Purchasing Officer

**Are you seeking a varied and interesting position? This is the opportunity for you**:

- **Ongoing training + an attractive remuneration package & an outstanding range of benefits**:

- **Join a close-knit and supportive team in a flexible work environment**

**About the Organisation**:
Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology is one of the largest pathology practices in Australia, providing comprehensive services to patients and doctors over a geographic area throughout Queensland and New South Wales and employing more than 3,000 people.

With many employees enjoying a 20+ tenure, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology delivers on the promise of learning, development, and career progression.

Fostering a true culture of support, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology maintains an open-door policy, with each employee playing a role in patient care driven to make sure a top-quality service is provided.

Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology services the Brisbane metropolitan area and regional areas extending north to Cairns and south to Coffs Harbour.

**About the Opportunity**:
We've got an exciting job opportunity for a full-time Purchasing Officer working Monday to Friday, to join us in Bowen Hills, QLD. Your main role will be ensuring high service levels are delivered to our internal customers and suppliers.

You'll also be the go-to for keeping things on track with our suppliers and making sure everything gets delivered on time.

Some of your key areas of responsibility will include:

- Purchase and provision of goods and services to meet customer needs in terms of form, fit and function
- Supply queries - controller
- Rapid AP processing
- Data entry e-supplies receipts
- Standing order receipts
- Pricing discrepancies
- EDI error resolutions
- Administration support for controlled issues
- Ensure the purchasing process is efficient and timely to support business objectives

You will also work with the purchasing team to assist the Supply Manager, as required.

**About You**:
Demonstrated proficiency in task management, team collaboration, and cultivating relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders is also essential.

Moreover, you will have experience working with inventory systems.

You will also have high attention to detail and excellent organisational skills, allowing you to effectively prioritise your workload and work accurately and efficiently while unsupervised. Flexibility to cover all rostered shifts is required.

**About the Benefits**:
You will be part of a** close-knit and supportive team** of eight people dedicated to helping our customers helping them deliver high-quality patient care. You will develop your skills through ongoing training, providing an avenue for **career development and advancement**. Moreover, we offer you the opportunity to be a part of a highly stable industry with significant ongoing growth.

This role comes with an attractive hourly rate and fantastic benefits, including:

- **Fitness Passport - **Access to discounted gym memberships at any gym of their choosing.
- **Parental and Adoption Leave** **-** Receive twelve weeks of paid parental and adoption leave
- **Staff Services Committee** **- **Provides functions and events for our team, fully funded by the Practice.
- **Employee Assistance Program** **- **A free, confidential, and voluntary counselling service provided as a resource to all our people, as well as immediate family
- **Private Health Insurance** **-** Discounted private health insurance through BUPA, HCF and Medibank Private.
- **Pathology Services - **You and your immediate family (children, partners, and parents) have access to bulk-billed Pathology Services.
- **X-Ray Services** **- **You will have access to bulk-billed X-rays and other diagnostic imaging through Queensland X-Ray.
- **Smoke-Free Environment Policy** **- **All of our premises are smoke-free. For those wanting to use nicotine replacement therapy in quitting, we provide financial assistance towards the cost of nicotine replacement patches.

This is your chance to join a leading pathology company and enjoy outstanding benefits