OR Supply Chain Coordinator

Trinity Health; Minot (ND); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Trinity Health in Minot, ND is seeking a Supply Chain Manager for Operating Room services to lead, coordinate, and optimize OR supply chains across specialties, ensuring cost efficiency, regulatory compliance, and high readiness of implants, instruments, and consumables.

You will forecast needs with clinical leadership, standardize supplies, manage item master data in the ERP, monitor backorders, and drive process improvements to reduce waste and support surgeons and staff.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating OR supply inventories and implants.
• Knowledge of regulatory and infection-control requirements.
• Strong analytical skills and cost-conscious mindset.

Responsibilities

• Oversee OR inventory; set par levels and perform counts.
• Coordinate implant and consignment inventories.
• Standardize routine and specialty products across departments.
• Liaise on reimbursement education with OR staff.
• Advise on budget variances with Perioperative leadership.
• Manage item master data templates for ERP uploads.
• Assist sterile processing with traceability.
• Respond to OR supply emergencies.
• Produce reports on cost, usage, stock, backorders.
• Collaborate with vendors for product trials and training.
• Forecast OR schedule for high implant usage.
• Ensure regulatory, infection control, storage requirements.
• Lead process improvements to reduce waste and optimize flow.

Skills

Inventory management

Par level planning

ERP systems

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management

Tools

ERP software

MS Excel

Job description

Summary

To lead, coordinate, and optimize the supply chain for all Operating Room services. Ensure cost efficiency, regulatory compliance, and high readiness of OR supply inventory, implants, and instrument sets across multiple specialties. Work proactively with clinical leadership to forecast needs, standardize supplies, and continuously improve processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee inventory across all OR suites; create & maintain par levels, reorder points, periodic physical counts; manage inventory shrinkage and waste and track backorders.


• Coordinate implant and consignment inventories: track usage and maintain traceability.


• Work with Supply Chain Purchasing to assess the value of current supplies in use with the goal of achieving the highest possible level of standardization in routine products as well as surgical specialty products (i.e.: Orthopedic/Neuro/Podiatry) in supplies.


• Liaison between materials/revenue integrity assisting in Operating Room Staff and physician education on reimbursement of supplies.


• Investigate and advise the Director of Perioperative Services on budget variances.


• Manage item master data templates for upload into ERP /inventory management system.


• Assist sterile processing in implant traceability and instrument set maintenance.


• Respond to OR supply emergencies, missing supplies during surgery.


• Produce regular reports: supply cost, usage by service line, stock on hand, back orders.


• Collaborate with vendor representatives to implement new product trials; ensure training and data collection.


• Partner with OR leadership for schedule forecasting: anticipate days with high implant usage / special supply needs.


• Comply with regulatory, infection control, safety, storage (temperature, packaging) requirements.


• Lead process improvement initiatives to reduce waste, optimize supply flows (e.g., just-in-time)