Supply Chain Inventory Tech-FT-Trinity Health Chelsea

Trinity Health•Chelsea, MI

About The Position

GENERAL SUMMARY AND PURPOSE: Under limited supervision and/or according to policies and procedures, performs a combination of routine and complex tasks associated with inventory control. Responsible for accurate processing and safe movement of all products. Maintains supply inventories in departments at supply levels consistent with patient care requirements and good financial management principles. Serves as liaison between supply chain and assigned departments. Receives product, places replenishment orders, picks supplies / equipment / linen, and puts away accordingly. Assists in the maintenance of inventory accuracy.

Requirements

Requires high school diploma or equivalent.
Able to obtain and maintain counterbalance reach truck and powered pallet jack certification.
More than six months on the job training or previous experience.
Excellent customer service skills.
Good interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to organize daily tasks.
Capable of comprehending and operating the materials Management Information System.
Demonstrated mathematical and analytical skills necessary to collect and process data required for routing and/or special statistical reports.
Able to work independently and organize own work.
Must be able to bend, lift (50 lbs.), push/pull carts (200 lbs.)

Responsibilities

Acts as customer service liaison to departments by working with department personnel in recommending inventory supply levels and adjustments.
Acts proactively to avoid inventory shortages and works directly with departments to resolve issues.
Assists in clinical departments and/or vendors in resolving discrepancies including availability issues (backorders), credit issues, lost shipments, returned goods, while ensuring inventory accuracy.
Checks and receives deliveries from vendors by comparing invoices against purchase orders and counting/inspecting received goods. Reports any discrepancy or damaged goods to supervisor.
Analyzes trends in supply usage to optimize supply levels and mix.
Closes out requisitions/orders, transferring them from the active to completed files.
Inventories medical and critical supplies, generates replenishment requisition, restocks departments according to established inventory levels and schedules while, maintaining supply location in an orderly fashion.
Checks expiration dates on all dated materials to avoid use of outdated supplies. Returns and replaces outdated materials.
Performs various related clerical duties including processing stores requisitions, typing, sorting and distribution of mail, photocopying and filing, and answering telephone calls.
Learns other job functions within supply chain team and backfills as required.
Maintains a work environment that is clean and free of clutter.
Maintains a positive attitude and good rapport with colleagues and the communities we serve. Approaches conflict in a constructive manner. Helps to identify problems, offers solutions, and participates in their resolution.
Maintains the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patient, physicians, associates, and visitors to St. Joseph Mercy Health System. Discusses patient and hospital information only among appropriate personnel in appropriately private places.
Behaves in accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values of SJMHS.
Assumes responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner, to assure personal safety and that of coworkers, and to report all preventable hazards and unsafe practices immediately to management.
Utilizing the department’s management information system, produces purchase orders, performs status checks on existing orders, performs inventory stock status inquiries, and records material receipts pursuant to purchase orders.
Answers the telephone and responds to routine inquiries, relays messages as necessary, and maintains good customer relations.
Assumes responsibility for processing orders in the absence of the supervisor.
Performs other duties as assigned.