Team Lead, SCM Operations

$39,520 - $60,362/Yr

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time - Mid Level

Pittsburgh, PA

Hospitals

About the position

The Team Lead of Supply Chain Management Operations at UPMC is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the hospital-based Materials Management department. This role involves managing supply specialists, ensuring efficient supply delivery, maintaining inventory accuracy, and fostering strong relationships between hospital operations and supply chain management. The position requires a proactive approach to managing supplies and ensuring compliance with safety and operational procedures.

Responsibilities

• Work autonomously and direct daily work of Supply Specialists.
• Store and stack items in the prescribed location within Materials Management Department.
• Fill supply requests and deliver those supplies to the requisitioning department.
• Accurately enter information of receipts of goods into Peoplesoft system as needed.
• Prepare items for return shipment coordinating between the user department and the Southside DC.
• Maintain cleanliness and orderliness of assigned work area.
• Coordinate items for shipment by packaging, marking and preparing bills of loading and/or other documents as required.
• Accurately check stock areas for expired products.
• Ensure the recipient signs for delivered materials and supplies and return signed delivery sheets for filing as required.
• Attend annual Hospital and departmental fire/safety and infection control training and maintain current knowledge of safety procedures within the Hospital and department.
• Unload equipment, inspect, verify, accept or reject supplies and materials from delivery trucks and stage in appropriate area for processing.
• Properly dispose of expired products and replenish inventory appropriately.
• Rotate inventory in stock locations to minimize exposure to expired products.
• Follow mandatory reporting procedures for any incident or serious event that did affect or potentially could affect the clinical care of any patient.
• Develop and foster a strong working relationship between hospital operations and UPMC SCM.
• Receive incoming materials, supplies and equipment; compare information on packing slip to verify accuracy noting any corrections; record discrepancies or damages in shipment and notify supervisor.
• Communicate with hospital contacts both on the telephone and in person, and effectively communicate with all age groups, populations, and individuals within the hospital.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent required.
• Minimum 5 years experience in supply chain, inventory control, materials management, purchasing or other related field is required; OR a four year Bachelor's degree and 3 years professional experience.
• Healthcare experience preferred.
• Ability to understand and execute verbal instructions.
• Ability to lift medium and heavy weighted supplies, push, bend and walk most of the day is required.
• Ability to safely and properly operate pallet jacks, hand trucks, forklifts and other material handling equipment.
• Ability to comply with attendance requirements.
• Ability to comply with Personnel policies.

Nice-to-haves

• Healthcare experience preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Tuition reimbursement
• Opportunities to grow in your career at UPMC