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Apr 17, 2026

Senior Buyer

Finance Marketing

Job Description

Adminisrative/Coordinate
  • Liaison for employees, vendors, and visitors who come to the department to ensure proper check-in protocols
  • Responds to employee, vendor, and visitor requests verbally and/or via telephone or email
  • Receives, processes, and coordinates incoming telephone calls and emails.
  • Contributes to specialty projects as directed by supervisor.
  • Maintains a high degree of communication, cooperation, and coordination with assigned departments regarding purchases.
  • Performs routine duties as assigned and record-keeping, including keying PO’s into our ERP - Materials Management System for multiple NMHS affiliates as centralized purchasing.
  • Performs PO expediting for centralized purchasing from all 7 hospitals, 30+ clinics, and other NMHS affiliates.
  • Performs all EDI electronic order processing while v alidating receipt, review, and coordinates corrections on all EDI order confirmations.
  • Works closely with Accounts Payable staff to coordinate and resolve any invoice discrepancies from all NMHS affiliates and facilities.
  • Assist in expediting weekly WMS-warehouse management system- Inventory backorder report for urgent supplies.
  • Assists in standardization of supplies and equipment and consolidation of vendor base to reduce acquisition costs.
  • Performs additional tasks as assigned
  • Cross trains as back up to other office positions
  • Mentors to other Buyers by example and assistance with on-the-job training
Customer Relations:
  • Customer service is an essential element of this position
  • Assists with client flow to staff offices by appointment or walk-ins
Data Entry:
  • As assigned
Regulatory :
  • Adheres to NMHS/NMMC Policies/Procedures/Guidelines
  • Complies with State and Federal regulations
Education :
  • Attends required educational programs, in-services, and performance improvement activities
Job Knowledge:
  • High School Diploma or equivalent required; Associates Degree in Business; required, or equivalent experience
  • Working knowledge of computers and software programs including Microsoft Office applications; required
  • Working knowledge of standard office equipment; required
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills ; required
  • Excellent organizational skills ; required
  • Minimum of 2 years of clerical/office experience; required.
  • 5 years experience in the Supply Chain field; required.  Knowledge of standard office procedures; required
Ability to effectively and efficiently interact with individuals and also work independently

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North Mississippi Health Services
North Mississippi Health Services



NMHS is a diversified regional health care organization, which serves 24 counties in north Mississippi and northwest Alabama from its headquarters in Tupelo, Mississippi. The NMHS organization covers a broad range of acute diagnostic and therapeutic services offered through North Mississippi Medical Center (NMMC) in Tupelo; a community hospital system with locations in Amory, Eupora, Iuka, Pontotoc, and West Point, MS and Hamilton, Alabama; North Mississippi Medical Clinics, Inc., a regional network of more than 45 primary and specialty clinics; home health and nursing homes.

NMHS operates at over $900M in net revenue and is one of the largest employers in the state of Mississippi with over 6,900 employees. NMHS offers a comprehensive portfolio of managed care plans. Educational programs and early intervention are important aspects of their services, but their main focus is to provide convenient access to quality health care. NMHS works to achieve its corporate mission to improve the health of the people of this region by providing conveniently accessible, cost-effective health care of the highest quality. NMHS is a 2012 recipient of the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, and NMMC, is a 2006 Baldrige Award recipient. Tupelo is a dynamic southern city easily accessible by Interstate 22 and Highway 45, and the historic Natchez Trace Parkway that criss-cross the city by land.

 

Awards

The quality of care and depth of service that NMMC provides has garnered national recognition, such as:

  • Modern Healthcare Best Places to Work
  • Thomson Reuters Top 100 Hospitals
  • Malcom Baldrige National Quality Award
  • 100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems USA
  • American Hospital Association McKesson Quest for Quality Prize®

For more information, please visit http://www.nmhs.net/awards.php