Materials Manager - Blue Ridge Day Surgery Center

SCA Health•Raleigh, NC

About The Position

The Materials Manager is responsible for receipt, distribution, inventory control, and storage of central supply, floor stock, office supplies, stock supplies, and rental equipment at Blue Ridge Day Surgery Center. The role maintains adequate inventory, processes receipts and purchase orders, monitors supplies for damage and expiration, and ensures outdated supplies are removed from circulation. It also maintains organized storage areas and accurate inventory records, equipment logs, and computer postings while meeting ordering, receipt, delivery, and storage deadlines. The position supports facility safety, infection-control, emergency, and confidentiality requirements; uses proper body mechanics and safe equipment-operating practices; and identifies and reports unsafe conditions or inventory concerns. The Materials Manager works with facility departments to maintain service levels, adjusts cart inventory as needed, orders supplies according to procedure, and communicates unusual usage or potential problems to supervisors.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

1–2 years of experience in medical supplies or equipment is preferred.

Responsibilities

Receive and distribute central supply, floor stock, office and stock supplies, and rental equipment.
Maintain adequate inventory levels, remove excess stock, and ensure supplies do not deplete.
Follow inventory-control programs and applicable department, JCAHO, Pristine Factor, safety, and security procedures.
Post supplies entering and leaving inventory to the computer and perform quarterly physical inventories.
Organize and label central-supply distribution and bulk-storage areas, maintaining specified shelf and cart clearance standards.
Monitor, track, return, and destroy outdated supplies; check incoming shipments for damage and supplies for expiration dates.
Ensure receipts have authorized purchase order numbers and forward signed packing slips to purchasing.
Manage surgery-center property economically and conservatively.
Maintain accurate department records and reports, including updating the equipment logbook daily.
Post inventory removals to the computer within 24 hours and update the supervisor’s computer daily.
Meet established deadlines for ordering, receiving, delivering, and storing supplies; promptly and accurately check in and distribute orders.
Follow facility safety procedures, use proper body mechanics, identify unsafe situations, and notify a supervisor.
Complete employee and patient incident documentation as required by facility policy.
Understand and follow department and facility emergency procedures, infection-control practices, and standard precautions.
Operate equipment and machinery safely and report and help correct unsafe situations according to procedure.
Work effectively with facility departments to maintain service levels and adjust cart inventory as needed.
Order supplies according to department procedures and notify supervisors of excess usage, unusual depletion, or potential problems.
Protect patient privacy and medical-record confidentiality.
Demonstrate awareness of age-specific developmental needs relevant to department duties.