[Hiring] Procurement Agent @Lumexa Imaging

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Procurement Buyer to join our procurement team. The Procurement Buyer is responsible for supporting an efficient and effective purchasing operation for materials, supplies, equipment, and services using established systems, policies, and procedures. Utilize strategic procurement practices to support solicitation, selection, negotiation, and contracts to meet company goals and objectives.

The Procurement Buyer is responsible for vendor relationship management, leading efforts to enhance internal controls related to sourcing, coordination, communication, budgeting, and managing the delivery of goods and services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Accountable for strategic sourcing supporting the business goals and objectives
• Manage procurement risks
• Manage vendor performance and contract adherence; evaluate new vendors as needed
• Negotiate pricing and deliverables to ensure quality standards and business needs are being met
• Source new suppliers to improve quality, on-time service delivery, and cost savings
• Develop, analyze, and manage spend processes and adjust as needed
• Establish, lead, and support cross-functional teams
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand business initiatives and procurement’s role to meet company objectives and achieve desired results
• Accountable for managing supplier agreements including new sources, renewals, negotiation of terms, issue identification, tracking, and resolution
• Conduct research to understand the supply market trends
• Collaborate with procurement peers to ensure alignment and execution of category strategies
• Collaborate with leaders and key business partners to gain a comprehensive understanding of business requirements
• Drive sourcing and category plans to achieve savings and performance targets
• Expert at balancing strategic sourcing, supplier management, and daily procurement operations and analysis
• Continuously identify and implement strategies and improvement initiatives to reduce cost, improve quality, and result in a lower total cost of ownership
• Contribute to the development of project plans and key deliverables
• Deliver presentations and recommendations to stakeholders, up to and including leadership level
• Understand business impacts and align with stakeholders to effectively assess risk levels, manage supply continuity, develop contingency plans, and establish risk management strategies to mitigate risk

Key Relationships: Part of the critical responsibility of the Procurement Agent is to successfully interact with various other individuals including, but not limited to: Project Managers, Executives, Finance leads, Functional Business Leaders, Training, and Implementation team(s).

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field from an accredited college or university, or equivalent experience
• Hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Procurement or Oracle E-Business Suite is required
• 3 to 5 years procurement experience managing critical suppliers and contractual agreements including management and negotiation of outsourcing agreements; Healthcare (Radiology knowledge) is highly preferred
• Proven financial & business acumen
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills

Requirements

• Ability to make decisions, solution, prioritize assignments, and direct team members in an ever-changing procurement environment
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships with others, especially in a matrix environment and leading cross-functional teams
• Experience delivering presentations and recommendations to Leadership

Knowledge and Skills

• Familiarity with healthcare-specific products, services, and vendor relationships
• Strategic Sourcing
• Understanding of the procure-to-pay (P2P) lifecycle within an ERP environment
• Ability to negotiate complex and critical agreements with suppliers
• Current knowledge of leading supply chain practices and benchmarks
• Ability to identify and innovate solutions
• Experience working in multiple spend categories, both direct & indirect
• Analytical thinking & proven financial acumen
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Self-driven, motivated, and continuous learner

Benefits

• Competitive compensation program to attract, retain, and motivate a high-performance workforce

Company Description

Lumexa Imaging is one of the country's largest providers of outpatient medical imaging. With over 5,000 team members and more than 185 outpatient imaging centers across 13 states, our team conducts more than 4 million outpatient studies annually. We are the partner of choice for health systems and radiologists, delivering best-in-class clinical excellence, operations, and state-of-the-art technology across our platform.