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Job overview
The Buyer reports to the Manager or Supervisor of Procurement and manages purchases and orders according to procedural guidelines, department expectations, and institutional timelines. The role resolves issues between vendors and internal customers, participates in process-improvement projects, and trains new requisitioners. Work uses computers and software and includes purchasing, inventory management, customer service, and database tasks.
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Remote
System Offices | 901 E 104 St | Kansas City | MO
Full time
JobReq0060902
Job Description
Reports to Manager/Supervisor of Procurement, the position prepares, interprets and manages purchases and places orders according procedural guidelines, department expectations, and institutional time frames, and resolves problems between external (vendors) customers and internal customers. Creates, leads, and participates in departmental and cross-functional process improvement projects, including the training of new requisitioners.
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Work dependent upon, or facilitated by, the use of computers and computer software programs.
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Handling routine customer service complaints and comments that have only minimal impact on the business, without authority to resolve significant matters.
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Purchasing, buying, procuring or managing inventory, materials or supplies – meeting department expectations and timelines.
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Providing expert advice to the company or the company’s customers in areas such as accounting, setting or changing prices, selection or termination of contractors/vendors hired for purposes related to business operations, while performing work that strictly follows established manuals, guidelines, policies or procedures.
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Entering information into a database, formulating or entering queries into a database or running reports from a database.
2-5 years experience required
Why Saint Luke’s?
We believe in creating a collaborative environment, while looking for innovative ways to improve. We offer competitive salaries and benefits packages to all eligible employees:
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Medical health plans
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Tuition reimbursement
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Leave of Absence, PTO, and various Welfare plans
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Retirement contributions
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Employee Assistance Program
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Job Requirements
Applicable Experience:
2 years
Job Details
Full Time
Day (United States of America)
Saint Luke’s Health System includes 18 hospitals and campuses across the Kansas City region, home care and hospice, behavioral health care, dozens of physician practices, a life care senior living community, and more. Find out more about what Saint Luke’s offers:
http://www.saintlukeskc.org/about-saint-lukes
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Saint Luke’s Health System values our employees and we encourage them to apply to any internal openings. If you are a current Saint Luke's Health System employee, please apply through your Workday account by typing "Find Jobs" in the top left corner search bar. You can also follow the link below to the current internal career site to apply.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,245 open Buyer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$74–103K/yr541 salary ranges
- US median$29–33/hr139 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 11 open Buyer jobs in Missouri and 1,245 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Buyer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (916 postings).
- Education
- 399 of the 1,245 open Buyer jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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