Inventory and Receiving Coordinator I

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time actionable insights to physicians providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients at the right time.

What you’ll do:

• Act as first point of contact for Tempus deliveries

• Receive shipments and sign paperwork upon receipt

• Scan and enter packing lists into ERP database

• Notify end-users of packages addressed to them

• Receives unpacks and delivers goods; re-stocks items as necessary within labs

• Assist in development and maintaining of kanban inventory system

• Unload shipments and packages from incoming trucks

• Inspect cartons and contents to ensure they are undamaged

• Verify received quantities matching the physical count packing lists & purchase orders

• Immediately contact purchasing (or supplier or shipper) if a discrepancy is identified (wrong product damaged wrong quantity etc)

• Collaborate with lab end users to modify inventory locations as necessary

• Work with suppliers as necessary to maintain certificates of insurance for dock

• Collect Certificates of Quality from suppliers as necessary

• Responsible for shipment of outgoing supplies including returns

• Proper disposal of cardboard dry ice and other shipment packing materials

• Perform weekly inventory counts and adjust database as needed

Qualifications:

Must have:

• High School diploma or equivalent

• Thrives in a fast-paced environment; sense of urgency

• Impeccable attention to detail

• Ability to handle time sensitive and critical materials

• Excellent organizational skills communication skills (email chat & phone) and interpersonal abilities for external providers as well as internal customers

• Continuous Mobility: Ability to stand walk bend stoop and squat for extended periods. You will be on your feet for the majority of your shift.

• Heavy Lifting: Ability to frequently lift carry and move objects weighing up to 50 pounds and occasionally heavier items with team assistance.

• Agility: Must possess the physical stamina and endurance to perform fast-paced physically demanding tasks throughout the day.

Highly Desirable:

• Proven experience as a receiving and inventory clerk & or similar position

• Working knowledge of computer software & barcoding for entering and maintaining data

• Experience with lot-tracked and perishable inventory 

• Experience working with an ERP WMS or other major inventory software system

Shift: M-F ( ~10:30am-7pm cst)

CHI: $20.25/HR

The expected salary range above is applicable if the role is performed from Illinois and may vary for other locations (California Colorado New York). Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits which may include incentive compensation restricted stock units medical and other benefits depending on the position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. 

What We Do

We bring together one of the world’s largest libraries of multimodal clinical and molecular data with a robust suite of AI tools to help physicians personalize care in real time connect patients with therapies and clinical trials and enable partners to accelerate discovery and development of new treatments. With ~8 million de-identified research records and 350+ petabytes of data Tempus partners with more than half of U.S. oncologists and the majority of the top 20 global pharma companies. Our teams are pioneering work across oncology neurology psychiatry cardiology and beyond—transforming how care is delivered and therapies are developed. At Tempus every role contributes to our mission: to help each patient benefit from the experiences of those who came before. For more information visit tempus.com.

Why Work With Us

We’re looking for people who can change the world. People who question the status quo and refuse to shy away from tough problems. For builders who are never done building and the learners who are never done learning. Passionate individuals with undying curiosity who want to take on one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced—head on.

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