Materials Management Assistant

Location: Slough

Job Type: Temporary

Duration of booking: Expected to last 3 months with possible extension

Proposed start date: ASAP

Pay Rates: Up to £12.82 per hour PAYE inclusive of holiday pay

Hours / Working Days: 37.5 hours per week / Monday to Friday, 8am - 4pm

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