Inventory Control Specialist

How You’ll Add Value

The Inventory Control Specialist will provide direct, hands-on verification of sample inventory to ensure quality execution of policies and procedures as it relates to sample storage.  This position will be essential in the implementation and monitoring of procedures to ensure optimum sample storage utilization. 

The Inventory Control Specialist will assist the management team in the development, implementation, and management of a formal program to perform scheduled and random audits related to the sample inventory for integrity and accuracy.

What You’ll Do

Monitor specialty sample category segregation to ensure client needs are met. Perform and document quarterly review of randomly selected sample storage environments to ensure inventory accuracy. Lead sample inventory verification program to track, report and research inventory discrepancies to make necessary corrections identified through sample inventory verification. Analyze, maintain, and reconcile inventory verification to ensure client and internal requirements are met. Perform thorough research using all available resources to identify root causes and supply possible solutions. Work with key personnel to effectively implement process improvements to proactively optimize overall accuracy of sample inventory. Establish, capture, and manage inventory control metrics. Demonstrate proficiency at documenting, presenting, and explaining performance metrics. Assist in storage capacity plan and freezer utilization strategies. Facilitate customers inventory audits and provide information to customers upon request. Assist others in resolving technical or operational problems to ensure an accurate and timely resolution of sample inventory discrepancies. Take inventory, re-stock, and re-order consumables via Oracle. Monitor and maintain sufficient levels of supplies. Continuously improve inventory software functionality, manage supply stock locations, lead times, and re-order points. Create purchase requisitions and capital asset requisitions (CARs) as needed. Maintain a safe work environment by following all established safety and universal precautions guidelines and procedures. Ensure adherence to all company policies, guidelines, and SOPs. Ensure all service failures are identified, investigated, and reported appropriately. Assist with root cause analysis and corrective and preventative actions for departmental errors and discrepancies. Seek process improvements.  Assist in developing, implementing, validating, and testing of new processes. Perform routine and non-routine quality checks as directed. Activation/Deactivation of storage environments both physically and virtually (in Limfinity) Operate equipment such as, but not limited to forklift, WAV, pallet jack, etc.

What You Will Bring

• Six month’s experience as a full-time Biobank Technician and shown proficiency in all essential functions of a Biobank Technician and has not been issued any final warnings or Performance Improvement Plans (PIP) in the last 6 months
• OR Associates degree + 6 months relevant experience
• OR High School diploma + 2 years relevant experience
• Life Sciences Degree, preferred
• GMP/GTP/CLIA experience, preferred

• Good written and verbal communication
• Have demonstrated ability to talk to suppliers, managers, technical personnel with credibility
• Demonstrated leadership skills; able to work across organizational lines
• Organized and detail oriented
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and make good judgment about what to reveal to customers
• Demonstrated high level of initiative and ability to work independently

Physical Requirements

• Reaching/lifting/bending.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds
• Extended periods of standing or sitting
• Right- and left-hand finger dexterity
• Ability to discern colors or use of color correction glasses
• Ability to work with refrigerants (e.g., dry ice and LNs) using proper PPE

Your Working Conditions: 

• Employee will be working in an area with potentially infectious materials.
• Employee will be responsible for maintaining a clean work environment and enforce and follow Universal Precautions for bloodborne pathogens when working in an area considered to be potentially contaminated.
• The position requires flexibility to report to either the Indianapolis or Plainfield facility based on business needs.