Lead Central Stores

L.E. Cox Medical Centers; United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, Dental

Retirement with Employer Match

Job summary

CoxHealth South in Springfield, MO, seeks a Lead of Central Stores to oversee perpetual inventory and par management. You will guide staff, manage recalls, and drive process improvements to ensure accurate patient care supplies and regulatory compliance.

The role supports annual inventories, asset tracking, and collaboration with the supervisor to ensure readiness of supplies for patient care across departments.

Qualifications

• Required: High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Experience in Inventory or Supply Chain is required.
• Preferred: 2 years of related experience in Central Stores or similar.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day perpetual inventory functions and par management.
• Lead department team for substitutions, recalls, and back orders.
• Support change to meet patient care supply needs and accuracy.
• Assist in recalls and regulatory compliance within Central Stores.
• Lead year-end inventory processes and asset tracking tasks.

Skills

Asset tracking systems

Lawson materials procurement

Par inventory management

Year-end inventories

Inventory recalls

Regulatory compliance

Disaster preparedness planning

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Lawson

Omni Center (OCRA)

Job description

Facility

CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807
Department: 1086 Central Services South
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Hours: 6:30AM-3:00PM
Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Description

The Leads of Central Stores provides day to day oversight for all perpetual inventory functions and par management. The position leads department team in facilitating change to any supply needs, changes, substitutes, recalls, and back orders to achieve excellence in staff competence for accuracy and quality of patient care supplies including setups, kits and carts. The Lead supports the department mission, is involved in goal setting, and process improvement that promotes performance standards.

Education

• Required: High School Diploma or Equivalent

Experience

• Required: Inventory or Supply Chain experience
• Preferred: 2 years of related experience

Skills

• Leads staff utilizing asset tracking systems rental company websites for equipment including reports
• Leads staff utilizing our Materials Procurement system(Lawson) for Central Stores perpetual inventories including reports, handheld devices, and par inventory doing all maintenance and updates to each par location and each par item to assure availability of patient care supplies.
• Leads staff during yearend inventory processes for Central Stores inventories.
• Assist Supervisor to perform recalls of products within the scope of Central Stores customers.
• Utilizes Omni Center(OCRA)
• Assists Manager/Supervisor Emergency and disaster preparedness, planning, and response as it pertains to Central Stores
• Understanding and management with compliance of regulatory processes as it pertains to Central Stores

Licensure/Certification/Registration

N/A

Benefits

Benefits Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)

Company Highlights

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence: Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times. Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads. Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

Mission, Vision & Values

OUR MISSION: To improve the health of the communities we serve.
OUR VISION: To be the best for those who need us.
OUR VALUES: Safety, compassion, respect, and integrity.

We offer a wide range of treatments and services to help with whatever health needs you might have. Whether you're about to become a parent, have an illness or need medical information, we’re here for you. And if your goal is to live a healthy, balanced life with the best tools available, we can help with that, too. We know that your health and the health of your loved ones are some of the most personal, important parts of your life. That's why we keep our Mission, Vision and Values at the center of everything we do, every day. Thank you for choosing CoxHealth.