Materials Specialist

UNC Health; North Carolina; On-site; USD 52,870,000 - 74,185,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Rex Holly Springs Hospital is seeking a materials management professional responsible for developing and maintaining an efficient supply acquisition, storage, and distribution system. The role supervises receipt of goods, generates purchase requisitions, and manages stock levels across multiple locations.

The position requires a high school diploma or equivalent with purchasing training and at least some materials management experience.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and one year specialty training in Purchasing or Surgical Services required.
• Computer skills preferred.
• Pathways Materials Management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintains an environment of safety for patients, self and others.
• Generates purchase requisitions for all supplies for all locations.
• Performs cycle counts to ensure accurate on hand information in the materials management system.
• Receives reports of defective products/equipment and recalls; pull substitutes as needed.
• Completes patient related duties with consideration of patient safety.
• Prints resource maps and picks tickets for upcoming cases.
• Assists in training staff to use inventory forms and resource maps.
• Develops and maintains an efficient supply acquisition, storage and distribution system; maintains par levels.
• Supervises receipt of goods; verifies accuracy against orders.
• Communicates availability of supplies to managers and staff; assist substitutions when appropriate.

Skills

Materials management

Purchasing

Inventory control

Education

High school diploma

Specialized purchasing training

Tools

Computer skills

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary

Develops and maintains an efficient supply acquisition, storage and distribution system, supervising receipt of goods and planning appropriate stock and resources.

Responsibilities

• Maintains an environment of safety for patients, self and others.
• Generates purchase requisitions for all supplies for all locations, i.e. Purchasing, Storeroom, Stockless JIT vendor, Pharmacy, Lab and capital requests.
• Performs cycle counts to ensure accurate on hand information in the materials management system.
• Receives reports of defective products/equipment. React in a timely manner to pull any product that has been recalled and work closedly with the Services Coordinators and/or Purchasing to quickly find a substitute if needed.
• Completes patient related duties according to the individual needs of the patient with full consideration of the patient's safety needs.
• Prints the resource maps and picks tickets for the next days cases.
• Assists in training staff to use of inventory forms and reource maps as applicable.
• Develops and maintains an efficient supply acquisition, storage and distribution system. Maintains sufficient par levels.
• Supervises receipt of goods purchased, verifies accuracy of received items against orders.
• Communicates, effectively and timely, accurate information to Manager, Service Coordinators, Operations Manager, and Staff regarding the availability of supplies (back orders, substitutes, outages, etc.). Assists in determining acceptable substitutions/replacements when appropriate.

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent and one year specialty training in Purchasing or Surgical Services required. Computer skills preferred.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• BCLS required.

Professional Experience Requirements

• Pathways Materials Management experience preferred. Three months to 1 year experience.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

• Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC Rex Holly Springs Hospital

Organization Unit: HS Surgical Services

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $18.48 - $25.89 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Holly Springs

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.