An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Procurement specialist with warehouse experience within the Galway Clinic. Reporting to the Procurement Manager the candidate will contribute to the effective and efficient running of a busy warehouse team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Procure and review all material, consumable and service requirements for hospital by working closely with the hospital departments to understand their procurement requirements.
- Place orders with Suppliers, in line with MRP, Re-Order point
- Provide daily / weekly / monthly reporting, key metrics and analysis highlighting gaps, areas of concern and solutions.
- Manage suppliers and secure the best cost, delivery and service quality.
- Monitor progress of purchase orders and expedite open orders to meet customer requirements.
- Minimise excess stock and obsolete materials exposure.
- Updates MRP and schedule parameters as appropriate.
- Manage Cycle count and annual stock take process.
- Review and resolves invoice discrepancies.
- Receive, check & put away incoming material in warehouse. (If required)
- Process internal requisitions from departments and deliver material to storage locations. (If required)
- Identify opportunities to implement best inventory management practices such as Kanban and consignment programs.
- Participate in projects and teams as required by the business.
- Ad hoc analysis and tasks that may be deemed necessary
Qualifications & Experience:
- 3 - 5 years' experience in a Materials / Procurement environment.
- Diploma / Cert in purchasing materials management.
- APICS or working towards certification.
- Knowledge of procurement processes, inventory & supplier management.
- Ability to deal with multiple tasks while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
- Excellent knowledge of MS office packages Excel, Word & Outlook.
- Knowledge of MRP / ERP systems SAP, Oracle preferred.
- Hospital / medical device manufacturing experience an advantage.
Skills :
- Effective Communication Skills: Communicates clearly verbally and in writing; supports the timely and open discussion of issues; listens carefully and attentively to others' opinions and ideas
- Relationship Building: Builds and maintains positive and constructive relationships with internal and external constituents from different functions, locations and organizations.
- Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations
Closing date for receipt of applications -Friday 15th August 2025 at 4.30pm
Blackrock Health at the Galway Clinic is an equal opportunities employer.