Hospital Supply Chain Lead

WVU Medicine; United States; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

UHC United Hospital Center seeks a Supply Chain Supervisor to lead a team ensuring clinical and ancillary department inventory needs are met. You will implement inventory initiatives, monitor storeroom operations, and ensure accurate reorder points across the organization.

Responsibilities include cost trend analysis, staff guidance, and compliance with storage regulations. This role involves collaboration with leadership and daily interaction with procure-to-pay to ensure timely orders.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of inventory control methods, purchasing, contracting, receiving of medical supplies, services and hospital operations.
• Proven skills in project management, software implementation, training and people management.
• Demonstrates ability to recognize and solve basic hardware and software problems.
• Possesses excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversees annual and periodic inventories.
• Adheres to staffing guidelines and uses overtime in an appropriate manner and helps departmental expense budget.
• Prioritizes workload to manage multiple priorities.
• Works with limited supervision; provides guidance and coaching to less experienced team members.
• Analyze and trend clinical supply cost, spend and utilization data, with a particular focus on high cost clinical products.
• Provides assistance in problem identification and resolution of daily operation problems within required time frames.
• Work closely with leadership and staff to maintain storeroom, reorder points and ensure accurate inventory levels.
• Supervise compliance of storage regulations and guidelines as defined by policy, regulatory directives and accrediting agencies recommendations.
• Interact on a daily basis with procure to pay department to ensure that accurate and timely orders are submitted and reconciled.
• Will rotate and take call as needed.
• Utilizes ABC analysis and usage history to eliminate dead or over stock per materials management standards
• Maintains inventory turns as defined by departmental goals.
• Works with departments to establish and maintain PAR levels, both stock and non-stock.
• Coordinates projects and assignments with supervisors on other shifts to ensure a cohesive department.
• Conducts training for entire staff regarding proper inventory order and inventory tracking processes.

Skills

Inventory control methods

Project management

Troubleshooting

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or related field

Two years supply chain experience

High school diploma

Four years supply chain experience

Tools

None

Job description

UHC United Hospital Center seeks a Supply Chain Supervisor to lead a team ensuring clinical and ancillary department inventory needs are met. You will implement inventory initiatives, monitor storeroom operations, and ensure accurate reorder points across the organization.

Responsibilities include cost trend analysis, staff guidance, and compliance with storage regulations. This role involves collaboration with leadership and daily interaction with procure-to-pay to ensure timely orders.