PURCHASE OFFICER

Job Description:

Purchase Officer

Aman Hospital

Qatar

Qualification & Experience:

• Minimum requirement: Any Bachelor Degree
• Minimum requirement: 3 -5 Years in a Hospital setting
• Preferred requirement: Experience in Qatar with Medical Background or Healthcare related experience would be an advantage
• Knowledge of medical terminology & Materials used in Hospital environment.
•  Must be fluent in English, Bilingual (Arabic) preferred.

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Purchase Officer is responsible for managing the purchase of products and services for the hospital. He/She serves as the liaison in negotiations between Hospital and suppliers. It is his/her responsibility to assess vendors, negotiate new deals and renegotiate expiring contracts, and place orders for products and services.

Procurement:

• Sourcing products and services of high quality at the best possible and reasonable price.
• Coordinate and arrange for meetings with suppliers for negotiations.
• Communicate problems/concerns/discrepancies with products or any other issues to the superiors.
• Review of purchase requests and stock levels for re-ordering of materials.
• Makes/suggests continuous improvement in the processes handled by him
• Maintains up to date knowledge of Products and services used in hospital and new developments in market.
• Maintain a high level of accuracy
• Good presentation skills
• Responds promptly and efficiently to enquiries relating to purchasing department issues, co-workers, and others in a respectful courteous and efficient manner.

Information Service.

• Act as a source of information regarding Purchase Requests and Purchase Order processing.
• Queries on Material requirement matters attended to and resolved (email/telephones).

Client Satisfaction.

• Client expectations are met, and quality service principles are maintained.
• Client complaints are resolved.
• Participation in quality improvement projects is demonstrated.
• Meetings are utilized as quality improvement opportunities.
• Supplier’s quotations and Price information confidentiality is maintained.
• Competence is demonstrated in all performance output areas.
• Strict adherence to the Service Level Agreement.

General.

• Other roles & responsibilities given by the Manager as per business requirement.

Tagged as: Contract Negotiation, Cost Analysis, Inventory Control, Procurement, Supplier Management