Materials Specialist

Join the transformative team at  City of Hope , where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. 

This position will primarily work weekend coverage. Saturdays and Sundays 6:00 to 2:30 + 1 weekday. Flexibility in schedule is required. 

The Materials Specialist is responsible for sustaining and overseeing medical and/or surgical supplies, and providing service and support to clinicians, physicians, and City of Hope departments to care for the patients we serve.

As a successful candidate, you will:

Analyze item usage and cost to determine and adjust stock levels, reduce inventory cost, execute action on material phase-in and phase-out. Work with Purchasing to obtain technical information, specifications, recommended vendors, understand backorder risks, determine substitute material availability, communicate risks or concerns to supply, manage open orders and RTV request. Review transactions daily to ensure supply issuances, receiving, inventory adjustments, and any other transactions are performed accurately. Complete requisitions for supplies that are needed, and submit to Purchasing prior to cut-off time. Execute daily inventory transactions ( Receipts, transfers, fulfillments, adjustments, express issues, etc.) accurately and same-day. Coordinate with purchasing, supply chain, receiving personnel, vendors and accounts payable personnel to resolve problems encountered with purchase orders. Execute cycle counts daily, expiration date management, cleaning and maintenance of inventory and bins, correct labeling and barcoding of inventory and inventory storage locations, and other actions maintenance on a regular cadence to ensure inventory accuracy and quality.

Qualifications

Your qualifications should include: 

High School Diploma or equivalent 2 years of experience in Supply Chain/Materials department.

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