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 position 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 role supports corporate functions by coordinating with technical operations on material-handling and inventory needs; receiving, verifying, storing, delivering, and tracking laboratory supplies; monitoring inventory conditions and consumption; maintaining ERP inventory accuracy; and supporting risk management, replenishment, recalls, and quarantines. It also supports operations engineering through equipment and instrument parts inventory, cycle counts, replenishment, internal requisitions, purchasing-card orders for nonstandard parts, and communication about shortages and delivery needs. The position involves frequent walking in laboratory and storage areas, standing for extended periods, moving supplies and carts, and spending extended time in cold-storage areas. Work takes place in a biohazard laboratory environment and requires personal protective equipment in accordance with applicable regulations and company policies. The role requires compliance with ARUP policies and procedures.

Requirements

Comply with ARUP policies and procedures.
Use personal protective equipment in the biohazard laboratory environment in accordance with CDC and OSHA regulations and company policies.
Be able to stoop, reach, walk frequently through laboratory and storage areas, push carts, lift and transfer supplies, and stand for extended periods.
Be able to spend extended periods in cold-storage areas.
Be able to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and negligible force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
Have fine motor control for picking, pinching, typing, and other finger-based work.
Have close, far, and peripheral visual acuity for tasks such as making general observations of depth and distance.
Frequently communicate with others.

Responsibilities

Work proactively with technical operations to understand unique 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 requirements, including refrigerated, frozen, ambient, hazardous, and sensitive-reagent handling.
Identify potential stockouts and support recall and quarantine actions as appropriate.
Help the supply chain team maintain appropriate minimum and maximum inventory levels.
Deliver materials from central laboratory storage locations to points of use.
Monitor inventory conditions, including shortages, empty bins, and other inventory-control indicators, to support uninterrupted testing operations.
Maintain ERP inventory accuracy through routine cycle counts, discrepancy investigations, and monitoring of 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.
Use the asset management system to maintain accurate inventory of equipment and instrument parts.
Support alignment with 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.
Coordinate 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 via a purchasing card as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.