IT Purchasing Coordinator

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This is a hybrid position based at our corporate office located in Brentwood, TN, with on-site work required Monday through Wednesday.

Job Title: IT Purchasing Coordinator

Position Summary

The IT Purchasing Coordinator is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing procurement activities supporting acquisitions, integrations, de novo facilities, site refreshes, technology deployments, and other strategic IT initiatives. This role serves as the primary liaison between project teams, vendors, IT stakeholders, and finance, ensuring equipment, software, and services are delivered on time, project budgets are maintained, risks are identified and mitigated, and project procurement activities are successfully executed from initiation through implementation. In addition to project-focused responsibilities, this position will provide operational procurement support to maintain service levels and ensure continuity of IT purchasing activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead project procurement activities for acquisitions, integrations, divestitures, de novo facilities, technology refreshes, and other strategic IT initiatives, ensuring procurement deliverables support implementation schedules and operational readiness requirements.
• Partner with Project Managers and IT leaders to develop procurement plans supporting project schedules, equipment deployment dates, and site activation milestones.
• Identify procurement-related risks including vendor delays, backorders, budget constraints, and shipping issues; proactively escalate and coordinate mitigation plans to minimize project impacts.
• Coordinate equipment ordering, shipment tracking, delivery confirmation, and deployment readiness activities to ensure implementation teams have the required resources available when work is scheduled to occur.
• Maintain project budget documentation, monitor budget-versus-actual spending, identify variances, communicate financial risks, and provide procurement cost forecasts to support project decision-making.
• Coordinate with ve

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r’s degree in business, supply chain, information technology, or a related field preferred.

• Three to five years of purchasing or procurement experience, preferably supporting IT hardware, software, licensing, and services.
• Experience coordinating procurement for multiple concurrent projects, acquisitions, integrations, or technology deployments.
• Experience with purchase orders, budget tracking, invoice reconciliation, inventory records, and vendor management.
• Experience using ServiceNow, an ERP/procurement system, or a comparable purchasing platform.
• Microsoft licensing or software asset management experience preferred.
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and issue-resolution skills.

Benefits

Full-time team members are offered a comprehensive benefits package through Surgery Partners, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account with employer contribution
• Life and disability insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• And more!

Equal Employment Opportunity & Work Force Diversity

Our organization is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, creed, sex, religion, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, parental status, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic testing results or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws. This practice relates to all personnel matters such as compensation, benefits, training, promotions, transfers, layoffs, etc. Furthermore, our organization is committed to going beyond the legal requirements of equal employment opportunity to take positive actions which ensure diversity in the workplace and result in a multi-cultural organization.

Surgery Partners conducts pre-employment screenings including but not limited to criminal background checks and drug testing.