Inventory Control Clerk

**Details**

+ **Department:** Supply Chain Management

+ **Schedule:** 6:30AM-3PM, Monday through Friday. Alternating weekends and holidays.

+ **Hospital:** Ascension Borgess

+ **Location:** Kalamazoo, MI

**Benefits**

Paid time off (PTO)

Various health insurance options & wellness plans

Retirement benefits including employer match plans

Long-term & short-term disability

Employee assistance programs (EAP)

Parental leave & adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ways to give back to your community

_Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance and salary range at the time of the offer._

**Responsibilities**

Monitor, order, stock, and transport supplies and/or equipment for the organization.

+ Monitor, order, stock, and transport supplies and/or equipment.

+ Ensure timely delivery of stock/inventory as needed.

+ Investigate and troubleshoot inventory issues/problems.

+ Maintain accurate tracking records for inventory.

+ Task assigned may include all areas of Supply Chain responsibility, and may change over time.

+ Engage customers on a regular basis to ensure good service. This requires the necessary professional presence to effectively interact with clinicians, administrators, colleagues, and vendors.

+ Use electronic handheld to maintain accurate inventory counts and drive replenishment.

+ Identify process improvements and drive implementation through supervisor.

+ Ensure stock expiration is minimized with adherence to stock rotation guidelines and best practice.

+ Know, or can learn quickly, the inventory locations sufficiently to put away stock accurately without guidance.

+ Work with appropriate parties to ensure the right products are in the right place, at the right time.

+ Work with appropriate parties to ensure optimum inventory levels, consistent with department financial goals, to minimize manual requisition entry.

+ Independently count assigned inventory locations, picks ordered items from Store room if necessary, and delivers to final inventory storage areas timely and accurately.

+ Other duties as assigned.

+ The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.

**Requirements**

Education:

+ High School Diploma or general education degree (GED) required at start date. Additional training beyond High School (e.g. CSCP, LEAN, Six Sigma Certification, bachelor's degree) preferred.

Work Experience:

+ Previous experience working with any of the following: shipping, receiving, picking, logistics, distribution, purchasing, warehousing, inventory management, contracting or vendor management required.

+ Minimum of one year of experience in disciplines listed above preferred.

**Additional Preferences**

No additional preferences.

**Why Join Our Team**

Ascension Michigan operates 16 hospitals and more than 300 related healthcare facilities that together employ nearly 23,000 compassionate associates. When you join our care teams, you join a team dedicated to providing spiritually centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of the communities we serve throughout Michigan.

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.

**Equal Employment Opportunity Employer**

Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

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As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.

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