What are the responsibilities and job description for the Team Lead, SCM Operations position at UPMC?
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• Competitive pay
• Tuition reimbursement
• Opportunities to grow in your career at UPMC
UPMC is looking for a Team Lead of Supply Chain Management Operations to support our Harrisburg location.
This position works Monday- Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm. No weekends required.
Purpose:
Responsible for daily operations of the hospital-based Materials Management department.
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.
- Responsible for daily operations of the hospital-based Materials Management department.
- 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.
