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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fixed Hybrid
Work Schedule
Monday-Friday; 8:00am-5:00pm
Posted Date
01/14/2025
Salary Range: $28.3 - 54.74 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
indefinite
Job #
21667

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Department of Medicine is hiring a Procurement Specialist to support purchasing activities across various entities, including departments, divisions, research labs, and units. Acting as the primary point of contact for procurement needs, in this role you will be responsible for managing, coordinating, and reporting on purchasing processes. Key responsibilities include processing purchases, providing travel support, and handling reimbursement requests for faculty and staff, all while ensuring compliance with University policies. You will serve as a liaison between campus units and vendors to facilitate timely and accurate processing of purchases and payments.

Hourly range: $28.30-$54.74

Job Qualifications

Required:
  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • 1 – 3 years Purchasing
  • Analytical skills necessary to evaluate the cost effectiveness of purchasing options.
  • Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
  • Ability to read and interpret terms and conditions of contracts.
  • Working level of proficiency in the use of standard spreadsheet and word processing software.
  • Some knowledge of the organization's departments and operations required in order to meet their procurement needs
  • Understands procurement policies and systems such as Procurement, Travel systems, etc.
  • Ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, with high degree of accuracy.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.