Inventory & Business Support Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Bupa Global

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Inventory & Business Support Assistant


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Inventory and Business Support Assistant

Cromwell Hospital, London SW5 0TU

Permanent

Circa £30,000 depending on experience + Excellent benefits

Full time hours Shifts are 9am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday)

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.


Role Overview
As an Inventory & Business Support Assistant you will oversee the requisition process of suppliers.

Working in collaboration with Purchasing and main stores, you will ensure timely delivery of all items of PPE stock and service for a designated area.


You'll help us make health happen by:

  • Oversee the requisition and purchase order process by reviewing all outstanding requisitions and purchase orders in the PeopleSoft system on a regular and timely basis.
  • Deal with Medical Device Alerts (MDAs) and organise the collection and return to the supplier of the affected items.
  • Assist colleagues in Stores, Theatres and Angio with queries on Inventory module of PeopleSoft and escalate accordingly to Inventory Manager and Bupa UK PeopleSoft team.
  • Have good Excel skills and be able to use them for preparing, manipulating and maintaining excel based system reports as required by the Inventory Manager.
  • Liaise with Bupa UK PeopleSoft team and Bupa UK Procurement team with regards to any system related issues (including transmission to Suppliers) and Supplier catalogue issues.
  • Arranging for the return of goods which have been received faulty or damaged, or have been ordered in error, or are otherwise surplus to requirements.
  • Dealing with general stock enquiries from staff. Responding to, and, resolving, all 'day to day' enquiries directly with the enquirer, only referring enquiries/queries to the Inventory Manager if unable to resolve
  • Supporting yearly external stock take
  • Carrying out any other ad hoc duties or projects as requested by the Head of Supply Chain or Inventory & Purchasing Manager

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

  • Proven experience across Inventory or Supply Chain
  • Effective communication at team level with good interpersonal skills and the ability to create strong supporting relationships with internal customers
  • A systematic, organised approach to work
  • Good numeracy skills and the drive to work with attention to detail
  • The ability to manage their own workload to a consistently high standard and to work as part of a team or independently
  • A strong customer service ethic
  • Proficient in Excel

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.


As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job.

We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.


Time Type:
Full time

Job Area:
Administration

Locations:
Cromwell Hospital London
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