Inventory Control Analyst

Education Qualifications:

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain inventory control procedures tailored to meet the unique needs of a healthcare environment, ensuring adequate supply levels for critical medical products.
• Supply planning and demand forecasting efforts to support healthcare departments, aligning inventory levels with patient care needs while managing costs.
• Reflect demand changes accurately in planning systems to maintain optimal inventory and forecast accuracy.
• Review and release inventory replenishment orders from planning system to Enterprise Resource Planning system.
• Works to mitigate stockout scenarios with appropriate safety stock or product substitution.
• Product change liaison that works cross-functionally to implement and communicate product changes while maintaining appropriate inventory and timeline to support the product conversion.
• Ensure high data accuracy in inventory records, item usage history, and forecasting files to support healthcare service continuity.
• Works to understand and offset adjustments or discrepancies in inventory counts or workflow issues in both warehouse and off-site healthcare locations.
• Collaborate with logistics, procurement, category management, and healthcare leadership to create effective inventory processes that enhance supply chain efficiency and reduce costs.
• Provide product and service information to hospital departments, resolving issues related to product availability, supply planning, and service levels, ensuring alignment with the healthcare system’s patient care standards.

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of healthcare supply chain management, including best practices in inventory control, demand forecasting, and supply planning within a healthcare system.
• Experience with ERP systems and data analytics tools in inventory management.
• Current certification from Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM), Institute for Supply Management (ISM), International Society of Logistics (SOLE), Association for Supply Chain Management (NCMA), Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning (IBF), Project Management Institute (PMI), or Institute for Process Excellence (IpX).