Supply Chain Operations Specialist

Endeavor Health•Glenview, IL

3d•$19 - $28•Onsite

About The Position

The Supply Chain Operations Specialist maintains established stock levels in supply areas for assigned hospital units, medical group locations, and off-site points of care. Duties include counting inventory, picking items from inventory locations, arranging just-in-time deliveries, and checking supplies for expiration. The specialist builds relationships with clinicians and provides real-time updates about product disruptions and changes. This role supports responsive, continuously improving healthcare supply chain operations by helping standardize processes and ensuring clinicians have the supplies needed to provide patient care. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, located in Glenview, Illinois, with a Monday–Friday schedule of 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. and rotating weekends and holidays. No travel is required.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Depending on specific job duties, a driver’s license may be required.
Ability to work effectively with diverse teams, including clinical staff.
Ability to adapt to a changing healthcare environment and evolving regulatory requirements.
Accuracy in data analysis and process documentation.
Ability to clearly communicate ideas and findings to stakeholders.
Ability to proactively address challenges with creative and effective solutions.
Ability to consider the perspectives of patients and staff when driving improvements.
Ability to prioritize daily tasks and manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
Knowledge of procedures for handling, storing, and rotating medical supplies.
Ability to complete, understand, and follow Endeavor training and education modules.
Ability to learn to use handheld scanners, personal computers, and Endeavor Health’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
Ability to perform medium physical work: exert up to 50 pounds occasionally, up to 30 pounds frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds constantly.

Nice To Haves

Certified Materials & Resource Professional (CMRP) certification is admired.
Prior warehousing and/or inventory-management experience in any industry is preferred but not required.
Prior hospital-setting experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Monitor, count, and record medical-supply inventory in assigned Periodic Automatic Replenishment (PAR) locations.
Deliver medical supplies to departments and replenish and put away stock in PAR locations in a timely manner.
Pick, pack, stage, and deliver supplies for orders sourced internally.
Keep supply areas and stockrooms clean and organized, rotate stock, and check expiration dates.
Build and maintain relationships with department secretaries, nurses, and charge nurses; provide updates about department supplies and respond to requests using department phones, Vocera, or pagers.
Use Endeavor technology to enter accurate data into handheld devices and computers and maintain expiration logs; check email regularly for departmental and system-wide updates.
Participate in departmental initiatives, including process improvement, implementations, and regulatory readiness.
Follow Endeavor policies, infection-control protocols, and Joint Commission environment-of-care and supply-management standards.