Inventory Coordinator

Lexington Medical Center; West Columbia (SC); Sur place; USD 42 000 - 64 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

403(b) match

Disability coverage

Adoption assistance

Student loan forgiveness

Résumé du poste

Lexington Health is seeking an Inventory Coordinator in West Columbia to manage, order, and create all inventories for their assigned department. You will develop, implement, and optimize processes to ensure timely supplies and equipment.

Responsibilities include maintaining cost-effective inventory systems, setting reorder points, coordinating with sales reps, and participating in quality improvement projects. Requires strong computer skills and at least two years' inventory control experience.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• 2 years inventory control experience in related department.
• Good computer and customer service skills.

Responsabilités

• Establish and maintain inventory control using cost-effective systems.
• Maintain accurate stocking and reorder points across departments.
• Coordinate with sales reps to obtain supplies and review new products.

Connaissances

Inventory management

Formation

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Description du poste

Material Management
Full Time
AM Shift
7:30am-4:00pm

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bedteachinghospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcareand was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinctionstatus for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as bestin the Columbia Metroarea by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Healthdelivers more than 4,000babies each year, performs more than 34,000surgeries annually and isthe region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center.Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Job Summary

Responsible for managing, ordering, and creating all inventories for their assigned department. Develop, implement, and facilitate processes for routinely providing appropriate supplies and equipment within required timeframes and participates in inventory forecasting.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum Years of Experience: 2 Years of experience in inventory control related to department specialty
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): None
Required Certifications/Licensure: None
*Inventory Coordinators working in the Pharmacy are required to be Registered Pharmacy Technicians
Required Training: Good computer and customer service skills.

Essential Functions

• Efficiently develop, maintain, and control the inventory utilizing cost-effective inventory management, distribution, and supply systems.
  • Establish, implement and maintain accurate, efficient, and cost-effective automated inventory management systems.
  • Establish and maintain optimal cost-effective stocking and reorder points for inventories.
  • Establish and maintain safe, neat, clean and efficient work environments.
  • Requisition timely and cost-effective replenishment of supply items in all areas of responsibility.
  • Establish and maintain supply utilization records.
  • Expedite orders and, when necessary, obtain items from alternate sources, or look for alternative and acceptable substitutes
• Be aware of fluctuating and changing needs and respond accordingly.
• Continually reviews current inventory to implement innovative methods for reduction in inventory, i.e.: consignment, same day delivery, and product standardization.
• Make recommendations on product review, replacement, or potential substitution.
• Participates in and recommends quality improvement projects.
• Manage year-end inventory processes, procedures, and documentation.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain strong effective professional working relationship with members throughout the organization.
• Meets with sales representatives as needed to review new products and assist with evaluation. May be required to contact sales representatives to obtain supplies for cases.
• Coordinates repairs of equipment and/or instruments with the appropriate persons
• Investigates and returns supplies and equipment for product recall.
• Coordinates with necessary departments for inspection of any new equipment.
• Coordinates borrowing or lending of supplies and equipment between other areas of the hospitals.
• Works in a collaborative relationship with other hospital inventory staff.
• May assist in setting up in-service for new equipment and or consumables as needed by department leadership.
• May assist in capital budget pricing, research, and recommendations as needed by department leadership.
• Ensure Hazardous Waste or Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals are discarded, stored, and managed with other compatible waste streams in containers that are properly labeled and closed prior to being shipped offsite for proper disposal. Initial RCRA training is received within 6 months of the hire date and continuing with annual RCRA training.
• Performs all other projects and duties as assigned by management.

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our benefit eligible employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.