HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday thru Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
PURPOSE
To provide customer service and support hospital departments while constantly displaying the 5 Key Values of NCBH: Excellence, Compassion, Innovation, Integrity, and Collegiality.
To provide centralized procurement of quality materials, supplies, and services for hospital use at the lowest total delivered cost.
To ensure compliance with all committed contracts.
To monitor, account, and procure inventories for the General and Engineering Storerooms.
To maintain adequate inventory levels ensuring continuous product availability.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Prompt placement and expediting of orders.
Account for inventory movements and transactions to General Ledger and Internal Audit.
Perform annual inventories for General and Engineering Storerooms.
AUTHORITY
The Purchasing Agent and/or Buyer will recommend and advise hospital administrators regarding quality and availability of product. He or she will base vendor selection based on GPO and/or contractual obligation followed by price, delivery costs and quality. Agents and Buyers also authorize product substitutions when appropriate.
The proper signatory authorization must be followed and is set up in the workflow process in PeopleSoft. Agents and Buyers reverse the right to question any requisition submitted if the dollar amount exceeds what is routine.