Supply Chain Coordinator

At Cooper University Health Care, our commitment to providing extraordinary health care begins with our team. Our extraordinary professionals are continuously discovering clinical innovations and enhanced access to the most up-to-date facilities, equipment, technologies and research protocols. We have a commitment to our employees to provide competitive rates and compensation programs.  Cooper offers full and part-time employees a comprehensive benefits program, including health, dental, vision, life, disability, and retirement. We also provide attractive working conditions and opportunities for career growth through professional development.

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The Supply Chain Coordinator is responsible for conducting all inventory purchases and managing relationships between vendors, distributors, leadership, and end-users. This role is vital to the management of inventory and the maintenance of supply chain processes and has a direct impact on the ability of the supply chain to meet customer needs. In addition to other duties as required by the institution or as directed by leadership, the Supply Chain Coordinator will:

• Create and maintain purchase orders for medical supplies and equipment based on the needs of customers

• Deliver and stock medical supplies for par levels and special orders consistently on a daily basis to ensure clinical department supply needs are met
• Manage all medical supplies, equipment, office supplies, mailings, and other shipments going out and being received for the building, practice, or other assigned area
• Update weekly and ad-hoc reporting to ensure accuracy of inventory, costs, destination, or other customer needs
• Coordinate requests or new products between the clinical users and the Value Analysis Committees
• Partner with other Supply Chain team members and leadership to investigate problems and develop solutions to maintain an efficient supply chain

The Supply Chain Coordinator is expected to possess the following skills:

• Excellent analytical skills with attention to detail and proficiency with Microsoft Office products
• Exceptional communication skills both written and oral
• Experience managing workloads with several overlapping deadlines and a variety of tasks
• Utilization of resources to generate effective solutions based on available information
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and tight deadlines and take ownership and accountability for issue resolution

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a healthcare-related supply chain role
• Experience in direct customer-relations and service recovery actions preferred

High school diploma or equivalent required

Under-graduate degree in business, materials management, finance, or related field preferred

Valid driver’s license required

• Strong communication skills with physicians, clinicians, and administrators
• Understands inter-workings of supply chain activities
• Excellent interpersonal relationship skills and the ability to drive consensus
• Demonstrated problem-resolution skills
• Ability to interact and manage relationships with vendors