LEAD TECH SUPPLY CHAIN

Mercy Health - Lima, OH

Full-time - Entry Level

Lima, OH

10,001+ employees

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The Lead Tech Supply Chain plays a crucial role in maintaining the inventory and organization of supply stock locations within Mercy Health. This position is responsible for receiving and delivering shipments, supplies, and equipment throughout the site. The Lead Tech will review and adjust team assignments, build orders for replenishment stock, and ensure that replenishment stock is delivered and properly stored in assigned departments. Additionally, the Lead Tech resolves any discrepancies related to inventory and purchase orders (POs), leads stock inventories, cycle counts, and conversion tasks, and disinfects, stores, and delivers moveable medical equipment. The role also involves maintaining inventory, monitoring expiration dates, and ensuring the proper design of clinical and specialty carts and trays. Furthermore, the Lead Tech is responsible for onboarding new associates and mentoring less experienced team members. Essential job functions include maintaining the orderliness of assigned medical supply stock locations, ensuring that supplies are adequately stocked, clean, and easily accessible. The Lead Tech will monitor stock usage rates, notify leaders when par levels are inadequate, and adjust delivery routes and assignments as necessary. The position requires resolving inventory discrepancies, maintaining storerooms to meet Joint Commission (TJC) and Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) standards, and researching purchase order statuses. The Lead Tech will also analyze item utilization, participate in cycle counts, and reconstitute critical care and specialty carts and trays, ensuring that tray contents are within expiration dates. The role may involve transporting equipment, supplies, specimens, and mail to various locations based on customer needs, as well as safely transporting medical gases between storage locations. The Lead Tech will perform as a site receiving agent for both PO and non-PO shipments and participate in performance improvement activities as directed by supervisors. This position serves as a backup to the coordinator and supervisor when necessary.

Responsibilities

• Maintain inventory and orderliness of assigned medical supply stock locations.
• Ensure stocking locations are adequately stocked with supplies, kept clean, and free of dust.
• Monitor stock usage rates and notify leader when par levels are inadequate.
• Replenish and maintain inventory in perpetual inventory locations.
• Resolve inventory put-away discrepancies and maintain storeroom standards.
• Research purchase order statuses and resolve perpetual inventory item issues.
• Retrieve, clean, store, and deliver moveable medical equipment.
• Analyze item utilization and correct PAR, ROP, and ROQ.
• Participate in and lead cycle counts and periodic inventories.
• Reconstitute critical care and specialty carts and trays, ensuring tray contents are within expiration dates.
• Transport equipment, supplies, specimens, and mail to various locations.
• Transport medical gases safely between storage locations.
• Perform as site receiving agent for both PO and non-PO shipments.
• Participate in performance improvement activities as directed.
• Onboard new associates and mentor less experienced associates.
• Serve as a backup to coordinator and supervisor.

Requirements

• Valid driver's license and satisfactory driving record (required).
• High School diploma or GED (required).
• 1 year of experience in inventory management or supply chain function or Bachelor's degree (required).
• 3 years of experience in medical supply chain operations (preferred).

Nice-to-haves

• College experience (preferred).

Benefits

• Comprehensive, affordable medical, dental and vision plans
• Prescription drug coverage
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance w/AD&D
• Employer contributions to retirement savings plan when eligible
• Paid time off
• Educational Assistance