Purchasing Agent
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Job overview
Insight Global is seeking a Purchasing Agent to support a healthcare organization’s Supply Chain department. The role manages daily purchasing activities, coordinates with suppliers and vendors, and partners with Accounts Payable to resolve discrepancies. The ideal candidate has purchasing, procurement, or supply chain experience, Microsoft Office proficiency, and strong communication abilities. Hospital or healthcare experience is highly preferred but not required. The position follows a hybrid schedule and requires the candidate to be local to San Diego.
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Job Description
Insight Global is seeking a detail-oriented and organized Purchasing Agent to support the Supply Chain department within a healthcare organization. This individual will be responsible for managing daily purchasing activities, coordinating with suppliers and vendors, and partnering closely with the Accounts Payable (AP) team to resolve invoice and purchasing discrepancies.
The ideal candidate will have experience working in a purchasing, procurement, or supply chain environment, strong Microsoft Office skills, and excellent written and verbal communication abilities. This individual must be comfortable managing multiple priorities, communicating with vendors, and ensuring purchasing processes run efficiently.
Experience working in a hospital or healthcare environment is highly preferred but not required.
Hybrid Schedule - must be local to San Diego, CA M-F 7:30am to 4pm Equipment Requirements
Candidate will be expected to utilize their own home office equipment, including: Laptop Monitors (ideally two) Camera/webcam
Skills and Requirements
Education: High school diploma or GED required.
Purchasing Experience: Previous experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain, or a closely related function.
Vendor Communication: Experience working directly with suppliers and vendors to coordinate orders and resolve issues.
Accounts Payable Coordination: Experience working with AP teams or handling invoice-related discrepancies.
Microsoft Office: Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, specifically: Microsoft Excel Microsoft Outlook Hospital or Healthcare Experience: Previous experience working in a hospital, healthcare system, or healthcare supply chain environment.
Advanced Excel Skills: Experience utilizing Excel formulas for tracking, reporting, or data management.
ERP Experience: Familiarity with purchasing or enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
Healthcare Procurement: Experience purchasing medical supplies, clinical products, or hospital equipment.
Purchase Order Management: Experience resolving purchase order discrepancies, backorders, and invoice reconciliation issues.
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 5,031 open Procurement jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$116–171K/yr403 salary ranges
- California median$29–37/hr54 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 522 open Procurement jobs in California and 5,031 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Procurement postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (4,020 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,326 of the 5,031 open Procurement jobs (46%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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