Material Management Lead

Department:

Status:

Benefits Eligible:

Hours Per Week:

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Monday - Friday 1500-2330 - no weekends and no holidays

Pay Range:

• Acts as a resource to employees, which includes training/orienting, providing day-to-day work direction, and giving input on performance. Assigns, monitors, and reviews progress and accuracy of work, directs efforts and provides guidance on more complex issues. Assists with human resource responsibilities, which may include: interviewing and selection of new employees, staff development, providing performance feedback, resolution of employee concerns, and employee morale.
• Monitors general department operations, prepares and maintains schedules, records essential information and ensures that work is completed in a timely manner. Assigns staff to appropriate training components and conducts daily checks on employee staffing and makes adjustments/substitutes as necessary.
• Provides for the timely distribution of all supplies and equipment in response to issue requisitions, customer requests, defined replenishment schedules and purchase orders. Maintains efficient and accurate record-keeping systems to verify receipt, storage and distribution of materials.
• Maintains an accurate and up to date materials ordering procedure to establish a delivery system that best serves the patient care area. Oversees and maintains the inventory and distribution process of medical supplies. Takes periodic cycle inventories and stock rotation checks, prepares corrections and reports to ensure the accuracy of the inventory system.
• Ensures the proper stocking, placement and security of supplies and equipment. Ensures proper preparation, packaging, initiation of return, and any required follow-up of returned materials to vendors as instructed by appropriate documentation.
• Prepares, distributes and transports supplies and equipment for safe and appropriate distribution within the facility, departments, or other entities.
• Ensures that areas are kept clean, orderly, and secure in order to physically protect the inventory and safety of employees.
• Establishes a follow-up program to monitor the effectiveness of the supply system to assure that needs are being met.
• Operates within the annual supply and/or capital equipment budget to meet the needs and objectives of the organization.
• Works closely with Corporate Purchasing to resolve delivery challenges including back orders, missing deliveries, and differences in quantities.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:

• A valid drivers license issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles.

Education Required:

• High School Graduate.

Experience Required:

• Typically requires 5 years of experience in inventory control, warehousing, purchasing, and materials management with a thorough knowledge of material handling systems.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Ability to lead and guide a group of employees.
• Must have strong organization and communication skills.
• Excellent service and time management skills. Effectively work with employees to ensure supplies are delivered on time.
• Ability to interact effectively with all levels of personnel in the organization as well as with various suppliers and vendors.
• Computer skills and basic typing skills are required. Basic knowledge of Windows applications, including Excel and Word.
• Ability to operate a hand-held computerizes PAR supply replenishment system.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Must be able to stand and walk for extended periods of time, have ability to lift, bend, squat and twist the majority of the workday and crawl, kneel and climb throughout.
• Must be able to:
• lift up to 15 lbs from floor to overhead.
• lift up to 50 lbs from floor to waist.
• lift and carry up to 50 lbs at waist height a reasonable distance.
• Must be able to:
• push/pull with 20 lbs of force.
• Will be exposed to various weather conditions when checking in supplies and deliveries.
• Will be exposed to chemical, mechanical, electrical and explosive hazards and therefore protective clothing must be worn as needed.
• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job

• Incentive pay for select positions

• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs

• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability

• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.