Inventory Planner (Senior Management Consultant Level I)

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the United States, serving over one million New Yorkers. The Inventory Planner role focuses on system-wide inventory and supply management across acute, post-acute and ambulatory facilities to improve efficiency and patient-centered care.

The position involves forecasting demand, coordinating data tasks with Materials Management, liaising with suppliers, and supporting ERP implementations while ensuring regulatory compliance and

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in public administration or business administration or equivalent with 4 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience including 2 years in a supervisory/consultative capacity.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience acceptable with required supervisory/consultative background.

Responsibilities

• Reviews usage of stock supplies across facilities.
• Forecasts demand and stocking strategy based on usage, availability and seasonality.
• Coordinate all inventory data tasks with Materials Management team.
• Review stock-out/early warning reports to plan inventory outages.
• Liaise with suppliers, distributors, materials managers and end-users to ensure proper stocking and avoid shortages.
• Collaborate with supply chain teams, vendors and end users to identify substitute items.
• Manage stocking levels in ERP system.
• Support implementation of Materials Management projects.
• Serve as IT liaison by translating business requirements.
• Participate in QA/PI activities and staff training.
• Comply with regulatory requirements for safe working environment.

Skills

Management analysis

Operational direction

Coordination

IT liaison

Education

Master's degree in public administration or business administration

Bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience

Satisfactory equivalent with supervisory/consultative experience

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the United States. We provide essential outpatient, inpatient and home‑based services to more than one million New Yorkers every year across the city’s five boroughs. Our large health system consists of ambulatory centers, acute care centers, post‑acute care/long‑term care, rehabilitation programs, Home Care, and Correctional Health Services. Our diverse workforce is uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care services, without exception. Every employee takes a person‑centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Inventory Planner will assist in the system‑wide inventory and supply management for all perpetual and PAR managed (stock and non‑stock) across NYC Health + Hospitals’ acute, long‑term and ambulatory facilities, for the purpose of increasing efficiency in Supply Chain Management and, as a result, enhancing NYC Health + Hospitals’ ability to provide patient‑centered quality care.

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities

• Reviews usage of stock supplies for NYC Health + Hospitals’ acute, ambulatory and long‑term facilities.
• Forecasts demand and stocking strategy for supplies based on usage, supply availability and seasonality.
• Coordinate all inventory data tasks with Materials Management team: Central Office + Facilities.
• Reviews stock‑out/early warning reports to plan for inventory outages accordingly.
• Liaises with suppliers, distributors, materials managers and end‑users to ensure proper adequate stocking, minimize over‑stocking and avoid shortages and outages.
• Collaborate with supply chain teams, vendors and end users to assist in the identification of substitute items.
• Manage stocking levels in Enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
• Support the implementation of various Materials Management projects.
• Serve as an IT liaison by understanding and interpreting business requirements.
• Participates in departmental and team meetings, internal/external quality assurance/performance improvement (QA/PI) activities and programs, and facility‑wide training, as required.
• Acts in compliance with all regulatory requirements, to ensure safe working environment.
• All other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Master’s degree in public administration or business administration, or an equivalent program, and four (4) years of satisfactory, full‑time paid experience in a major governmental agency or large corporation or foundation in management analysis or operational direction, planning, coordination or control, of which two (2) years must have been in a supervisory, administrative or consultative capacity; or
• A Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and five (5) years of experience as stated in #1 above, of which three (3) years must have been in a supervisory, administrative or consultative capacity; or
• A satisfactory equivalent; however, all candidates must possess not less than the two (2) years of supervisory, administrative or consultative experience required. Four (4) years of appropriate general experience may be substituted for a Baccalaureate degree requirement. Appropriate full‑time teaching experience in an accredited college or university may be substituted on a year‑for‑year basis for the required general experience and appropriate full‑time teaching experience in a position of professional rank may be substituted on a year‑for‑year basis for the required supervisory, administrative or consultative experience.

Department Preferences

• Inventory Management
• Travel from site to site required
• ERP implementations and maintenance

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