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Advocate Health Care

Nonprofit health system delivering comprehensive care

Logistics Technician

Picking & Packing +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Part-timePark Ridge, IL, USA$19.80 - $29.70In-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma is required.
  • Twelve months of experience is required; stocking or receiving experience is preferred.
  • Experience with mainframe or personal computer systems is required.
  • Good communication and customer-relations skills are required.
  • Good organizational and math skills are required.
  • Computer literacy is required.
  • Ability to prioritize workflow and adapt quickly to change is required.
  • Ability to demonstrate critical thinking is required.
  • Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance is required. For lifts over 35 pounds, lifting equipment or assistance from another associate is expected when available.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain assigned two-bin inventory locations in orderly condition, keep inventory in the correct bins, preserve the two-bin standard, and keep floors and areas around inventory racks clear.
  • Pick and pull regularly scheduled inventory for assigned locations with 100% accuracy, deliver replenishment orders, restock the appropriate bins, and perform inventory cycle counts.
  • Check for expired products, replace them, and adjust inventory counts through cycle counts.
  • Perform supplemental restocking when requested.
  • Collect empty bins and product returns from assigned locations, return them to General Stores, and stage returns with the required paperwork and signatures for credit.
  • Perform monthly two-bin inventories of designated locations or as assigned.
  • Use DemandTrack to assess and track inventory velocity and usage and recommend PAR adjustments to the Supply Chain leader.
  • Use the designated automation for scheduled General Stores cycle counts.
  • Use receiving and distribution chain-of-custody automation to document incoming shipments and outgoing General Stores issues through delivery to point-of-care locations, following the specified process.
  • Use automation to pick, issue, deliver, credit, and administer General Stores products, including assigned crash carts, inventory carts, and other inventory locations or applications.
  • Gather and remove product skids and debris in the General Stores environment.
  • Rotate inventory using a first-expired, first-out approach and register expired products according to the Non-Compliant Policy.
  • Manage assigned inventory locations, including inventory valuation, cycle counts and error rates, days-on-hand, overstock, and obsolete inventory; understand overall and assigned-area inventory valuation and days-on-hand levels, and seek clarification from the Supply Chain Leader when needed.
  • Maintain cleanliness and housekeeping throughout General Stores and work areas, remove debris and dunnage, and dispose of items without an assigned location or purpose only with approval from the Supply Chain Leader or designee.
  • Perform regular cycle counts for assigned inventory areas, maintain a cycle-count error rate of 5% or less, analyze error causes, and implement corrective actions.
  • Carry and protect any assigned pager or portable telephone to respond promptly to customer requests.
  • Maintain a monthly trend chart of inventory valuation for the assigned General Stores location on the Quality Board, identify it with the employee's name and location, and recommend inventory reductions that meet or exceed the target set for the Supply Chain Leader.
  • Receive all incoming bulk or logical-unit-of-measure orders and verify accuracy against the purchase order and ship-to location.
  • Identify incoming quality issues and errors and coordinate with relevant customer service representatives at third-party shipping entities.
  • Perform receiving functions using the provided scanning technology and work standard.
  • Maintain a clean receiving work environment and use red-tag and visual-management tools to keep tools, equipment, and workspace items in designated locations.
  • Deliver inbound products and analyze, solve, and troubleshoot products that lack the correct ship-to or requisitioning location.
  • Clean and disinfect patient-care equipment according to Infection Control policies.
  • Manage inventory and accurately pick requisitioned items, maintaining an average of no more than five days on hand per inventory SKU unless otherwise directed or approved by the Supply Chain Leader.
  • Pick and deliver requisitioned orders and other products, using barcode scanning to capture electronic signatures and delivery or receipt confirmation.
  • Review non-compliant products in green bins at the assigned frequency, or at least weekly when no frequency is assigned; return them to General Stores and enter them promptly in the standardized online database.
  • Return General Stores distribution equipment when its use is complete and coordinate product returns from assigned locations to General Stores.
  • Pick at least 100 lines per hour after the allowed ramp-up period, and never less than 60 lines per hour; the rate includes picking, travel, and replenishment. Pick unit-department orders by the requested time unless directed otherwise by the shift lead.
  • Maintain pick accuracy, track and address cycle-count errors in assigned inventory areas, and maintain a quarterly cycle-count-error trend chart on the General Stores Quality Board.
  • Pick assigned two-bin inventory and return empty bins to General Stores according to the replenishment process.
  • Use designated picking automation and procedures, and tag products with the designated stickers.
  • Release picked orders using Lawson WH32.2 and sign the required paperwork.
  • Follow the assigned velocity-picking format to use inventory properly and facilitate reordering.
  • Analyze non-conforming product incident rates by SKU for assigned locations and recommend process improvements to reduce recurrence.
  • Maintain non-conforming green bins, placards, and laminated job aids in assigned inventory locations.
  • Rotate stock in assigned bins or Kardex locations using a first-expired, first-out approach, and remove non-conforming products according to policy.
  • Collect non-conforming products from green bins at least weekly, transport them to General Stores, and enter them in the appropriate fields of the non-conforming product log.
  • Communicate non-conforming clinical-supply trends and analysis to the clinical leaders responsible for assigned locations.

Desired Qualifications

  • Stocking or receiving experience is preferred.

About the Company

Advocate Health Care

Nonprofit health system delivering comprehensive care

Advocate Health Care is a faith-based nonprofit health system serving Illinois and Wisconsin with a network of hospitals, clinics, and providers. It delivers a broad range of medical services using current techniques and ongoing research, coordinated through clinical integration. The organization offers financial advocacy and assistance to help uninsured or underinsured patients manage hospital bills. Its goal is to improve patient care and expand access by combining high-quality medical services, financial support, and a commitment to clinical excellence.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Late Stage VC
Total funding
$18M
Headquarters
Oak Brook, IL
Founded
1976

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