Inventory Control Specialist

Children’s Minnesota•St. Paul, MN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Children’s Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924, Children’s Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals, nine primary care clinics, multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites. As The Kids Experts™ in our region, Children’s Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children’s hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Please visit childrensMN.org. Children’s Minnesota is proud to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2023’s Top Diversity Leaders. The national honor recognizes the top diverse healthcare executives and organizations influencing public policy, care delivery, and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in their organizations and the industry. Department Overview The Materials Management department handles the supply chain operations for supplies, equipment, and mail at Children's. This includes product selection, sourcing, contract management, purchasing, receiving, inventory management, distribution, cleaning/sterilization, medical equipment maintenance, and disposal.

Requirements

Two years' experience in database management, inventory management, or computer related field.
Requires significant attention to detail
Excellent customer service skills
Ability to work well both individually and with a team
Experience with MMIS systems (PeopleSoft, Lawson, etc.)
Experience with High Jump or similar tracking software
Good communication (both written and oral)
Excellent time management skills
Ability to analyze data and make recommendations for inventory management

Nice To Haves

Two year Associate's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or computer related field preferred.
Database maintenance and/or warehouse management software experience preferred.
Knowledge of LEAN concepts preferred.

Responsibilities

Responsible for $13M of annual inventory transactions data entry and owner of audit trail for this activity.
Provides inventory usage information to user departments, Accounting, and Revenue Management.
Liaison for all organization departments for generating daily inventory orders.
Acts as a central troubleshooting /customer service desk for user departments and Supply Chain staff, to coordinate critical medical supply inventory orders to support patient care.