Field Inventory Operative

Enovis; Guildford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Enovis is seeking a Field Inventory Analyst to ensure accuracy, traceability, and effective management of inventory and assets at hospitals and other external locations.

You will lead the end-to-end field inventory count process, develop count plans, coordinate with stakeholders, travel to sites to perform counts, and reconcile discrepancies with ERP records while maintaining documentation and compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience in inventory control, logistics or field inventory activities.
• Experience in medical-device, healthcare or similarly regulated industry preferred.
• Practical experience performing physical inventory counts at customer or external locations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the periodic field inventory count plan.
• Define count priorities, frequency, schedules and resources.
• Coordinate planned inventory counts with hospitals, customers, agents, Sales, Customer Service, Finance and Warehouse.
• Communicate count dates, scope and preparation requirements to stakeholders.
• Personally perform physical inventory counts at hospitals and external locations.
• Verify product information during the count: item number, description, quantity, lot, serial, expiry, barcode, storage location.
• Track completion of counts and adherence to the plan and policies.
• Maintain complete documentation and evidence for each count.
• Compare physical counts with ERP records.
• Analyse discrepancies and identify potential causes.
• Work with hospitals, customers, agents, Customer Service, Warehouse and Finance to resolve differences.
• Reconcile variances and process required adjustments per policy.
• Ensure unresolved missing inventory is recorded and escalated.
• Provide Finance with validated count results and supporting documentation for write-offs or chargebacks.
• Communicate final count results and corrective actions to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Customer Service and Warehouse to resolve returned goods and unprocessed movements.
• Maintain auditable inventory documentation per corporate procedures.

Skills

Inventory control

Logistics

Supply chain

Field inventory

Physical inventory

Job description

Who We Are

ABOUT ENOVIS™

What You'll Do

The Field Inventory Analyst is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, traceability and effective management of inventory and assets held at hospitals, customer locations, consignment stocks and other external inventory locations.

The role has end-to-end responsibility for the field inventory count process. This includes developing and maintaining the inventory count plan, coordinating count activities with internal and external stakeholders, and personally travelling to hospitals and other external locations to physically perform the inventory counts.

The Field Inventory Analyst reconciles physical inventory against ERP records, investigates and resolves discrepancies, monitors product expiry and inventory productivity, and supports actions to improve inventory accuracy, utilisation and compliance with company policies.

Main Accountabilities

• Develop and maintain the periodic field inventory count plan, covering hospitals, customer deposits, consignment stocks and other external inventory locations.
• Define count priorities, frequency, schedules and required resources based on inventory value, operational risk, historical discrepancies and business requirements.
• Coordinate planned inventory counts with hospitals, customers, agents, distributors, Sales, Customer Service, Finance and Warehouse teams.
• Communicate count dates, scope and preparation requirements to the relevant stakeholders.
• Personally perform physical inventory counts at hospitals and other external inventory locations, ensuring that products, instruments, kits and company-owned assets are accurately identified and recorded.
• Verify critical product information during the count, including item number, description, quantity, lot number, serial number, expiry date, barcode and storage location.
• Track the completion of inventory counts and ensure adherence to the approved count plan, timelines and company policies.
• Maintain complete and accurate documentation and evidence for each inventory count.
• Compare physical count results with inventory records in the ERP system.
• Analyse discrepancies and identify potential causes, including unrecorded movements, incorrect locations, operational errors or missing material.
• Work with hospitals, customers, agents, Customer Service, Warehouse and Finance to investigate and resolve inventory differences.
• Reconcile positive and negative variances across locations, where applicable, and process the required inventory adjustments in accordance with company policies.
• Ensure that unresolved missing inventory is correctly recorded and escalated.
• Provide Finance with the validated count results and supporting documentation following IOMS Policies required for write-offs or customer chargebacks, in line with the applicable policy.
• Communicate final count results and agreed corrective actions to relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Customer Service and Warehouse teams to resolve returned goods, unprocessed movements and inventory records that do not reflect the physical stock.
• Maintain accurate and auditable inventory documentation in accordance with corporate procedures and applicable requirements.

Experience Required

Previous experience in inventory control, logistics, supply chain or field inventory activities.

Experience in the medical-device, healthcare or similarly regulated industry is preferred

Professional Requirement

Practical experience performing physical inventory counts at customer or external locations is strongly preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity