Junior Procurement Coordinator, Food & Dietary Supplies

🔥 6 minutes ago

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🛒 Procurement

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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iSTA Solutions

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Healthcare • Logistics • Marketing

iSTA Solutions is your remote healthcare operations partner specializing in off-site staffing solutions. With over 20 years of experience, we focus on enhancing operational efficiency for businesses, particularly in the healthcare sector, by providing customized remote teams that take on tasks ranging from customer service to data entry. Our goal is to support organizations in scaling their operations seamlessly while achieving significant cost savings and improved productivity.

📋 Description

• Review food and dietary supply orders for accuracy, appropriate quantities and budget compliance • Check orders against facility menus, resident numbers and previous purchasing patterns • Research product information, including pack sizes and quantities, to support purchasing decisions • Check stock availability and coordinate substitutions for unavailable products • Communicate with facility dietary managers and vendors by phone, email and system tickets • Investigate unusual quantities or spending and work with facilities on practical adjustments • Escalate over-budget orders for approval and maintain supporting records • Process invoices and investigate discrepancies in purchasing and spending reports • Participate in weekly team reviews and explain budget variances for assigned facilities • Manage deadlines and follow-ups to help prevent food shortages and delivery disruptions

🎯 Requirements

• Previous experience in purchasing, procurement or purchasing administration • Experience with food and beverage supplies, catering, hospitality or healthcare purchasing would be advantageous • Understanding of purchase orders, invoices, budgets and supplier coordination • Strong numerical ability and attention to detail • Clear spoken and written English, with confidence communicating with US-based facility staff and suppliers • Strong organisation and time management skills • Ability to investigate discrepancies and make practical recommendations • Confidence learning and using purchasing systems and online vendor platforms • Supportive approach to customer service and ownership of your workload • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving ability • Logical judgment and attention to detail • Ability to apply concepts across scenarios • Fast learner with quick mental processing • Highly organized and detail-oriented • Mandatory fixed fibre line with minimum 25 Mbps upload and download speed and wired Ethernet capability • Reliable power backup solution required • Ability to work EST hours and on South African and US public holidays

🏖️ Benefits

• Compensation for South African public holidays in accordance with the BCEA • Fully remote working arrangement