Laboratory Material Water Spider

ARUP Laboratories; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

ARUP Laboratories in Salt Lake City, UT, seeks a Water Spider to manage point-of-use inventory, replenishment routes, and material flow to support uninterrupted laboratory testing. You will own inventory locations, perform cycle counts, and coordinate with the supply chain to prevent stockouts.

This role connects operations with science, requiring attention to detail, ERP proficiency, and input to value-based lab operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in operations management, business, supply chain or equivalent OR Associate degree in related field plus two years’ related experience OR High School diploma plus four years’ related experience.
• Experience in inventory management, material control, warehousing, logistics, laboratory operations, or healthcare supply chain.
• Experience with ERP systems, preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365.
• Experience with cycle counting, inventory reconciliation, and inventory transactions.
• Knowledge of laboratory consumables, reagents and controlled storage requirements.

Responsibilities

• Receives laboratory supplies, reagents, and consumables and verifies quantities, lot numbers and expiration dates.
• Place materials into designated storage locations following inventory control procedures and requirements including refrigerated, frozen, ambient, hazardous and sensitive reagent handling.
• Execute inventory transactions in the ERP, including transfers, consumption, and other inventory adjustments.
• Deliver materials from central laboratory storage locations directly to points of use.
• Monitor inventory conditions, including shortages, empty bins, and other inventory control indicators to ensure materials are available to support uninterrupted testing operations.

Skills

Inventory management

Material handling

ERP experience

Cycle counting

Supply chain basics

Education

Bachelor's in Operations Management or related field

Associate degree in related field

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Job description

Department: Procurement & Planning - 138

Primary Purpose :

The Laboratory Material Water Spider (Water Spider) serves as the primary point-of-use inventory and material flow resource within the laboratory operations. The position owns assigned inventory locations and establishes replenishment routes and service schedules to ensure the movement, visibility, accuracy, replenishment, and availability of laboratory materials from receipt through point of use. The role connects technical operations with supply chain by managing point-of-use inventory, transactions, identifying material risks and shortages, and initiating replenishment activities before stock-outs occur.

About ARUP :

ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and an enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

ARUP proudly hires top talent to create a work environment of diversity, professional growth and continuous development. Our workforce is committed to the important service we provide to over one million patients each month. We always strive for excellence and have a strong desire to have involvement with the advances in medicine and the role laboratory services plays within each patient’s life. We never forget that there is a patient behind every specimen we receive.

We are looking for individuals who want to contribute to ARUP's culture of accountability, integrity, service, and excellence. Consider joining our dynamic team.

Essential Functions :

Corporate Functions

Works proactively with the technical operations to understand any unique material handling and inventory requirements for each technical section and/or test(s).

Receives laboratory supplies, reagents, and consumables and verifies quantities, lot numbers and expiration dates.

Place materials into designated storage locations following inventory control procedures and requirements including refrigerated, frozen, ambient, hazardous and sensitive reagent handling.

Assist with inventory risk management by identifying potential stockouts and supporting recall and quarantine actions as appropriate.

Help advise supply chain team to keep laboratory min/max inventory levels appropriate for usage.

Deliver materials from central laboratory storage locations directly to points of use.

Visually monitors inventory conditions, including shortages, empty bins, and other inventory control indicators to ensure materials are available to support uninterrupted testing operations.

Maintain inventory accuracy with ERP by performing routine cycle counts, investigate inventory discrepancies, and monitor expiration-dated inventory.

Execute inventory transactions in the ERP, including transfers, consumption, and other inventory adjustments.

Monitor material consumption patterns and identify abnormal usage trends. Communicate changes in demand patterns to Buyer/Planner.

Other duties as assigned.

Operations Engineering Functions

Work within the asset management system to ensure accurate inventory of equipment/instrument parts.

In conjunction with the service and material planning groups support alignment with established inventory planning strategies, stocking levels and days-on-hand targets for equipment and instrument parts.

Performing cycle counting and replenishment of materials.

Communicate with central Material Distribution to ensure timely delivery and receipt of parts.

Identify equipment and instrument, part shortages and notify appropriate stakeholders of potential impacts to clinical laboratory operations.

Submit internal requisitions for equipment/instrument parts used in the clinical laboratories.

Place orders for nonstandard parts via a purchasing card as needed.

Other duties as assigned.

Physical and Other Requirements :

Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Mobility: frequently walk laboratory and storage areas and inside the office to access storage and work locations, office machinery, etc.

Pushing carts, lifting supplies, transferring materials, standing for extended periods of time.

Spend extended periods of time in cold storage areas.

Communicate: Frequently communicate with others.

PPE: Biohazard laboratory environment that requires use of personal protective equipment in accordance with CDC and OSHA regulations and company policies.

ARUP Policies and Procedures: To conduct self in compliance with all ARUP Policies and Procedures.

Physical Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Fine Motor Control: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

Vision: Having close, far, and peripheral visual acuity to perform a variety of tasks such as making general observations of depth and distance.

Education

Required

High School Diploma or Equivalent or better in Other: See Notes or related field.

Preferred

Associates Degree or better in Other: See Notes or related field.

Bachelor's Degree or better in Operations Management or related field.

Experience

Required

Bachelor’s degree in operations management, business, supply chain or equivalentOR Associate degree in related field plus two years’ related experienceOR High School diploma plus four years’ related experience

Preferred

Experience in inventory management, material control, warehousing, logistics, laboratory operations, or healthcare supply chain

Experience with ERP systems, preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365

Experience with cycle counting, inventory reconciliation, and inventory transactions

Knowledge of laboratory consumables, reagents and controlled storage requirements

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