Logistics Technician
Company: Advocate Health
Location: Downers Grove
Posted on: May 4, 2024
Job Description:
It's More Than a Job, It's a Calling!Position: Logistics
TechnicianLocation: Good Samaritan hospital; Downers Grove,
IL.Per-Diem/PRN-Registry - scheduled to work as needed, to help
fill in for departmental gaps and needs; 2nd and 3rd shifts
3PM-11PM & 11PM-7AMMajor Responsibilities:
- 2-Bin Inventory Management
- Be responsible to maintain all assigned 2-Bin inventory
locations, ensuring that the inventory is placed in the appropriate
bin, the room is organized and orderly, the 2-Bin standard has been
adhered to and not disrupted in any manner, stock is not placed in
bins incorrectly, bins have not been removed from the room and that
debris is not on the floor or under the inventory racks.
- Be responsible to pick and pull all regularly scheduled
inventory to replenish all assigned inventory locations at 100%
accuracy.
- Deliver all 2-Bin replenishment orders to the appropriate 2-bin
inventory location.
- Restock all 2-Bins with items picked and restock in appropriate
bin and perform an inventory cycle count in bin to insure inventory
accuracy.
- Check for expired product and replace with appropriate product
and adjust the inventory count by performing an inventory cycle
count.
- Perform a supplement restock when requested or when
requested.
- Pick up all empty bins and any product returns from the
assigned inventory locations. Return all such product to the
General Stores and stage the product in the return location with
appropriate paper work and signature ready for credit.
- Be responsible to perform a monthly 2-Bin inventory of
designated locations, or as assigned.
- Be responsible to understand and use DemandTrack on a regular
basis for assessing and tracking all inventory velocity and usage,
making PAR adjustment recommendations to the Supply Chain
leader.
- Receiving and Delivery Chain of Custody Automation
- Be responsible for using the automation for all General Stores
cycle counts scheduled by the Supply Chain Leader.
- Be responsible for using the receiving and distribution chain
of custody automation provided by your supervisor for the purpose
of documenting the chain of custody of all incoming shipments and
all outgoing General Stores issues to the point-of-care locations.
Be responsible for utilizing the automation at all times in
accordance with the process provided by the Supply Chain Leader or
designated authority.
- Be responsible for using the automation to pick, issue,
deliver, credit and administer all General Stores product,
including, as assigned, all crash carts, inventory carts and other
inventory locations / applications as applicable.
- General Stores Maintenance and Inventory Management
- Be responsible for properly gathering and removing all product
delivery skids and debris within the General Stores
environment.
- Be responsible for rotating all inventory in assigned areas of
the General Stores, ensuring a first expired, first out (FEFO)
inventory management approach. Diligently register any expired
product detected in accordance with the Non-Compliant Policy.
- Be responsible for assigned inventory locations, including
inventory management and associated inventory valuation levels for
the overall General Stores, as well as assigned inventory
locations, cycle count and associated error rate, days on hand
inventory levels, and potential overstock and obsolete inventory
levels. Be responsible for knowing the total inventory valuation
and associated days-on-hand level for the overall General Stores
inventory and for the inventory in your assigned area of
responsibility. Be responsible for seeking any clarity or further
understanding directly from the Supply Chain Leader in the event
inventory valuation information is not known or understood.
- Be responsible for maintaining a superior level of housekeeping
in all areas of the General Stores, taking personal responsibility
to pick-up all debris, cardboard, plastic, paper off the General
Stores floor, including underneath equipment and racks. Be
responsible for immediately breaking down any cardboard or other
dunnage associated with incoming inventory and properly and
completely disposing. Be responsible for identifying and disposing
of any item residing within the General Stores that does not reside
in an assigned location or serve a defined purpose, ensuring to
seek the approval of the Supply Chain Leader, or their designee,
prior to enacting on any such disposal. Be responsible for
maintaining a superior level of cleanliness in all personal or
group work spaces, including any associate break or eating areas,
including all equipment, tables, kitchen or food preparation
related equipment. Be responsible for maintain a clean and spotless
appearance on all walls, windows, cabinets, surfaces, building
columns, work counters or equipment.
- Perform regular cycle counts, as determined by the Supply Chain
Leader, or their designee, for all assigned inventory areas within
the General Stores. Be responsible for maintaining a cycle count
error rate of five percent (5%) or less. Be responsible for
evaluating and understanding the root cause analysis for any errors
and implementing the necessary process-specific corrective
action.
- Be responsible to carry any pager/portable telephone assigned
to provide expeditious response to customer requests. Be
responsible for any such piece of equipment in protecting from loss
or damage.
- Be responsible to maintain a trend chart of the total inventory
valuation for your assigned inventory location within General
Stores on a monthly basis. Maintain the trend chart on the General
Stores Quality Board, identifying your trend chart with your name
and inventory location. Be responsible for continuous improvement
over time and making inventory reductions to the Supply Chain
Director or their designee at a level that at a minimum is the same
or greater as the overall inventory reduction target assigned to
the Supply Chain Leader.
- Receiving
- Be responsible to perform receiving functions for all incoming
orders, whether bulk or logical unit of measure related.
- Review all incoming orders for accuracy and correlation to
appropriate PO and ship-to location.
- Identify incoming quality issues and errors. Interface with all
applicable customer service representatives associated with the
third-part shipping entities.
- Perform all receiving functions via the scanning technology and
work standard provided.
- Maintain a clean work environment on a daily basis, performing
all housekeeping functions as needed or assigned, including the use
of red tag and visual management tools to ensure that all tools,
equipment and work space items are located in specified location at
all times.
- Deliver all inbound product received, including the analysis,
problem solving and trouble-shooting for all incoming product that
is not properly identified with the correct ship-to or
requisitioning location.
- Cleans and disinfect patient care equipment according to
Infection Control policies.
- Perform all other duties related.
- Distribution
- Be responsible for inventory management and an accurate pick
process for all requisitioned inventory items. Maintain, on
average, no more than five (5) days on hand for any inventory SKU,
unless otherwise approved or directed by the Supply Chain
Leader.
- Pick, as required, and deliver all requisitioned orders or
other product to the requester. Utilize bar code scanning
technology, as provided, to capture electronic signatures and order
delivery / receipt confirmation record.
- Coordinate reviewing and obtaining all non-compliant product
placed into any green bin within any assigned inventory location at
a frequency assigned, or no less that once a week of a frequency is
not assigned, transporting all such inventory back to General
Stores. Enter all such product obtained from the green bins into
the standardized on-line database in a timely manner.
- Be responsible for returning all General Stores equipment used
for Distribution to General Stores when such use is complete.
- Coordinate product returns from assigned requisitioning
locations back to the General Stores.
- Picking
- Be responsible for picking a minimum of 100 lines per hour,
achieving this benchmark within a period of time determined to be
acceptable by the Supply Chain Leader, but at no time picking less
than 60 lines per hour. NOTE: The lines per hour pick time is
intended to be fully inclusive of all the complete replenishment to
the respective point-of-use location, thereby taking into account
pick time, travel time to the department, and replenishment time.
Pick all orders requested by unit department by time basis unless
directed by lead in shift.
- Be responsible at all times for the accuracy of your respective
inventory picks. Be responsible for the cycle count error generated
within your inventory area of responsibility within the General
Stores or, if different, the inventory locations you are assigned
to pick product. Develop a corrective action plan to mitigate the
cycle count errors generated from your respective area of inventory
responsibility. Chart a trend chart of the cycle count error rate,
by quarter, for your respective inventory location. Maintain the
trend chart on the General Stores Quality Board, identifying your
trend chart with your name and inventory location. Be responsible
for continuous improvement over time.
- Be responsible for the inventory pick associated with all 2-Bin
inventory locations assigned, complete with returning the empty
bins to the General Stores so as to follow the defined pick /
replenishment process.
- Be responsible to use the designated picking automation and
associated process to perform all inventory picking / replenishment
process. Tag all product with the appropriate and designated
stickers.
- Be responsible to release all picked orders using Lawson WH32.2
and sign paper work.
- Be responsible to utilize and follow the process and procedures
with the assigned velocity picking format to ensure proper
utilization of inventory product to facilitate Items requiring
re-order.
- Non-Conforming Policy and Procedure Management
- Be responsible for analyzing the non-conforming product
incident rate by SKU for any assigned inventory location. Be
responsible for making process improvement recommendations to the
Supply Chain Director or their designee in regard to actions to
mitigate the recurrence of non-conforming supplies.
- Be responsible to maintain the non-conforming green bins,
placards and laminated job aids in all inventory locations, as
assigned.
- Be responsible for rotating all stock located in the respective
inventory location bins or kardex, ensuring a first expired, first
out (FEFO) approach. Remove any non-conforming product and
transport to General Stores as specified under the Non-Conforming
Policy.
- Be responsible pick-up all non-conforming product from the
green bins on a frequency no less than weekly. Transport all
non-conforming product to General Stores and enter all items into
the appropriate cells in the non-conforming product log located at:
http://demandtrack.advocatehealth.com/supply_incident_report/
- Be responsible for communicating non-conforming clinical supply
trend and analytical information to the appropriate clinical
leadership responsible for the areas for which your assigned
inventory location(s) reside.Education/Experience Required:
- High School diploma or GED
- 12 months experience; stocking experience and/or receiving
experience preferred.
- Experience with mainframe or PC computer systemsKnowledge,
Skills & Abilities Required:
- Good communication & customer relation skills. Good
organization and math skills. Must be computer literate. Must
function as a "team" member. Ability to prioritize work flow.
Ability to adapt to change quickly Ability to demonstrate critical
thinkingPhysical Requirements and Working Conditions:
- Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For lifts
over 35 pounds, lifting equipment is expected to be used or lift
with at least one other associate when available. Unique
lifting/movement situations will be assessed on a case by case
basis.This job description indicates the general nature and level
of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or
contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or
responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be
required to perform other related duties.
Keywords: Advocate Health, Carol Stream , Logistics Technician, Professions , Downers Grove, Illinois
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