Full-Time
Inventory Manager
Deadline 7/22/27
KPH Healthcare Services
Compensation Overview
$70k - $73k/yr
Watertown, NY, USA
In Person
Extensive travel is required.
Bachelor's
Category
 Administrative & Executive Assistance (2) |
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Required Skills
Supply Chain Management
Inventory Management
Requirements
- A high school diploma or GED is required.
- Two to four years of experience dealing with insurance verification and federal and state regulations is required.
- The position requires a drug test.
- The position requires initial and continuous exclusion and sanction or disciplinary monitoring.
- Candidates must satisfy any additional eligibility requirements based on the specific position.
Responsibilities
- Develop and collaborate on a plan to integrate the Kinney Homecare supply chain into the existing KPH Healthcare Services infrastructure to improve delivery timeliness and reduce operational expenses.
- Streamline purchasing to secure the best prices, quantity discounts, and drop-ship costs.
- Maintain high stock accuracy within Brightree.
- Track serialized and non-serialized items to ensure proper depreciation and maintenance schedules.
- Ensure items have correct Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes and documentation for Medicare and Medicaid audits.
- Oversee receiving new shipments and staging equipment.
- Establish a process for performing and properly reporting monthly cycle counts, including reports and evaluations of dead stock, high-turnover items, and inventory valuation.
- Develop a system for evaluating vendor quotations using negotiation and purchasing techniques to ensure quality, price, delivery, and service.
- Work directly with vendor partners to develop expertise in purchased goods and build relationships that reduce cost of goods sold.
- Purchase goods and supplies based on compound annual growth rate.
- Maintain stocking levels for each facility while balancing churn and allowable spacing.
- Maintain just-in-time inventory for high-churn disposables.
- Oversee storage, labeling, and handling of oxygen in all forms, including traceability for recalls and tracking cylinder-test expiration dates and vendor requalification.
- Submit invoices for timely processing.
- Prepare requisitions, orders, and other documents for purchasing or requisitioning stock items.
- Ensure appropriate personnel receive education and training on company purchasing systems and procedures.
- Educate all branches on receiving processes and procedures and provide a continuity manual.
- Educate all branches on adding inventory to the revenue cycle management system so billing can occur promptly, and provide accessible support.
- Review inventory records for accuracy and procedural compliance and determine whether stock levels are adequate.
- Trace item histories to identify causes of discrepancies between inventory and stock-control records and recommend corrective actions.
- Oversee and manage inventory in closet locations and build a reconciliation program with operations and billing to track inventory movements.
- Compile stock-control records and information, including consumption rates, item characteristics, and market conditions, to determine supply needs and replenishment.
- Assist service technicians and drivers with warranty replacements and returns.
- Assist service technicians with broken equipment.
- Work with Human Resources to develop a procedure for tracking annual and new-hire competency assessments.
- Educate customer service representatives on troubleshooting concentrators and required procedures, including a continuity manual.
- Provide education and training on preventive equipment maintenance.
- Perform other assigned duties.
Desired Qualifications
- A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field is preferred.