Purchasing & Logistics Coordinator

**Who is eHealth Saskatchewan**
eHealth Saskatchewan is a Treasury Board Crown Corporation with a unique blend of healthcare, information technology, and citizen services. Our vision is “Connected healthcare, accessible to everyone, everywhere” with a mission to “Collaborate to transform healthcare through the use of information and innovative technology”. It is a complex environment, constantly evolving and quickly changing as we live our values of excellence, integrity, teamwork, courage, resilience and collaboration.

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.

Our vision is “Connected healthcare, accessible to everyone, everywhere” with a mission to “Collaborate to transform healthcare through the use of information and innovative technology”. It is a complex environment, constantly evolving and quick to change as we live our values of excellence, integrity, teamwork, courage, resilience and collaboration.

**About the role - Purchasing & Logistics Coordinator**
Reporting to the Manager, Contracts & Procurement, the Purchasing & Logistics Coordinator 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 assist eHealth programs to purchase goods and services with the creation of purchase orders. Planning, organizing, control and direct inventory control measures and negotiates delivery schedules.

**Typical daily duties will include**:

- 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?**
- 4 year 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 Change 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 (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 strong attention to detail;
- Creative, logical, and have a strong motivation for continuous improvement and learning; and
- Empathetic, diplomatic and sensitive in order to respond to issues and concerns of others who may be angry or frustrated.

**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.

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