Posting Description

PURCHASING ASSISTANT, MIT Health, will coordinate the procurement of complex and diverse purchasing activities and perform as a department lead for functions associated with procurement; have authority to expend up to $5,000 without additional authority when purchasing low to mid dollar items that are traditionally clinical supplies, standard catalog materials, equipment, and services; be responsible for preparing, reviewing, and approving purchase order requests, assisting with contract development and renewals for MIT Health and reporting functionalities; be accountable for multiple reconciliations and auditing programs to ensure accuracy and fiscally responsible usage of budget dollars; manage high visibility and/or sensitive projects such as furniture purchases or other large-scale items that may have implications to other project work and are mid to long term in nature; and develop notifications and recommendations as to best options for leveraging utilization of purchasing dollars. 

A full job description is available here: https://health.mit.edu/jobs