Material Specialist

UChicago Medicine•Chicago, IL

3h•Onsite

About The Position

UChicago Medicine is hiring a Material Specialist for its Inventory Management department. This is a 100% onsite position for someone based in the greater Chicagoland area. The Material Specialist is the primary contact for Medical Center departments, providing support through in-person interactions, staff meetings, pages, and phone calls. The role maintains prescribed inventory levels in patient care areas and ancillary departments, resolves issues related to assigned tasks, and keeps work areas neat and orderly. The position handles inventory counting and ordering, package and shipment processing, deliveries, returns, supply-room and Nurse Server stocking, and related warehouse and dock tasks. It also involves receiving and verifying shipments, recording receipts in the Materials Management system, and delivering packages and medical gas tanks to requesting departments while obtaining signatures. This is a full-time (1.0 FTE), evening-shift role in Supply Chain, represented by CBA 743 SEIU Union.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Ability to prioritize assignments and organize work without direct supervision.
Knowledge of personal computers; handheld computer experience is preferred.
Good mathematical ability.
Good verbal communication skills.
Ability to work in a stressful setting and provide excellent customer service.
Ability to lift 50 pounds of free weight and/or push 450 pounds on wheels for short distances.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of inventory management principles and receiving processes.
Knowledge of disposable hospital supplies.
Knowledge of handheld computers.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary contact for Medical Center departments through personal interaction, staff meetings, pages, and phone calls.
Maintain prescribed inventory levels in patient care areas and ancillary departments and resolve issues related to assigned tasks.
Keep work areas neat and orderly.
Use a handheld computer and authorized inventory logs to assess supply needs, enter data, create orders, conduct warehouse cycle counts, and rotate stock.
Process and deliver common carrier and prime vendor packages.
Prepare and stage returns.
Answer warehouse and dock phones, enter departmental orders into the MMIS, retrieve and process orders from the pneumatic tube system, and organize and label supply carts.
Maintain Inventory Management supply storage rooms and Nurse Servers according to prescribed stock locations and quantities.
Receive, unpack, and verify shipments, and enter receipts into the Materials Management system.
Log and accurately deliver packages and medical gas tanks to requesting departments, including Nursing Units, Nursing Supply Rooms, Clinics, Ancillary departments, and BSD (Biological Science Division), and obtain recipient signatures.
Perform other assigned duties.