Inventory Coordinator

About the role

As an Inventory Coordinator, you serve as a liaison between the department and Supply Chain Management to ensure inventory levels reflect departmental needs. You will resolve shipping and receiving issues quickly, provide technical support, monitor compliance, deliver supplies and direct storeroom maintenance. In this role, your work is vital to the overall organization and functioning of the hospital system, allowing you to indirectly improve the lives of patients, caregivers and the community every day.

Responsibilities

• Maintain inventory integrity.
• Resolve shipping and receiving issues directly with the vendor or carriers.
• Monitor reports and resolve discrepancies.
• Provide technical set up and maintenance of automated ordering systems.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and resolve any automated ordering system issues.
• Proactively monitor the system to prevent ordering issues.
• Verify accuracy of receipts and orders filled.
• Participate in consignment audits.
• Adjust par levels based upon usage within the ERP system.
• Develop and implement new systems or manage changes of existing systems when necessary.
• Respond to recalls as directed by the FDA or other agencies.
• Assure that the facility meets regulatory requirements in the handling of biohazardous waste.
• Coordinate backorder process to supply inventory.
• Notify users of back orders and work to identify alternate products.
• Prepare broken or returned equipment for shipment and maintain documentation of returns.
• Manage consignment inventory items.
• Rotate stock within defined areas and perform routine expiration management to meet KPIs.
• Receive storeroom stock items from shipping and receiving area, unpack and inspect items for damage, verify accuracy of shipment and input information in the warehouse management system.
• Handle returns by completing technical documentation and other required communication.
• Deliver supplies and materials to appropriate floors and health care facilities.
• Monitor the flow of traffic into dock areas, prioritizing deliveries ensuring the safe receipt of goods and supplies.
• Verify accuracy of shipments, check for damage to goods and document variances of orders.
• Prepare goods and supplies for distribution, prioritize deliveries and sort/label loads ensuring the safe, correct and timely delivery of orders.
• Complete six months of on-the-job training.

Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED
• Valid Driver’s License (VDL) with all of Cleveland Clinic insurance requirements
• Two years of experience in inventory control functions with responsibility for par levels, purchasing functions, inventory analysis and usage trends
• OR Associate’s Degree in Supply Chain Management or a related field

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in healthcare supply chain functions
• Computer systems experience, including bar code readers, handheld computers and printers

Physical Requirements

• Manual dexterity to operate office equipment.
• May require periods of sitting, standing and the ability to walk to various locations throughout the health system to attend meetings.
• Must have normal or corrected vision and be able to clearly communicate verbally by phone or in person.
• Must have own transportation to travel to multiple sites.
• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $17.25 to $26.31 per hour. The actual compensation will be determined after taking factors such as the candidate’s work history, experience, skill set and education into consideration.