Materials Management Assistant
Location: Frimley
Job Type: Temporary
Duration of booking: Expected to last 4 months with possible extension
Proposed start date: ASAP
Pay Rates: Up to £12.82 per hour PAYE inclusive of holiday pay or £14.55 per hour umbrella
Hours / Working Days: 37.5 hours per week / Monday to Friday, 7am – 3pm
Sector: Healthcare
Based: Office / Hospital
KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES
* Provide a professional, customer focused Materials Management service to all user departments.
* Maintain and keep updated the on-line catalogues, producing barcodes for all replenished products, implementing amendments and changes to the barcodes in a timely manner.
* In liaison with senior and clinical colleagues, identify and explore opportunities for potential cost savings for the Trust, whilst maintaining quality standards.
* Assist with stock level reviews of Materials Management products at department level. Be able to run reports to support the review process.
* Undertake competency training with wider Materials Management team in system operation and requirements.
* Support rationalisation and standardisation of medical and surgical products.
* Support customers with any product changes or shortages.
* Enabling high urgency product recalls following safety alerts.
* Assist with the removal, return or disposal of excess or redundant stock.
* Maintain accurate electronic records and filing systems, providing support for other associated duty.
* Ensure communication of information within the Materials Management team and share best practice operationally; act and participate as a member of the wider Central Procurement team, assisting colleagues within other areas of the department as required and attending departmental update meetings.
* Actively build and maintain professional working relationships with colleagues, key customers, to a consistently high standard of customer care.
Job reference number: YW-MQKZ