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 ensure 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 activities before stock-outs occur. The position supports corporate laboratory functions and operations engineering by receiving, storing, tracking, replenishing, and delivering laboratory supplies and equipment or instrument parts. It works with technical operations, supply chain, service and material planning groups, and central Material Distribution to help maintain inventory levels and support uninterrupted clinical laboratory operations.

Responsibilities

Work proactively with technical operations to understand material handling and inventory requirements for technical sections and tests.
Receive laboratory supplies, reagents, and consumables, and verify quantities, lot numbers, and expiration dates.
Place materials in designated storage locations according to inventory control procedures, including refrigerated, frozen, ambient, hazardous, and sensitive reagent handling requirements.
Identify potential stock-outs and support recall and quarantine actions as appropriate.
Help advise the supply chain team on appropriate laboratory minimum and maximum inventory levels based on usage.
Deliver materials from central laboratory storage locations directly to points of use.
Visually monitor inventory conditions, including shortages, empty bins, and other inventory control indicators, to ensure materials are available for testing operations.
Maintain inventory accuracy in the ERP by performing routine cycle counts, investigating discrepancies, and monitoring expiration-dated inventory.
Execute ERP inventory transactions, including transfers, consumption, and other adjustments.
Monitor material consumption patterns, identify abnormal usage trends, and communicate demand changes to the Buyer/Planner.
Work within 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 ensure 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 via a purchasing card as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Comply with ARUP policies and procedures.
Use personal protective equipment in accordance with CDC and OSHA regulations and company policies in a biohazard laboratory environment.