Materials Specialist OC

City of Hope • Irvine, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Materials Specialist is responsible for sustaining and overseeing medical and/or surgical supplies, and providing service and support to clinicians, physicians, and City of Hope departments to care for the patients we serve.
This position works day shift. Schedule is typically 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 2 years of experience in Supply Chain/Materials department.
• Strong customer service, communication, and collaboration skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience in hospital setting preferred
• ERP experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Have strong communication skills in-person, over the phone, and via email.
• Analyze item usage and cost to determine and adjust stock levels, reduce inventory cost, execute action on material phase-in and phase-out
• Work with Purchasing to obtain technical information, specifications, recommended vendors, understand backorder risks, determine substitute material availability, communicate risks or concerns to supply, manage open orders and RTV requests
• Review transactions daily to ensure supply issuances, receiving, inventory adjustments, and any other transactions are performed accurately
• Complete requisitions for supplies that are needed, and submit to Purchasing prior to cut-off time
• Execute daily inventory transactions (e.g. Receipts, transfers, fulfillments, adjustments, express issues, etc.) accurately and same-day
• Coordinate with purchasing, supply chain, receiving personnel, vendors and accounts payable personnel to resolve problems encountered with purchase orders.
• Execute cycle counts daily, expiration date management, cleaning and maintenance of inventory and bins, correct labeling and barcoding of inventory and inventory storage locations, and other actions maintenance on a regular cadence to ensure inventory accuracy and quality.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees