Supply Chain Inventory Coordinator

Allina Health • Slaton, TX

8d • $28 - $38 • Onsite

About The Position

The Supply Chain Inventory Coordinator supports inventory management at a large hospital or clinic service line, helping maintain appropriate supply levels, volumes, and timely availability to meet clinical demand. The role directs and prioritizes work, resolves issues, and serves as a subject matter expert. It manages inventory for assigned areas in collaboration with clinical leaders, supports compliance, and implements and manages the automated inventory ordering system.

The position includes inventory picking, delivery, stocking, par cart management, product conversions, reporting, sourcing and ordering supplies, vendor interaction, backorder management, demand planning, and inventory optimization. It also provides technical setup and maintenance of the automated ordering system and advanced support to clinical areas, including forecasting, product standardization and introduction, recalls, contract compliance, and consignment inventory management.

This is a 1.0 FTE position, 80 hours per two-week pay period, working an 8-hour day shift with an occasional weekend rotation. The position is based at 4050 Coon Rapids Blvd NW, Coon Rapids, Minnesota.

Requirements

• 0 to 2 years of experience working with an ERP inventory management system such as Workday or Infor.
• 2 to 5 years of Supply Chain Management, clinical healthcare, or hospital operations experience.
• Microsoft Office competency.
• Valid driver's license required upon hire. Minnesota and Wisconsin residents working out of Allina Commons and Emergency Medical Services must obtain a valid license in their state of residence within 60 days of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Conduct general picking, delivery, and stocking.
• Manage supply cart inventory and create and maintain supply par cart locations.
• Troubleshoot, solve, and correct issues that prevent optimal inventory management.
• Manage product conversions.
• Pull and analyze reports from ERP systems such as Lawson/Infor, Workday, and PeopleSoft.
• Work with clinical staff on product stability, usage, new product introduction, and operational strategy.
• Determine whether items should be added to par carts or inventory or ordered individually.
• Initiate, coordinate, and complete inventory optimization initiatives.
• Coordinate analytics and demand planning.
• Manage backorders and create requisitions, including rush orders.
• Interact with vendors and source products and equivalent products.
• Educate site users on formulary items.
• Use data, reporting, and analysis to identify backordered items with system-wide impact.
• Coordinate implementation and ongoing management of Par Excellence.
• Set up and maintain the automated ordering system; monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues and proactively prevent ordering issues.
• Create and analyze reports and take action where appropriate.
• Provide advanced support to clinical areas.
• Conduct demand forecasting.
• Initiate and drive product standardization and introduce new products.
• Manage product recalls.
• Enforce contract compliance.
• Initiate, coordinate, and manage consignment inventory.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical and dental benefits.
• PTO/time away.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Voluntary benefits, including vision, legal, and critical illness coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement or Continuing Medical Education, as applicable.
• Student loan support benefits to help navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
• Well-being dollars, well-being navigators, programs, activities, resources, personal coaching, and tools.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed