Supply Chain Analyst, Materials Management

University Hospital, Newark NJ • Newark, NJ

90d • $80,000 - $115,150

About The Position

The primary purpose of the Supply Chain Analyst position is to ensure the availability and allocation of inventory and to provide analysis for inventory usage through maintenance of inventory management and procurement processes by collaborating with the Inventory Management team and the Materials Management staff. The Supply Chain Analyst also oversees the inventory management and maintains data-accuracy of the twenty-four/seven (24/7) operations of the General Stores Warehouse personnel involved in receipt, storage, inventory, issuance and distribution of medical surgical products within University Hospital. Acts under direction of the Director UH Materials Management to ensure maintenance of data integrity in UH Materials Management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Management, Business Administration, or a related field required.
• Three (3) years of professional experience in procurement and/or materials management and data-analysis.
• At least one (1) year of experience in handling or working with databases.
• Must be data literate.
• High degree of customer service focus.
• High degree of comfort performing in an evolving environment.
• Strong analytical skills, creative problem solver with a high degree of initiative.
• Strong interpersonal skills requiring the ability to resolve conflicting interests with the goal of obtaining cooperation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft office applications, specifically Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Proficiency with Inventory Management Systems and extensive knowledge with Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) and purchasing programs preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepares clear, sound, accurate and informative statistical and other reports of activities pertaining to procurement within UH Materials Management containing findings, conclusions and recommendations.
• Ensures Quality Controls are performed as defined in the Process Control/Quality Control manual.
• Responsible for the accurate maintenance of digital price files, replenishment reports, and hosted catalogs and maintains transaction processing and databases that support the Materials Management Information System control applications.
• Generates and effectively uses system reports to perform utilization analysis and trends.
• Monitors the performance of, and maintains transaction processing and databases that support the Materials Management Information System control applications.
• Provides analyses, presentations, and recommendations on usage, issuance, and general practices of General Stores warehouse to the senior management including the Director of Materials Management and compare current spend amounts against contract prices across all products procured by UH Materials Management.
• Formulates performance improvement initiatives for the department and trains supervisory and staff personnel to perform new tasks as created to enhance overall departmental efficiencies.
• Evaluates the accuracy of spend categories such as freight, product orders and other related categories against the contracted price and identify possible savings in existing/ future spend categories.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical & Prescription Drug Coverage
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Short- & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Pension Plan
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Professional Development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees