Item Master Engineer

Inova Health is looking for a dedicated Item Master Engineer to join the Supply Chain Management team. Full-time Day Shift: Monday–Friday, general office hours, Hybrid work schedule

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation. 

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.

• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.

• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.

• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, hybrid career opportunities.

Item Master Engineer Job Responsibilities:

• Reviews all new item requests and change requests using data cleansing tools and upload/update tools, approving/denying based on Inova business requirements
• Demonstrates excellent customer service skills when dealing with internal and external customers.
• Works with Supply Chain, Revenue Strategies, Clinical Operations, and Billing to troubleshoot issues and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborates with Sourcing and Price Assurance Analyst team to reconcile contract item information with other sources.
• Works with Buyers, SCMIS and Sourcing to review and correct EDI exception messages related to data quality.
• Utilizes content management provider and create action plans for resolving data issues by defining route cause to improve data Utilize GHX PI scorecards/metrics/KPIs and works to improve results.
• Develops and maintains moderate to complex reports and analyses based on end user requests in Oracle OTBI, Excel, and/or Tableau.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams, such as production, logistics, and finance, to ensure efficient supply chain management and timely delivery of goods and services.
• Demonstrates and applies strong understanding of ERP and MMIS and supporting data tools, such as content management and reporting systems.
• Successfully performs input/upload of accurate data into ERP/MMIS, ensuring data integrity in the process.
• Proactively identifies and corrects anomalies or inaccurate data in ERP/MMIS or the support systems, communicating to stakeholders and escalating to Manager and Director timely and accurately.
• Works with departmental system users to identify opportunities to improve the data and systems.
• Identifies and communicates issues to end-users upon discovery, while alerting Supply Chain team members, Manager and Director.
• Demonstrates and applies strong understanding of the integrated systems and identifies how ERP data impacts the end-users.
• Creates communication and action plans to address these situations.

Minimum Requirements: 

• Education: Bachelor's degree in related field (or relevant experience in lieu of degree equivalent to 4 years)
• Experience: 3 years of experience with supply chain operations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong data management skills

• Experience with Power BI