Supply Chain Technician Lead in Reno, Nevada at Renown Health
Renown Health
Reno, Nevada, 89502, United States
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Job Description
Purpose:
This position leads staff responsible for the physical and administrative activities involved in shipping, receiving, moving, storing, distributing, and fulfilling orders for merchandise, products, materials, parts, supplies, and equipment. The role verifies received goods against purchase orders or invoices, maintains related records, rejects unsatisfactory items, and promotes safe work practices and a strong safety culture. It also facilitates daily team huddles, assigns tasks to designated team members, prepares and maintains shipping records, partners with clinical leaders to process orders, reviews stock levels, distributes merchandise, and works with contracted vendors. The position may assist with products and materials in inventory warehouses and distribution centers and may require lifting heavy items or operating a forklift as needed.
Nature and Scope
The Supply Chain Lead serves as the frontline operational leader and the supervisor’s primary support for daily execution. The Lead coordinates and monitors daily work, facilitates structured team huddles, trains and validates staff competency, supports assigned standard work and related audits, and serves as technical lead for applicable systems and processes. The Lead addresses routine performance and workflow issues within established authority and promptly escalates safety, service, staffing, compliance, and employee-relations concerns to the supervisor or manager.
Provides training and guidance to ensure productivity and operational standards are met. In addition, leads frontline onboarding and job-specific competency validation, including retraining when process or performance gaps are identified.
This position oversees department personnel to ensure that stock and equipment are being managed safely and efficiently, and ensures data is properly recorded in the ERP system
Oversees the collection and recording of required shipping and receiving documentation, including prioritization of overnight shipments that require special handling and/or refrigeration.
Ensures that necessary documentation is provided to Finance to ensure proper control of capital assets by communicating all capital equipment receipts and its related asset tag numbers.
Ensures items requiring safety checks or assembly by Clinical Engineering and/or Maintenance are properly documented and routed to the appropriate department. Performs safety audits to confirm assigned areas meet minimum OSHA and Joint Commission safety standards.
Oversight of incoming items to ensure they are not lost or improperly managed and that all documentation is accurate and properly filed appropriately via use of handheld track pads or other related documentation.
Owns assigned standard work, confirms team adherence, documents audit results, and initiates corrective action or escalation when expectations are not met.
Coordinate with other departments such as Nursing, Facilities, Clinical Engineering, Purchasing, IT and TMO to ensure smooth workflow and timely delivery of goods
Leads daily tiered huddles using safety, staffing, service, productivity, quality, and open-action information.
Oversees storeroom equipment to ensure it is properly charged, in functional working order, and when appropriate, updates the related software to ensure it is operating at current levels.
Tracks daily operational performance, communicates variances, assigns recovery actions, and follows through to closure
Provides real-time coaching and direction while referring formal corrective-action matters to the supervisor or manager.
Provides and oversees crisis prevention by assisting departments in trouble shooting via ERP system as to items which do not have or have the wrong purchase order, which could lead to a stock-out of a critical supply item. This also includes “special cases” which requires supplies to be delivered to surgeons who have special ordered a supply.
Prepare and review performance metrics, including shipping times, inventory accuracy, and productivity, to identify areas for improvement.
Is a champion for continuous improvement efforts, lean projects, processes and methodologies.
Maintains and updates department procedures as needed.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform job duties safely and effectively. High school diploma or GED required.
License(s):
Experience:
Minimum 3 years of warehouse experience. Preferable stocking, picking, receiving experience in a hospital materials management setting. Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills are critical. Knowledge of safety regulations, inventory control, and operational efficiency practices is also required.
Certification(s):
License(s):
Valid State of Nevada or California driver's license and ability to pass Renown Health's Department of Motor Vehicle Report criteria.
Computer / Typing:
Certification(s):
RPIW or Kaizen event for process improvement, Green Belt Lean Certification preferred.
Computer / Typing:
Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and Word and have the ability to use the computer to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.
Disclaimer:
The foregoing description is not intended to be, and should not be construed as, an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.
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