Purchasing & Logistics Coordinator

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full-time**Location(s)**: SK-Rgna-Regina**Salary Range**: $25.960-$32.533 Hourly**Why eHealth**
We may be biased, but eHealth Saskatchewan is the place to be right now As the result of a province wide consolidation of IT services in the health care sector, we have seen substantial growth in our organization that is only going to increase as we aim to meet our expanded mandate and the immense need for our support. This gives our people a unique and rare opportunity to truly create, build, improve, and leave their mark on a growing organization.

A large and complex organization, eHealth is comprised of 30+ clinical and non-clinical program (service) areas that all work together to support health care providers and teams across the province in delivering the best possible care to patients, providers, citizens, and health system users. Programs range from primary care to acute care, and includes laboratories, pharmaceuticals, and diagnostics. Additional programs that also support patient care and information include Virtual Care, the MySaskHealthRecord, and the Provincial Electronic Health Record. eHealth is also responsible for the administration of various pieces of legislation to manage the registration of/changes to all vital event records (e.g. birth, marriage, death, etc.), registration of legal name changes, registration of adoptions, and for maintaining the provincial health registry for health services eligibility and distribution of health services cards.

The eHealth teams engage directly with health system partners and other stakeholders both provincially and federally to ensure all services are delivered efficiently and effectively.

**About the role - Purchasing & Logistics Coordinator**
Reporting to the Manager, Contracts & Procurement, the Purchasing & Logistics Coordinator arranges for the purchase of goods and services for eHealth and its partners. This includes working with purchase orders, negotiating contracts and agreements, and conducting market research. This role also plans, organizes, receives, controls, tracks, and directs inventory control measures that ensure timely and accurate delivery of goods while decreasing inventory management inefficiencies through negotiations with internal and external vendors. For this hands on role, key responsibilities include ensuring internal and external vendors comply with government purchasing regulations and polices while adhering to warehouse and inventory measures and assisting eHealth programs to purchase goods and services.

**Typical daily duties will include**:

- Working with requisitions, purchase orders, and vendors.
- Support, coordinate, and manage the receiving, storage, tracking, and provincial distribution of material goods at all eHealth locations.
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert to clients, vendors, and eHealth leadership on purchasing leading practices and processes.
- Conducting market research, jurisdictional scans, and analysis to provide strategic intelligence to eHealth decision-makers.
- Drafts and manages purchasing documentation, including templates, guidance, and process maps including Standard Operating Procedures.
- Participate in, and represent, the procurement department in various project and governance committees.

**What are we looking for?**
- University degree from an accredited post-secondary education institute focused on Finance, Accounting or Supply Change Management. A combination of education and experience may be considered.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in Finance, Accounting or Supply Chain Management
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written;
- Proficient skills (intermediate level) in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel;
- Strong financial, analytical, attention to detail, and problem solving skills
- Knowledge of applicable accounting principles and/or procedures.

**Knowledge or experience in the following areas would be an asset for the position**:

- Previous experience with Inventory Management would be an asset
- Certification in Finance, Accounting or Supply Change Management would be an asset

**You will be**:

- Flexible, organized and quick to learn in order to independently prioritize and organize own workload to meet tight deadlines and successfully complete projects in a changing environment;
- Service-oriented, patient, honest, and respectful/tactful;
- Thorough, reliable, disciplined, organized, and have a strong attention to detail;
- Creative, logical, and have a strong motivation for continuous improvement and learning

**Competencies**

**Communication**
- Ability to clearly and concisely compose and/or edit correspondence, reports and manuals to request or provide information.
- Ability to verbally provide clear, concise and accurate explanations of policies, procedures, entitlements and other information.

**Leadership**
- Ability to provide information and explain procedures to new employees to help them achieve set objectives.