HME Consignment and Inventory Specialist

Hme Consignment & Inventory Specialist

The HME Consignment & Inventory Specialist oversees warehouse operations with a dedicated focus on consignment closet inventory management across multiple clinical and care settings. This role ensures accurate inventory control, product availability, and operational efficiency to support patient care while minimizing chargebacks, stockouts, and workflow inefficiencies. The position plays a key role in supporting warehouse redesign initiatives and standardizing consignment processes.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education, Certification, and/or Licensure:
  High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience:
  
  Three (3) years experience with inventory or warehouse operations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience:
  
  Experience in DME, healthcare logistics, supply chain or warehouse operations.
• Experience:
  
  Experience with inventory or warehouse management systems.

Core

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee day-to-day consignment closet inventory counts, reconciliations, and replenishment needs.
• Ensure consignment locations are stocked with appropriate products to meet clinical demand.
• Maintain established par levels and recommend adjustments based on utilization trends.
• Conduct routine cycle counts and assist with full inventory audits of consignment and warehouse stock.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies and support corrective action to reduce loss and chargebacks.
• Support warehouse layout redesign, product organization, and inventory flow improvements.
• Coordinate inbound and outbound movement of DME equipment between warehouse and consignment locations.
• Collaborate with customer service, billing, insurance, and clinical teams to ensure aligned processes.
• Maintain accurate inventory documentation within inventory management systems.
• Assist with reporting on inventory accuracy, utilization, and operational metrics.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be capable of lifting to 75 pounds without difficulty using good body mechanics.
• Requires standing, walking, pushing, bending, kneeling and reaching at arm's length and overhead for prolonged periods of time using appropriate body mechanics.
• Requires corrected vision and depth perception sufficient to identify and discern the printed words instruments and instructions and ability to record and communicate appropriate documentation.

Working Environment:

• Warehouse environment.
• May be exposed to fluctuating temperatures.

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to work across multiple department and locations.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of consignment inventory models and controls.

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

Shift: Non-Exempt

Company: SHC WVUHS Home Care

Cost Center: 391 GHC DME Closets

Address: 5000 Greenbag Road Morgantown West Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination.