Procurement Specialist II - Hanger

Why Us:

With a mantra of Empowering Human Potential, Hanger, Inc. is the world's premier provider of orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) services and products, offering the most advanced O&P solutions, clinically differentiated programs and unsurpassed customer service. Hanger's Patient Care segment is the largest owner and operator of O&P patient care clinics nationwide. Through its Products & Services segment, Hanger distributes branded and private label O&P devices, products and components, and provides rehabilitative solutions to the broader market. With 160 years of clinical excellence and innovation, Hanger's vision is to lead the orthotic and prosthetic markets by providing superior patient care, outcomes, services and value. Collectively, Hanger employees touch thousands of lives each day, helping people achieve new levels of mobility and freedom.

Could This Be For You:

The Procurement Specialist II is a Supply Management team player that will manage a supplier base to ensure procedures and processes are in place so transactions flow smoothly to and from suppliers.   Cross functional team work is essential to the position and requires good communication and understanding of internal processes for problem resolution.  This position will also assist in procuring products in the most cost effective manner including price.

Your Impact:

• Serve as the primary contact for Hanger Direct suppliers.  Establish strong working relationships with suppliers to promote quick problem resolution and contribute to process improvements that will drive efficiencies for the enterprise
• Maintain product and pricing records which includes supplier price changes, product description changes, part number changes or additions and special setups such as content groups if necessary
• Assist Hanger Clinic with inquiries pertaining to suppliers, product, price or availability issues. This includes any and all communication via email and phone calls
• Liaison for Hanger Clinics and suppliers regarding any enhancements, upgrades or patches to Coupa and any outage or down time needed
• Facilitate problem resolution of invoices.  Work with suppliers and internal groups in order to determine root cause and dteps and process to correct
• Participate in projects as requested by Manager.  Will be team member to review new products launched by suppliers and assist in tracking requests, communicate & educate suppliers and respond to questions and any issues in a timely manner
•  Key team player and contributor to the enterprise objective to consolidate our supplier base.  This includes timely and accurate tracking of processes with keen attention to detail to ensure process goes smoothly from all touch points including data base management and communication.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Education or G.E.D. is required
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in administrative role or equivalent with 1 of those years being in a supply chain field

Additional Success Factors:

• Able to handle confidential information as appropriate
• Attention to detail, and set/change priorities as needed
• Ability to develop and maintain critical working relationships with internal customers and external suppliers
• Ability to effectively communicate and present information to others
• Strong PC skills with effective working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, especially; MS Outlook, MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint
• Work effectively with minimum supervision
• Strong sense of urgency and ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to think creatively and work productively with others to provide the best solution to meet internal and external customer needs
• Ability to organize, multi-task & prioritize while keeping a focus on short and long term objectives
• Customer service centric and results driven
• Act with integrity in all ways and at all times, remaining honest, transparent, and respectful in all relationships.
• Keep the patient at the center of everything that you do, building lifelong trust.
• Foster open collaboration and constructive dialogue with everyone around you.
• Continuously innovate new solutions, influencing and responding to change.
• Focus on superior outcomes, and calibrate work processes for outstanding results.

Our Investment In You:

• Competitive Compensation Packages
• 8 Paid National Holidays & 4 additional Floating Holidays
• PTO that includes Vacation and Sick time
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• 401k Savings and Retirement Plan
• Paid Parental Bonding Leave for New Parents
• Flexible Work Schedules and Part-time Opportunities
• Generous Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Mentorship Programs- Mentor and Mentee
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance by Location
• Relocation Assistance
• Regional & National traveling CPO/CO/CP opportunities
• Volunteering for Local and National events such as Hanger’s BAKA Bootcamp and EmpowerFest

Hanger, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. All conditions and privileges of employment are administered to all employees without discrimination or harassment because of race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, special disabled veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. The company will comply with all applicable state or local fair employment laws that forbid discrimination or harassment on the basis of other protected characteristics. Retaliation against any employee for filing or supporting a complaint of discrimination or harassment is prohibited.

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