Inventory Specialist

St. Lukes HealthThe Vintage Hospital provides high-quality compassionate care for residents of the Willowbrook Champions and Tomball areas of Northwest Houston. With the resources of the St. Lukes Health system we are able to deliver the most advanced care available to our Northwest Houston community. The Vintage Hospital offers the latest in diagnostic and surgical expertise including heart care womens health and orthopedics.

Duties include management of inventory as it relates to picking products replenishing and requisitioning within assigned areas of high value goods such as Surgical Services Cath Lab EP and Imaging. Duties are not limited to the supply room but extend to all areas of the hospital. Responsible for pulling products for cases as assigned. Monitors and assures inventory levels meet demand tracking usage & setting inventory levels for specific group of products in support of PAR & Perpetual locations.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

• Restocks supplies daily and rotates inventory supporting accurate inventory levels generating orders/requisitions as needed.
• Distributes medical supplies and equipment to patient care areas.
• Monitors par levels for specific products to assure that appropriate levels are established in order not to affect patient care.
• Identifies excess inventory returning stock and processing credits; notifies supervisor of outdated or slow moving inventory.
• Participates in the put away and validation process of perpetual inventory items and issues and credits materials from the inventory management pointofuse system.
• Labels bins and handles requests to change pars; maintains clean and orderly stock locations.
• Works in collaboration with reprocessing resources leadership and buyers to optimize usage of reprocessed products; acts as liaison between clinical staff and supply chain management for assigned high value areas such as Surgical Services Cath Lab EP and Imaging.
• Conducts annual inventory count to determine asset value and additional inventories as requested.
• Manages consigned inventory and processes billonlys as appropriate.

Disclosure summary

The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of alljob responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

• High school graduate GED or equivalent.
• Minimum of three (3) years experience of inventory management or other relevant experience.
• Highly Preferred: OR Surgical and/or Cath Lab Supply Chain experience.

Required Minimum Knowledge Skills Abilities and Training

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely summarizing analysis in reports with minimal supervision.
• Stays on task and meets deadlines.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word Excel and Outlook Basic knowledge of supply chain applications (e.g. Lawson) Knowledge of automated ERP systems and processes Ability to process and present data clearly.