We have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives. It's extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients "Ask for Mary," they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them. This is true of every employee, from support staff and leadership, to clinicians and care providers.

Mary Free Bed is a not-for-profit, nationally accredited rehabilitation hospital serving thousands of children and adults each year through inpatient, outpatient, sub-acute rehabilitation, orthotics and prosthetics and home and community programs. With the most comprehensive rehabilitation services in Michigan and an exclusive focus on rehabilitation, Mary Free Bed physicians, nurses and therapists help our patients achieve outstanding clinical outcomes. The growing Mary Free Bed Network provides patients throughout the state with access to our unique standard of care

Mission Statement

Restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation.

Employment Value Proposition

At Mary Free Bed, we take pride in our values-based culture:

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Our Commitment to providing an inclusive environment for patients, families, staff, and community, through embracing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion T.O.G.E.T.H.E.R.
• Focus on Patient Care. A selfless drive to serve and heal connects all MFB employees.
• Clinical Variety and Challenge. An inter-disciplinary approach and a top team of professionals create ever-changing opportunities and activities.
• Family Culture. We offer the stability of a large organization while nurturing the family/team atmosphere of a small organization.
• Trust in Each Other. Each employee knows that co-workers can be trusted to make the right decision for our family, patients, staff, and community.
• A Proud Tradition. Years of dedicated, quality service to our patients and community have yielded a reputation that fills our employees with pride.

Summary

The Supply Chain Coordinator serves as the primary resource for placing orders, receiving, shipping, and inventory management at designated locations. Also responsible for the communication of back orders, obtaining tracking numbers, and reconciling invoices. The Supply Chain Coordinator will monitor and make recommendations to achieve best practice freight and material management tactics with a cost-conscious approach to support the organization. This position is a primary contact for anything supply chain related and works closely with various O&P+B departments.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Collect, process, and track orders for MFB Orthotics & Prosthetics utilizing the purchasing and inventory software.

• Review clinicians' and technicians' submitted materials orders.
• Fill orders from inventory when possible.
• Create and submit purchase orders..
• Verify pricing is best available and maximizes benefit of group purchasing agreements.
• Monitor compliance with group purchasing contracts.
• Follow-up on backorders, process returns and investigate and resolves any issues.
• Maintain current vendor product offering information/catalogues and price lists.

• Monitor purchasing trends and habits to identify and implement products and processes to reduce material and freight cost of goods sold.
• Manage orthotics and prosthetics inventory across the O&P Continuum, with the support of P&I Team.

• Assist management by proposing improvements to the purchasing and inventory systems that will reduce materials costs.
• Handle receiving and shipping of all packages for designated location.
• Coordinate shipping and receiving and other logistics related to purchasing and inventory.
• Support clinical and office/billing staff by compiling any requested materials cost information.
• Support O&P Lab with material requests, ordering, transportation, tracking of fabricated devices, and creating and closing out in-house invoices.
• Reconciles and codes invoices, post batches on time and in accordance with established payment terms.
• Connect with vendor sales representative to review products and equipment as well as establish more efficient workflows.
• Able to drive a vehicle to transport product between buildings/locations and help cover staffing at other office locations when necessary
• Complete special projects as requested
• Embrace Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, by:

Treating everyone with dignity and respect

Opening more doors to opportunities for underrepresented cultures

Growing talent and people

Evaluating and eliminating disparities

Taking action against injustices, bias and racism

Honoring our differences and how to collaborate

Educating staff, patients and the communities we care for

Restoring Hope and Freedom, together

Customer Service Responsibilities

Demonstrate excellent customer service and standards of behaviors as well as encourages, coaches, and monitors the same in team members. This individual should consistently promote teamwork and direct communication with co-workers and deal discretely and sensitively with confidential information.

Responsibilities in Quality Improvement

Contribute by identifying problems and seeking solutions. Promote patient/family satisfaction where possible; participates in departmental efforts to monitor and report customer service.

Essential Job Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Materials Management, Business or similar degree or equivalent experience, preferably for a healthcare facility.
• Organizational and communication skills.
• Initiative/ability to work independently.
• Ability to multitask
• Ability to work under pressure and in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent teamwork and customer service skills
• Computer skills, including data entering and proficient typing skills
• Professional mannerism in dealing with all people including clinicians, physicians, patients, visitors, colleagues, and vendors
• Must have a valid State of Michigan driver's license.

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree - Materials Management, Business or similar degree preferred.
• B.L.S. certification.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this classification. If you require a reasonable accommodation to perform the essential functions of this position, you must request accommodation in writing, within 182 days after you know or should know of the need for accommodation.

Mary Free Bed is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristic.