Supply Chain Materials Specialist

About the position

The position at Owens & Minor involves performing physical inventory counts and maintaining inventory accuracy for healthcare products across designated departmental locations. The role is critical in ensuring efficient inventory management and supporting the overall healthcare process by providing integrated technologies and services. The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying excess inventory, processing returns, and maintaining communication with departmental managers to enhance operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Perform weekly PANDAC physical inventory counts accurately and timely for all products at designated departmental stocking locations.
• Identify excess inventory, return stock, and process credits according to Owens & Minor account return procedures.
• Reorganize, re-sequence, label, and maintain inventory services for all assigned stocking locations to ensure productive weekly counts.
• Maintain departmental stocking locations according to accepted quarterly report standards, including inventory turnover and inactive item report values.
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly reports and recommend storage area/cart consolidations or changes, reductions in excess inventory, and identification of expired/outdated products.
• Upload end-of-quarter counts to the PANDACTM server within one week after the last quarterly count of an account's fiscal period.
• Perform regular data file backups and maintain hard copy records of all account count sheet files for use in case of hardware/software failure.
• Provide customer service and maintain communications with all departmental managers and head nursing staff.

Requirements

• Associate degree required; Bachelor's degree preferred.
• CRCST or CST (Certified Registered Central Sterile Technician, Certified Surgical Technologist) preferred.
• Minimum of two (2) years of work experience in healthcare surgical services and/or logistics materials management and/or project management required.
• Previous experience in LEAN or project/organizational management methodology preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in healthcare logistics or surgical services management.
• Familiarity with inventory management systems and methodologies.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance available on the first working day.
• 401(k) eligibility after one year of service.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Tuition reimbursement.