Manager- Distribution

Overview

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The hospital is central to a comprehensive network of affiliated ambulatory and outpatient practices, and serves as NYU Langone Health's anchor for healthcare access, growth, and delivery in the entire borough. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive.

We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Manager-Central Distribution. In this role, the successful candidate Oversees management and logistical flow of all activities involved in distribution, receiving, inventory, courier service, and all associated Supply Chain functions of the Brooklyn materials operations. Brooklyn sphere of responsibility includes NYU-Brooklyn, Augustana, FQHC and School Based Clinics, Cobble Hill, and any other locations supported through NYU
- Brooklyn. Responsible for strategic support, process improvement initiatives, Quality Assurance, abeyance with all regulatory requirements (JCAHO, OSHA, etc.) inventory control practices, departmental P&P, and day-to-day operations throughout the department.

• Ensures that proper authorization is obtained through a purchasing request prior to placement of an order and that purchase orders are completed accurately in the Peoplesoft materials system with proper accounting codes. Additionally, ensures that purchase orders are filled expeditiously. Supervises all staff in this area and assists with staff coverage as necessary.
• Attends NYU management meetings as necessary. Ensures the department is compliant with all government and JCAHO regulations as they relate to materials management.
• Manages the maintenance of all Pyxis units throughout the Brooklyn Hospital. Ensures that they are adequately stocked so as not to interrupt patient care. Reviews various Pyxis reports on a timely basis for trends, to ensure that they system is performing efficiently and that adequate internal controls are being maintained to safeguard assets.
• Manages the unpacking and storage of all goods received at the hospital. Ensures that storage areas are properly designed, labeled and maintained in a neat and orderly fashion. Oversees physical inventory counts of all storage areas as necessary. Ensures that goods are properly issued out to departments and accounted for properly in the Peoplesoft materials system, including obtaining proper authorization for the issuance of such goods with correct accounting codes.
  
  Oversees the transport and delivery of supplies throughout the building. Ensures that proper internal controls are maintained at all storage locations within the department to make sure assets are safeguarded. Supervises all staff in this area and assists with staff coverage as necessary.
• Manages the receipt of all goods for the department. Ensures that goods are properly counted and received into the Peoplesoft materials system in a timely manner and that proper internal controls are maintained at all times. Ensures that adequate records are maintained to support goods receipt. Supervises all staff in this area and assists with staff coverage as necessary.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Bachelor's Degree Required. 2 years of experience required. To qualify you must have a Warehousing and stock control methods and procedures. Methods of receiving, inspecting and issuing materials. Materials, equipment and supplies used in a Hospital. Operation of a pallet jack and other assigned vehicle and equipment. Distribution Center operations, procedures, equipment and terminology. Space utilization and inventory techniques. Proper methods of storing equipment, materials and supplies.

Health and safety regulations. Record-keeping techniques. Inventory methods and practices. Principles and practices of training and providing work direction. Interpersonal skills, patience and courtesy. Automated distribution…