Buyer, Plant Services

George Fox University's  Plant Services department is in search of a highly skilled, motivated, and customer-service oriented individual to join the team as a Buyer.

About the Job :

The Plant Services Buyer will manage the procure to pay process for Plant Services working with the Plant Services team. The role assists in procurement-related functions such as vendor set up and coordination, asset acquisition and assisting in budget tracking to ensure cost-effective and sustainable facility management.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to :

• Budgeting and cost tracking, assisting in the budgeting process for asset acquisitions. Ensure proper accounting codes are used to ensure ability to track project costs. Interface with Purchasing, Accounting and Accounts Payable to ensure vendors are set up, purchases are coded properly, and payments are going out as expected.
• Requisition management procuring goods and services for facilities operations.
• Invoice management, collaborating with the Finance Accounts Payable team for timely vendor payments.
• Tracking procurement expenditures.
• Manages all incoming and outgoing freight including its distribution across campuses.
• Creating, establishing, controlling and reviewing university quality standards, referencing the university's aesthetic guide.
• Coordinates with vendors to source and purchase requested assets, assisting in vendor negotiations to optimize cost savings and efficiency.
• Ensuring compliance with campus policies and safety regulations related to facilities and asset utilization.
• Providing professional communication; both written and oral.
• Communicating effectively and courteously with others, including employees, students, and the public, in a spirit of teamwork, respect and customer service.
• By actions, words, and lifestyle, be a Christian role model to students, whether through casual contact or in a formal supervisory role.
• Demonstrated experience working cross culturally with respect, appreciation and humility.
• Other duties as assigned.

A day in the life of this position :

The Plant Services Buyer will obtain specifications of goods or products desired by a Plant Services team member. The buyer will then follow established protocols to purchase the item, tracking its shipping progress and communicating with appropriate team members as to when the object should arrive on campus. After the object arrives, the buyer will coordinate with the Plant Services team member to deliver the object to its intended destination. Afterwards, the buyer will ensure that the payment to the vendor has been processed in a timely manner.

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Job information :

George Fox University has been transforming student's lives for over 125 years. We are a Christ-centered community that prepares students spiritually , academically , and professionally to think with clarity , act with integrity , and serve with passion . Our vision is to be the Christian university of choice known for empowering students to achieve exceptional life outcomes. We put students first, with Christ at the center of our work, embracing change in order to improve. We are looking for enthusiastic candidates to join us in creating transformational experiences for our students.

Being a part of our community means a commitment to faith and to a lifestyle that is consistent with the university's mission as described in the Statement of Faith and Community Lifestyle Statement on our website.

As a Christ-centered community, George Fox University is an institution that values diversity as an essential dimension of God's design for human communities. In seeking to become a more inclusive community, we especially encourage applications from women and candidates from racial and ethnic backgrounds that are underrepresented in our community.

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Application Procedures - kindly apply only through this website

When completing the online application, please upload the following as Word or .pdf documents in the section marked Letter of Interest and Curriculum Vitae or Resume :

Interested applicants are encouraged to apply immediately as review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

The university is an equal-opportunity employer. Every employee has the right to work in surroundings free from all forms of unlawful discrimination. It is our policy to make decisions about applicants and employees without regard to sex, age, race, color, marital status, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status to the extent prohibited by applicable local, state, or federal law. This prohibition applies not only to the recruiting and hiring process but to all facets of the employment relationship, including promotion, pay, training, classification, performance reviews, discipline, and termination.

George Fox is owned by the Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends Church and its mission is distinctly Christian. Employees are required to agree with and abide by the university's faith statement and its statement of community responsibilities. Within the context of this agreement and commitment, employment opportunities are otherwise available to all persons on the basis of their experience and skills.

In the recruiting process, the university may make special effort to solicit applicants from underrepresented groups. This is done as an affirmative step to increase the representation of these populations in the university's workforce to better match their availability in the labor market. Hiring decisions are based on the applicants' qualifications as they relate to the needs of the position.