Buyer Data Steward

Buyer Data Steward

This is an 18-month temporary assignment with full benefit eligibility. Full-time, 40 hours / week Monday - Friday Days, 7 : 30AM-4 : 00PM Hybrid (2-3 days onsite) Akron, OH

Summary : The Buyer Data Steward is a key member within the Supply Chain Department, supporting Akron Children's Hospital through collaboration, performance, and value-driven solutions. This role is responsible for overseeing the data lifecycle, ensuring data accuracy, confidentiality, consistency, and security. This role supports strategic initiatives and collaborates with internal stakeholders to enhance efficiency and value across the supply chain. The Buyer Data Steward elevates Supply Chain through their range of responsibilities as follows :

Responsibilities :

• Develops relationships and collaborates by communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders by managing and advising via data while seeking ways to improve and enhance quality and service including customer satisfaction.
• Maintain the company's information systems related to the supply chain including enterprise resource planning, contract lifecycle management, warehouse management, transportation management systems, and other relevant software and interfaces.
• Provide supplier performance data and metrics to identify areas for improvement and collaboration and supports supplier data feeds.
• Provide supply chain data to identify trends, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement and preparing reports and dashboards to communicate core metrics and dashboards to key stakeholders.
• Monitor & maintain the quality, consistency, and accuracy of the supply chain data lake for control tower decision-making including data analysis and forecasting tools for demand planning and par optimization to ensure inventory at minimal costs.
• Identifying areas for improvement in processes by utilizing Lean principles for recommending solutions.
• Ensures governance, adherence, & security to data policies and standards via education, audits etc.
• Develops relationships and collaborates by communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders while seeking ways to improve and enhance quality and service including automation and solving problems in the procure to pay process for world class customer service.
• Process product, equipment, and service orders utilizing established processes, reports, and automation ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations and organization procurement policies.
• Acquisition of requested items by; verifying submitted requisitions for accuracy, approval, compliance to contract, then generating and executing Purchase Orders. This may require minimal negotiation of pricing, terms and conditions for non-contracted items. Works directly with assigned service lines and product categories to provide transactional support for procurement processes, which includes consignment, storerooms, low-to-moderate-dollar / risk purchases, and specialty items.
• Manages a variety of incoming procurement inquiries (phone, email, etc.), requiring a basic understanding of all Procurement functions including Purchasing, Sourcing, and Contract Management. Ensures that customer and inquiries are addressed / resolved in a timely manner. Provides guidance on purchasing decisions, resolving service issues, and analyzing data to identify expense management opportunities.
• Analyzing data related to expenses and purchasing trends, and processes utilizing Lean principles to recommend solutions. Ensures that all applicable reports are reviewed and maintained to minimize supply disruptions, facilitate on-time payments and meet targeted benchmarks for established core metrics.
• Reconcile invoice and delivery discrepancies, manage backorders, overdue deliveries, and vendor returns. Maintain relationships with vendors and resolve issues related to