Jobs · Purchasing · Tennessee

Buyer

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 1 mo ago
Purchasing$24–$42/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings

for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real content. We need to parse the job posting. First, we need to decide sections. The posting includes: - A description: "A Buyer at St. Jude is responsible for source selection and procurement functions directly associated with clinical, scientific and research products and services." That's like an overview. Could be "About the role". - Then "Other duties include: Negotiates contractual arrangements ..." That's part of responsibilities. - Then "Job Responsibilities:" followed by a list of bullet-like sentences (each line ends with a period). Those are responsibilities. - Then "Minimum Education and/or Training:" etc. That's qualifications/requirements. - Then "Minimum Experience:" etc. - Then "Lawson software experience preferred." etc. - Then "Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required by SJCRH Only: (NL) Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) credential or the Accredited Purchasing Practitioner (APP) credential awarded by the Institute for Supply Management is preferred" - Then "Special Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:" list of many bullet-like statements. - Then "Physical Demands and Working Conditions:" description. - Then "Compensation" section with salary range. - Then "Explore our exceptional benefits!" etc. That's benefits. - Then "We are committed to a human-centered hiring experience." etc. Might be fluff but we can include benefits. - Then "St. Jude is an Equal Opportunity Employer No Search Firms ..." That's boilerplate EEO etc, we should remove. We need to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Thus we should keep: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (education/training, experience), Qualifications (maybe combine with Requirements?), Skills, Benefits, Pay. We need to decide headings: Use

for each section. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings (none present). We must preserve all substantive info. We need to use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

    for prose. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to include Pay section only if posting actually states them: yes, compensation range $24.00 - $42.00 per hour. Benefits: posting says "Explore our exceptional benefits! We are committed to a human-centered hiring experience. Technology may support portions of our process, but recruiting decisions involve human review and engagement. Learn more about our approach to AI." That's vague but it's about benefits. It's not a list but we can treat as prose under Benefits. Schedule: not mentioned, so omit. Now we need to extract content. Let's parse sections: About the role: first sentence(s) before "Other duties include:" maybe. "A Buyer at St. Jude is responsible for source selection and procurement functions directly associated with clinical, scientific and research products and services." That's about the role. Responsibilities: includes "Other duties include: Negotiates contractual arrangements between St. Jude and selected vendors committing hospital funds to ensure the acquisition of high quality goods and services at optimum cost. Ensures quality of goods, and competitive levels of delivery consistent with institution and departmental policies and performance standards." Then "Job Responsibilities:" list: - Submit all capital equipment requirements for price validation and ensure additional reviews as required by institutional policies have been conducted. - Maintain complete knowledge of the institution’s contract policy and access risk and potential liability for the institution’s needs. - Ensure sole source documentation, competitive bids, and contract applicability as appropriate before placing an order. - Analyze markets to determine vendor sources, new product developments, and product availability and assist in selecting vendors and merchandise as required. - Communicate order status and update to customers promptly. - May guide early career team members on standard tasks within own area. - Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution. - Maintain regular and predictable attendance. We should combine the "Other duties include:" sentences as part of responsibilities list as well. Thus responsibilities list includes those two sentences plus the bullet list. We need to output as

    • items. Now Requirements/Qualifications: The posting has "Minimum Education and/or Training:" and "Minimum Experience:" and "Lawson software experience preferred." and "Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required by SJCRH Only: ..." These could be under Requirements or Qualifications. We can combine into a single "Requirements" section with subpoints? But we must use
      • for any list. Could treat each as separate list items. We need to preserve all substantive info. Thus list items: - High School Diploma/GED required. - Bachelor’s Degree with emphasis in business administration or economics preferred. - Bachelor's degree with no experience OR High school diploma/ GED with 4+ years of relevant experience. - Lawson software experience preferred. - Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) credential or the Accredited Purchasing Practitioner (APP) credential awarded by the Institute for Supply Management is preferred. Note: The Licensure line says "(NL) Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) credential or the Accredited Purchasing Practitioner (APP) credential awarded by the Institute for Supply Management is preferred". We'll keep that. Now Skills: "Special Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:" list many statements. We'll output each as
      • . We need to ensure we don't include filler like "Understands the task at hand, seeks out information, and draws conclusions from available data to deliver outcomes." etc. Keep them. Now Benefits: The text: "Explore our exceptional benefits! We are committed to a human-centered hiring experience. Technology may support portions of our process, but recruiting decisions involve human review and engagement. Learn more about our approach to AI." We could treat as

        under Benefits. Now Pay: "A reasonable estimate of the current salary range is $24.00 - $42.00 per hour for the role of Buyer." We'll output as

        under Pay. Now we need to exclude boilerplate: "Compensation In recognition of certain U.S. state and municipal pay transparency laws, St. Jude is including a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This is an estimate offered in good faith and a specific salary offer takes into account factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the salary range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case." That's part of compensation section but we can keep the essential info: the salary range. The rest is fluff but still substantive? It's more explanation; we could keep it as part of Pay section prose. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we should keep that explanation as well, not just the range. However we need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". This is not filler; it's explanation of compensation policy. So we should include it. Thus Pay section will have a

        containing that whole paragraph plus the salary range sentence. Now Benefits: The paragraph after "Explore our exceptional benefits!" includes also "We are committed to a human-centered hiring experience. Technology may support portions of our process, but recruiting decisions involve human review and engagement. Learn more about our approach to AI." That's substantive. Now we need to ensure we don't include the EEO boilerplate: "St. Jude is an Equal Opportunity Employer No Search Firms St. Jude Children's Research Hospital does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. Please do not call or email. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee or other representative at St. Jude via email, the internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place and approved by HR will result in no fee being paid in the event the candidate is hired by St. Jude." Remove. Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. Thus final HTML:

        About the role

        A Buyer at St. Jude is responsible for source selection and procurement functions directly associated with clinical, scientific and research products and services.

        Responsibilities

        • Negotiates contractual arrangements between St. Jude and selected vendors committing hospital funds to ensure the acquisition of high quality goods and services at optimum cost.
        • Ensures quality of goods, and competitive levels of delivery consistent with institution and departmental policies and performance standards.
        • Submit all capital equipment requirements for price validation and ensure additional reviews as required by institutional policies have been conducted.
        • Maintain complete knowledge of the institution’s contract policy and access risk and potential liability for the institution’s needs.
        • Ensure sole source documentation, competitive bids, and contract applicability as appropriate before placing an order.
        • Analyze markets to determine vendor sources, new product developments, and product availability and assist in selecting vendors and merchandise as required.
        • Communicate order status and update to customers promptly.
        • May guide early career team members on standard tasks within own area.
        • Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution.
        • Maintain regular and predictable attendance.

        Requirements

        • High School Diploma/GED required.
        • Bachelor’s Degree with emphasis in business administration or economics preferred.
        • Bachelor's degree with no experience OR High school diploma/ GED with 4+ years of relevant experience.
        • Lawson software experience preferred.
        • Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) credential or the Accredited Purchasing Practitioner (APP) credential awarded by the Institute for Supply Management is preferred.

        Skills

        • Understands the task at hand, seeks out information, and draws conclusions from available data to deliver outcomes.
        • Adapts quickly to changing priorities to perform as needed in his/her role.
        • Remains calm when faced with changes to (and in) his/her work.
        • Seeks clarifications to understand what is being said.
        • Is able to clearly summarize information learnt to confirm understanding.
        • Writes in a clear and concise manner and speaks succinctly and confidently.
        • Plans in advance, organizes own work, and executes high-quality work on time.
        • Shows initiative to take on more responsibilities/work.
        • Embraces goals and demonstrates a sense of urgency in achieving them.
        • Holds self to high standards and keeps pushing to meet them.
        • Has basic understanding of the mission and business that St Jude is in, a high-level view of its functions, and the organization structure and roles within own department.
        • Has an awareness of the healthcare industry and continues to learn about the external environment.
        • Is aware of how own work can drive efficiencies that can impact costs.
        • Exhibits a strong understanding of procurement and sourcing function, business processes and systems to lead day-to-day operations independently.
        • Demonstrates skills in data analysis to optimize procurement processes for efficiency, advance strategic initiatives and manage supplier relationships towards the institution's needs.
        • Exhibits basic consultative skills in asking questions and understanding needs of stakeholder; adapts company policies to consider different stakeholder interests.
        • Establishes rapport and trust with key stakeholders by listening, understanding, and calibrating expectations.
        • Provides operational/ coordination support to stakeholders; assists in dealing with current

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