Materials Management Assistant

Job Description:

Materials Management Assistant

Cromwell Hospital, London SW5 0TU

Permanent

£28,000 + Fantastic benefits

Full time – 37.5hrs a week (Shifts are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm)

We make health happen.

Working in our UK support functions you’ll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care. No matter your role, you’ll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each day.

As a Materials Management Assistant, you will be helping to support the implementation and operation of the new Inventory Management System. Other aspects of the role will be managing and operating the Genesis stock management system and helping to supervise and control the flow of stock ordered.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

• Delivering and replenishing goods to wards and departments, reviewing Genesis stockroom locations through the system’s reporting process and upkeep of stock items held in wards and departments.
• Responsible for stock held on Genesis stock management system within ward/department areas, ensuring budget targets are adhered to where possible.
• Counting stock using bar code readers and maintain files in accordance with departmental objectives.
• Running reports on stock holding items, adjusting where necessary stock levels to match demand.
• Responsible for ensuring that ward/departments are kept informed of delays to stock, bar code and stock location changes, also shortages, stock outs and returns issues.
• The reprinting of bar code labels where any change or discrepancy has been identified.
• Ensuring that all relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) are actioned and monitored in accordance with departmental objectives.
• Liaise with ward managers/supervisors and Inventory and Purchasing Manager in the implementation and/or rolling out of Genesis to other areas of the Hospital.
• Ensure any changes made to storage areas are communicated to the Purchasing and Inventory Manager & relevant ward/departmental staff in a timely manner.
• Receive and issue goods, physically and on the Genesis receipting system.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Have an understanding of ERP systems in stock management or Payable Processes.
• Experience within hospital products.
• Supply chain knowledge.
• Experience within Stock Control.
• Ability to analyse data and use of different problem solving techniques.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• IT literate.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind.
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance.
• Annual Health Services Bonus Scheme.
• Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work.
• Various other benefits and online discounts.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

At Bupa we strive to ensure all our customers, patients and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately.

Time Type: Full time

Job Area: Administration

Locations: Cromwell Hospital London