Core Purpose
- Own and optimise the consignment inventory model, ensuring stock accuracy, availability, and financial control across all locations
- Deliver data-driven insights to improve stock utilisation, reduce expiry risk, and drive commercial performance
- Implement and maintain robust governance, controls, and reporting structures across all consignment activities
Key Responsibilities
Consignment Inventory Control & Governance
- Lead the rollout, implementation, and ongoing management of consignment stock agreements, ensuring adherence to contractual terms and annual review cycles
- Implement and maintain strict controls over stock additions, reductions, and movements across all consignment locations
- Ensure ERP accuracy by aligning consignment stock levels with agreed hospital inventory levels
- Oversee monthly stock counts, variance analysis, and reporting to stakeholders within defined timelines
- Lead year-end stock validation processes and support audit requirements
Inventory Analysis & Optimisation
- Conduct continuous analysis of ordering patterns vs. consignment levels to optimise stock allocation and minimise excess or shortage risk
- Identify and proactively manage stock at risk of expiry, including redistribution strategies across locations
- Track and reduce write-offs, obsolescence, and slow-moving inventory, reporting trends and corrective actions monthly
- Analyse consignment utilisation and demand patterns, providing actionable insights to Sales, Procurement, and Finance
- Develop and maintain KPI dashboards (e.g. stock turns, utilisation %, expiry risk, write-off value, consignment accuracy)
Case Stock & Asset Management
- Coordinate all case stock movements, including preparation of temporary case consignments for procedures
- Ensure full reconciliation of used, missing, or unreturned stock, driving timely follow-up and recovery actions
- Manage vendor returns and exchanges to improve stock quality and lifespan
- Support improved asset tracking and control initiatives, including system and process enhancements
Process Improvement & Systems Enablement
- Drive continuous improvement in consignment processes, controls, and reporting frameworks
- Support and lead adoption of ERP (e.g. Business Central/Navision) and digital tools to enhance stock visibility and control
- Partner with stakeholders to improve data quality, automation, and reporting accuracy
- Contribute to the implementation and optimisation of web ordering portals and digital workflows
Stakeholder & Customer Interface
Act as a key operational liaison between hospitals, sales teams, logistics, and internal functions
- Support customer interactions relating to:
- Stock discrepancies and queries
- Order processing and fulfilment updates
- Consignment-related issue resolution
- Ensure timely and professional communication, maintaining service quality without detracting from core inventory responsibilities
- Support Clinical Sales Specialists and account teams with data and insights on customer stock usage
Order & Operational Support
- Process and manage sales and stock transfer orders as required to support inventory accuracy and fulfilment
- Monitor order completeness and ensure alignment with consignment usage and replenishment cycles
Key Skills & Experience
- Strong experience in consignment inventory, stock control, or supply chain operations, ideally in Medtech or healthcare
- Proven ability in data analysis, reporting, and inventory optimisation
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with demonstrated analytical capability
- Experience working with ERP systems (e.g. Microsoft Business Central)
- Strong attention to detail with a focus on accuracy, control, and compliance
- Experience in a consignment-based business model within healthcare
- Understanding of financial/commercial implications of inventory management
- Fluent Swedish with a strong command of English and Finnish
