Materials Specialist - Evenings

City of Hope; California, Duarte (MO, CA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a transformative team dedicated to making a real difference in healthcare. As a Materials Specialist, you will play a crucial role in managing medical supplies and supporting clinicians in their mission to provide top-notch patient care. This full-time position requires strong communication and analytical skills, with responsibilities including inventory management and coordination with purchasing and supply chain teams. If you're passionate about improving healthcare and thrive in a collaborative environment, this is the perfect opportunity to contribute to meaningful change.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in Supply Chain/Materials department.
• Experience in a hospital setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee medical and surgical supplies for patient care.
• Analyze item usage and adjust stock levels accordingly.

Skills

Communication Skills

Inventory Management

Customer Service

Collaboration Skills

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

ERP (PeopleSoft)

Job description

Join the transformative team atCity of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope's growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

**This position typically works 6:00 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Weekend availability is required. **

The Materials Specialist is responsible for sustaining and overseeing medical and/or surgical supplies, and providing service and support to clinicians, physicians, and City of Hope departments to care for the patients we serve.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Have strong communication skills in-person, over the phone, and via email.
• Analyze item usage and cost to determine and adjust stock levels, reduce inventory cost, execute action on material phase-in and phase-out
• Work with Purchasing to obtain technical information, specifications, recommended vendors, understand backorder risks, determine substitute material availability, communicate risks or concerns to supply, manage open orders and RTV requests
• Review transactions daily to ensure supply issuances, receiving, inventory adjustments, and any other transactions are performed accurately
• Complete requisitions for supplies that are needed, and submit to Purchasing prior to cut-off time
• Execute daily inventory transactions (e.g. Receipts, transfers, fulfillments, adjustments, express issues, etc.) accurately and same-day
• Coordinate with purchasing, supply chain, receiving personnel, vendors and accounts payable personnel to resolve problems encountered with purchase orders.
• Execute cycle counts daily, expiration date management, cleaning and maintenance of inventory and bins, correct labeling and barcoding of inventory and inventory storage locations, and other actions maintenance on a regular cadence to ensure inventory accuracy and quality.

Qualifications

Your qualifications should include:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 2 years of experience in Supply Chain/Materials department.
• Experience in hospital setting preferred
• Strong customer service, communication, and collaboration skills
• ERP experience (Peoplesoft strongly preferred)

Additional Information:

Job Status: Full time, exempt

Salary range: $68,640 - $76,502

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

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