Procurement Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

This position is responsible for assisting the buyers with product mix and creating, placing, and tracking purchase orders. Involved in planning, monitoring, and maintaining suitable inventory levels. Other duties include compiling reports and statistics, building vendor relationships, and working with and communicating effectively with all departments.

Essential Functions:

• Coordinates all product availability requests and leads back to sales team on the status of request.
• Setting up new item numbers
• Oversees the setting up of the Premier contracts
• Updates PO’s-ASNs/VAN.
• Tracks list of items with active or potential issues based on Vendor feedback
• Evaluating position with secondary and tertiary options for discussion when necessary
• Weekly communication to sales about market situations, general status, for awareness by sales team.
• Price updates as needed.
• Maintains catalog-update active/inactive numbers and descriptions.

Core Competencies:

• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Business Acumen - Ability to grasp and understand business concepts and issues.
• Ethical - Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.
• Self-Motivated - Ability to be internally inspired to perform a task to the best of one’s ability using his or her own drive or initiative.
• Relationship Building - Ability to effectively build relationships with vendors and co-workers.
• Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• Analytical Skills - Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
• Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Negotiation Skills - Ability to reach outcomes that gain the support and acceptance of all parties.
• Problem Solving - Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems.
• Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.

Skills & Abilities

• Education: High School education or GED equivalent: Preferred or a combination of education and experience.
• Experience: A minimum of three years of experience in an accounting role or a role where there was a requirement of accurately working with numbers.
• Computer Skills: Microsoft Office Suite of products including Excel and Word

Auburn Pharmaceutical® is an NABP-accredited generic pharmaceutical wholesaler. Licensed in all 50 states, our mission is to strengthen our industry by safely distributing FDA-approved generic products, while delivering exceptional customer service to our more than 3,000 customers nationwide.

Voted one of Crain’s® Detroit Business ‘Coolest Places to Work’ in 2018, our employees are the core of our success.

To learn more about what it means to join the Auburn Pharmaceutical team, visit at .

Company Description

We are a generic pharmaceutical distributor. Our company mission is to consistently deliver cost-effective generic pharmaceuticals while providing unmatched service to our pharmacy and supplier partners.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Company Description

We are a generic pharmaceutical distributor. Our company mission is to consistently deliver cost-effective generic pharmaceuticals while providing unmatched service to our pharmacy and supplier partners. \r\n\r\nWe are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.