Veterinary Inventory Coordinator, ECVMC

Eastern Carolina Veterinary Medical Center in Wilmington, NC is hiring an experienced Inventory Coordinator to join our growing specialty and emergency hospital team!

Compensation: $20.00–$23.00/hour, based on experience
Schedule: Full-time, Monday–Friday (with occasional weekends for quarterly inventory counts)

Benefits: 

• Paid Time Off benefits available upon hire 
• Veterinary Social Worker on Staff at Hospital Location
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Health Insurance Plans
• Discounted Employee Pet Insurance, Pet Services, and Supplies
• 401k Planning, with Employer Matching Structure
• Referral Program
• Uniform Allowance
• Employee Assistance Program
• And more!

Are you highly organized, detail-driven, and thrive behind the scenes keeping complex operations running smoothly? Eastern Carolina Veterinary Medical Center is seeking a dependable and proactive Inventory Coordinator to support our clinical teams by ensuring supplies, equipment, and medications are managed safely, efficiently, and compliantly.

🐾 About the Role:

As the Inventory Coordinator, you’ll work closely with hospital leadership and the Inventory Manager to oversee inventory control systems across the hospital. This role is critical to ensuring our specialty and emergency teams always have the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care.

✨ Responsibilities:

• Partner with the Inventory Manager to establish and maintain effective inventory control systems

• Monitor inventory levels, usage rates, and replenishment needs to ensure adequate stock

• Receive, verify, and inspect shipments for accuracy and damage

• Distribute inventory to appropriate departments and rotate stock accordingly

• Monitor expired and soon-to-expire products and coordinate returns as needed

• Track inventory costs and support proper pricing and markups

• Stay informed on supply chain disruptions and communicate potential issues to the DVM team

• Ensure compliance with state pharmacy and federal regulations, including coordination on controlled substances

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date MSDS documentation for all drugs and chemicals

• Coordinate equipment maintenance and quality control for hospital equipment (IV pumps, oxygen cages, Dopplers, warming devices, instruments, and more)

• Conduct physical inventory counts as required

• Maintain clean, safe, and organized storage and stock areas

• Travel between hospital locations or local vendors as needed to obtain supplies

✅ Requirements:

• Strong multitasking, organization, and time management skills

• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced, high-volume environment

• Professional and effective communication skills with team members, vendors, and leadership

• Ability to lift and move up to 50 lbs

• Comfort working around sick animals, hazardous materials, cleaning chemicals, anesthetic gases, and unpleasant odors

• Flexibility to support occasional weekends, holidays, or urgent inventory needs

• Fluent English skills (speaking & reading) are required for the role; fluency in multiple languages a plus

💙 Why Join ECVMC?

• Be part of a supportive, collaborative, and growth-minded hospital culture

• Play a vital role in supporting specialty and emergency medicine teams

• Work in a state-of-the-art, 24/7 referral and trauma center serving the North Carolina coastal region

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits

Eastern Carolina Veterinary Medical Center is rapidly progressing toward becoming the premier animal referral and trauma center for coastal North Carolina. We offer 24/7 emergency services alongside specialty care including Surgery, Orthopedics, Neurology, Oncology, and Rehabilitation. With advanced diagnostics, in-house labs, and a team committed to excellence, we’ve built an environment where every team member is valued and supported.

This role is essential to our mission. If you’re ready to make an impact behind the scenes, we’d love to meet you!

https://www.easterncarolinavet.com/

Wilmington, NC

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Ethos Veterinary Health offers a comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, vision, a 401k with employer match, and paid time off (including sick time) for all eligible employees.  The team can provide more information about compensation and benefits for your specific location during the process.  For positions based in Colorado, Ethos Veterinary Health provides eligible employees with paid sick and safe leave and public health emergency leave in accordance with the requirements of Colorado's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.

Ethos Veterinary Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.