Manager - Supply Chain Operations

SSM Health; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis, MO seeks a senior supply chain leader to direct operational strategies across purchasing, warehousing and distribution, ensuring patient safety, quality outcomes, and cost control.

You will drive dashboards, audits, and cross-functional collaboration across departments to deliver premier service. The role requires five years of leadership in healthcare supply chain, knowledge of ERP systems, and strong communication across all levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience
• Five years' leadership experience in supply chain
• Experience with hospital supply chain operations and ERP systems

Responsibilities

• Lead supply chain operations to support patient safety, quality and cost control
• Ensure dashboards and audits drive operational compliance
• Collaborate with multiple departments on strategic plans and cost improvements
• Oversee procurement, warehousing, distribution and inventory processes
• Mentor staff and drive continuous improvement initiatives

Skills

Soft leadership

Cross-functional communication

Organizational abilities

Hospital supply chain knowledge

ERP systems learning

P&L financial acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Job description

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

MO-SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

Worker Type: Regular

Job Highlights:

Join a team where your work matters - every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.

In this role, you will provide hands-on support in a fast-paced environment where every shift makes a direct impact on patients and families. Your attention to detail, compassion, and ability to work closely with various teams will help create a safer, smoother care experience. If you want to grow in a collaborative care setting, this role is perfect for you.

• Department: Supply Chain


• Schedule: Full time, Day shift, M-F, no nights, weekends or holidays.


• Fixed Schedule


• Location: Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

Skills:

• Soft leadership skills, including communication across all levels of the organization


• Strong organizational abilities


• Knowledge of hospital supply chain


• Ability to learn ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems


• Financial acumen to understand P&L statements and make inferences


• SAP Experience, Preferred


• Experience leading initiatives involving multiple departments, Highly Preferred.

Job Summary:

Provides direction and leadership to ensure that supply chain operational strategies address patient safety, quality, clinical outcomes and cost control for the responsible departments. Ensures operational compliance via dashboards and facility audits. Applies specialized knowledge to solving complex supply chain operations management and business problems within established policies and practices.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promotes team building and collaboration. Hires, trains, mentors and supervises staff. Motivates and encourages staff to achieve personal, organizational and team goals. Conducts annual reviews and recognizes accomplishment. Encourages and provides opportunity for staff development, input and feedback regarding improvement opportunities.


• Manages various programs and services, interacting with various departments across the organization. Monitors performance outcomes and provides reporting on outcomes where applicable.


• Serves as liaison with vendors for coordinating bulk and special purchases and supporting product/vendor conversions and other initiatives. Oversees the generation of tracing reports for vendors. Oversees value initiatives such as rebate management, food service project management to include cuttings, standardization efforts, micro market development, billing reconciliation, and credit collections. Oversees various initiatives related to warehouse and central distribution.


• Participates in developing strategic plans and operationalizes strategic plans for the assigned supply chain operations areas. Ensures supply chain departments provide premier customer service to all internal and external customers.


• Develops, administers and monitors regional supply chain operations strategies and goals, supporting and ensuring that multi-regional strategies and goals complement organizational objectives and fulfill community needs for quality health care.


• Ensures development, implementation and standardization of leading practice supply chain operation processes in logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and inventory management across assigned area. Oversees development of systems and processes to continually improve operational performance.


• Creates and maintains an environment to encourage improvement of the quality and scope of supply chain operations service to all internal and external customers across the organization.


• Directs and monitors supply chain automation best practices and innovations. Collaborates to ensure all aspects of supply chain operations are well developed and maintained throughout the supply chain operation to ensure superior customer experience.


• Optimizes supply utilization by utilizing internal and external benchmarks, clinical research, and other pertinent data to identify opportunities and implement process improvements. Develops financial improvement plans to drive efficiencies and cost savings.


• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience or education

EXPERIENCE

• Five years' experience with demonstrated leadership responsibility

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.


• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.


• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.


• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.


• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.


• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.


• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.


• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

• None

• Department: 3100000010 Central Distribution


• Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America)


• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.