Laboratory Material Water Spider

ARUP Laboratories•Salt Lake City, UT

About The Position

The Laboratory Material Water Spider serves as the primary point-of-use inventory and material-flow resource within laboratory operations. The role owns assigned inventory locations and establishes replenishment routes and service schedules to support the movement, visibility, accuracy, replenishment, and availability of laboratory materials from receipt through point of use. It connects technical operations with supply chain by managing point-of-use inventory and transactions, identifying material risks and shortages, and initiating replenishment before stock-outs occur. The position works with technical operations to understand section-specific material-handling and inventory requirements; receives, verifies, stores, and delivers laboratory supplies, reagents, consumables, equipment parts, and instrument parts; and maintains inventory accuracy through ERP transactions, cycle counts, discrepancy investigations, and expiration monitoring. It monitors consumption and inventory conditions, communicates demand changes and potential shortages to appropriate stakeholders, and supports inventory planning and uninterrupted clinical laboratory operations. The work takes place in laboratory and storage areas, including cold-storage areas and a biohazard laboratory environment. The position requires use of personal protective equipment in accordance with CDC and OSHA regulations and company policies, and compliance with ARUP policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

Work proactively with technical operations to understand material-handling and inventory requirements for each technical section and/or test.
Receive laboratory supplies, reagents, and consumables and verify quantities, lot numbers, and expiration dates.
Place materials in designated storage locations in accordance with inventory-control requirements, including refrigerated, frozen, ambient, hazardous, and sensitive-reagent handling requirements.
Identify potential stock-outs and support recall and quarantine actions as appropriate.
Help the supply chain team maintain appropriate laboratory minimum and maximum inventory levels based on usage.
Deliver materials from central laboratory storage locations to points of use.
Monitor inventory conditions, including shortages, empty bins, and other inventory-control indicators, to help ensure materials are available for uninterrupted testing operations.
Maintain ERP inventory accuracy through routine cycle counts, investigation of discrepancies, and monitoring of expiration-dated inventory.
Execute ERP inventory transactions, including transfers, consumption, and other inventory adjustments.
Monitor material-consumption patterns and identify abnormal usage trends; communicate demand-pattern changes to the Buyer/Planner.
Use the asset management system to maintain accurate inventory of equipment and instrument parts.
Support alignment with established inventory-planning strategies, stocking levels, and days-on-hand targets for equipment and instrument parts, in conjunction with service and material-planning groups.
Perform cycle counting and replenishment of materials.
Communicate with central Material Distribution to support timely delivery and receipt of parts.
Identify equipment, instrument, and part shortages and notify appropriate stakeholders of potential impacts to clinical laboratory operations.
Submit internal requisitions for equipment and instrument parts used in clinical laboratories.
Place orders for nonstandard parts using a purchasing card as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.