Inventory Specialist (Tampa, FL)

Smith+Nephew•Tampa, FL

18h•Onsite

About The Position

The Inventory Specialist role at Smith+Nephew is a critical part of the US Supply Chain, ensuring accurate and timely delivery of medical products to hospitals and surgery centers. This on-site position, part of the Logistics Team in a territory sales office, involves maintaining precise inventory records, managing product flow, and ensuring accountability for products. The specialist is responsible for case coverage, inventory management, and data analysis, playing a vital role in patient outcomes. Key duties include maximizing asset utilization, minimizing investment, coordinating surgery schedules, and preparing instrument and implant sets. A strong understanding of company products, operating systems, and procedures is essential.

Requirements

High school Diploma or equivalency required
A minimum of 2 to 5 years’ experience in a related field, e.g. Operations, Logistics, Business Analyst, Business Consultant
Must be able to lift 75 lbs.
Standing, walking, bending, stooping, pushing, and pulling commonly occurring for long periods of time
Valid Driver's License with clean record
Must be able to understand and perform the functions and procedures pertaining to the efficient operation of warehousing.
Must be willing to learn our software Systems such as Move Medical and SAP used on a daily basis.
Must be able to train and direct other personnel in their duties, both clerical and physical.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree preferred

Responsibilities

Performs work duties accomplishing daily goals, including but not limited to, the picking of Finished Goods, packing of Finished Goods, maintaining inventory accuracy, sourcing cases, and overcommunication to the sales reps.
Manage inventory levels across the sales district, ensuring the right quantities are in the right place.
Manage the quality of products in the field.
Ensure all product recall activity is performed immediately to ensure compliance to all required.
Coordinate with Quality and Regulatory to verify and ensure all compliance procedures are followed.
Ensure consignment locations have valid consignment agreements and/or custody cards as required.
Perform Field Cycle Counts as required.
Coordinate and participate in territory physical inventories, ensuring all preparation guidelines are performed, conduct counts, and perform required physical inventory reconciliation.
Ensure minimal location/account variances and ensure adjustments (positive/negative) meet established company variance percentages and dollar amounts.
Perform field location/account visits/reviews to ensure consigned inventory instruments and implants are verified with account and ensure after reviews that instrument sets and implant inventory levels are correct and adjusted accordingly.
Address reconciliation variances with the appropriate sales representative(s) and management.
Perform IAP validations semi-annually and ensure all required adjustments are performed to maintain accurate IAP records.
Analyze inventory asset levels to maximize utilization and to provide improved sales performance, providing recommendations and executing appropriate strategies.
Perform Instrument and implant utilization analysis to identify opportunities, inventory efficiencies with sales management and sales force.
Ensure compliance of company asset utilization goals and objectives.
Partner with the sales management team, sales force and logistics management to ensure excellent sales support.
Perform period, quarterly and annual product reporting to provide guidance for set and inventory deployments.
Perform analysis/reporting affecting all P&L related territory and/or area operations (i.e. Stock Withdrawal budget, freight analysis, courier usage, etc.).
Process all required order entry as directed to maintain and manage scheduled surgery cases on a daily basis.
Perform MOVE system reviews with Field Logistics Specialist to ensure excellent sales product support for surgeries and assess Kit utilization to ensure maximum utilization.
Required to perform on call support as required.
Must be able to understand and perform the functions and procedures pertaining to the efficient operation of warehousing.
Perform daily/period freight activity reviews on all FedEx and courier usage to ensure costing is correct and most economical.
Determine and ensure the least cost method of providing product to customer is performed.
Monitor and review Mobile vans, Courier, and freight utilization each period.
Must be willing to learn software Systems such as Move Medical and SAP used on a daily basis.
Must be able to train and direct other personnel in their duties, both clerical and physical.