce – not shift – the cost of doing business, paving the way to delivering patient care more effectively. Together we take more than a billion dollars out of the cost of delivering healthcare every year. GHX is privately owned, operates in the United States, Canada and Europe, and employs more than 600 people worldwide. Our corporate headquarters is in Europe, Louisville, Colorado, just outside of Denver, with additional offices in Europe, Atlanta, Georgia and Omaha, Nebraska.

 

GHX provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. GHX complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

GHX expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of GHX’s employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

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Location

GHX is based in Louisville, CO and our office boasts a fitness center overlooking breathtaking Davidson Mesa open space and the Front Range Mountains!

An Insider's view of GHX

What are some social events your company does?

One of our goals at GHX is to weave Wellness, Philanthropy, Events, and Culture into the DNA of the employee experience. Some of our most notable social events are the Summer BBQ, Turkey Trot and Holiday Party. Our colleagues from around the country are also included in fun ways virtually, such as themed trivia happy hours and fitness challenges.

Rachel Stoops

HR Specialist

What projects are you most excited about?

Some of my favorite projects thus far have been revamping the onboarding process. I have the pleasure of welcoming new employees every Monday morning, which is very energizing. Throughout this I realized how much GHX cares about their employees and the new hire experience.

Cassie Asare

Onboarding Specialist

How has your career grown since starting at the company?

I started at GHX in 2001 as an admin assistant. Since then, I have worked as an HR Generalist, HRBP, Scrum Master, Project Manager, Program Manager, PMO Manager, Tech Business Operations Manager, before taking my current role as an M&A Program Manager. GHX has always been very supportive of me, providing so many opportunities to stretch myself.

Jennifer Hagaman

M&A Program Manager

What does your typical day look like?

I've loved my job at GHX since I started in 2003. I describe my job as coming to work and putting a puzzle together every day. Solving data problems for our customers, both internal and external, has been my honor, and it's always fun!

Charlie Brown

Manager, Business Intelligence

What are GHX Perks + Benefits

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Documented equal pay policy
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Nationwide pet insurance benefit reimburses up to 70% of veterinary services and provides 24/7 access to veterinary services via the Vet Line.
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free daily meals
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
Recreational clubs
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks
Paid industry certifications

Additional Perks + Benefits

GHX prioritizes our employees and their wellbeing through various offerings. GHX has a compensation philosophy that commits to equity and market competitive pay. Our workplace promotes flexibility to allow our employees to bring their whole self to work.

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