Department: PCH-EV JV | Distribution & Central Supply
Location: Phoenix
Shift: Mon-Fri, Days, 7am-3:30pm
Category: Material Mgmt/Purchasing
Posting #: 1061769
Employee Type: Full-Time
Position Summary
The Operations Supervisor oversees supply chain operations across multiple hospital campuses, including a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, two acute care facilities, and approximately 60 ambulatory clinics. This role ensures safe, compliant, and efficient receipt, storage, picking, staging, distribution, and reverse logistics of medical/surgical supplies, PPE, pharmaceuticals, durable and mobile equipment, and general materials. The Supervisor leads a large, multi-shift workforce and is accountable for receiving operations, asset lifecycle management, mobile equipment deployment and tracking, inventory accuracy, and achievement of defined service-level and performance targets within a highly regulated healthcare environment.
Position Duties
- Supervision & Operations Leadership
- Lead and develop a multi-facility, multi-shift team of approximately 40 direct reports, including hiring, onboarding, scheduling, performance management, and succession planning.
- Manage daily operations for receiving, put-away, picking, packing, staging, delivery, asset management, and mobile equipment management across hospital campuses and ambulatory sites.
- Oversee inbound shipments exceeding 800 packages per day and manage warehouse layout, slotting, racking, material handling equipment, and preventive maintenance.
- Establish standardized work, SOPs, visual management (5S), and safety practices.
- Own inventory accuracy across multiple sites, including cycle counts, reconciliation, lot/expiry/UDI tracking, and recall management
- Administer MMIS/ERP transactions to ensure data integrity for item masters, PAR levels, and demand signals across multiple warehouses and over 3,500 SKUs.
- Optimize replenishment strategies (PAR, min/max, EOQ, lead-time) to balance service levels and inventory carrying costs.
- Regulatory & Compliance Oversight
- Ensure compliance with Joint Commission, OSHA, FDA/DEA (as applicable), DOT, HIPAA, and internal hospital policies.
- Maintain documentation and controls for cold chain items, sterile supplies, hazardous materials, medical gas (if applicable), and recalls.
- Partner with Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Biomedical Engineering, Value Analysis, MMIS/Contracts, and clinical leaders on item availability, trials, conversions, and issue resolution.
- Customer Service & Distribution Performance
- Meet or exceed defined service-level agreements (SLAs) for order fulfillment, STAT deliveries, OR case locker accuracy, and ambulatory site delivery timeliness.
- Coordinate transportation routes, fleet readiness, and driver compliance across hospital and clinic locations.
- Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.
Phoenix Children's Mission, Vision, & Values
Mission
To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families
Vision
Phoenix Children's will be the leading pediatric health system in the Southwest, nationally recognized for exceptional care, innovative research and advanced medical education.
We realize this vision by:
- Offering the most comprehensive care across ages, communities and specialties
- Investing in innovative research, including emerging treatments, tools and technologies
- Advancing education and training to shape the next generation of clinical leaders
- Advocating for the health and well-being of children and families
Values
- We place children and families at the center of all we do
- We deliver exceptional care, every day and in every way
- We collaborate with colleagues, partners and communities to amplify our impact
- We set the standards of pediatric healthcare today, and innovate for the future
- We are accountable for making the highest quality care accessible and affordable
Position Qualifications
Please review the following qualifications and specify whether you meet each of the requirements listed.
Education
Do you meet this requirement or have the ability to obtain it within the timeframe listed in the requirement? 1. Bachelor’s degree in related field, or 5+ years of warehouse/distribution supervisory experience. Required Yes No
Experience
Do you meet this requirement or have the ability to obtain it within the timeframe listed in the requirement? 1. 5 years prior supply chain supervisory experience. Required Yes No 2. Healthcare supply chain experience. Preferred Yes No
Special Skills
Do you meet this requirement or have the ability to obtain it within the timeframe listed in the requirement? 1. Microsoft Word and Excel. Required Yes No 2. ERP experience (Workday, Lawson, SAP, or similar). Required Yes No
Additional Requirements
Do you meet this requirement or have the ability to obtain it within the timeframe listed in the requirement? 1. Current and valid Arizona Driver’s License. Required Yes No 2. Electric pallet jack certification (or obtain within 90 days). Preferred Yes No
Physical Requirements & Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential
- 1. Physical Requirement - Climbing -Occasionally
- 2. Physical Requirement - Feeling (sensing textures and temperatures) -Occasionally
- 3. Physical Requirement - Fine Motor Skills (pinching, gripping, etc) - Constantly
- 4. Physical Requirement - Hearing - Constantly
- 5. Physical Requirement - Pushing/pulling - Frequently
- 6. Physical Requirement - Reaching - Frequently
- 7. Physical Requirement - Sitting - Frequently
- 8. Physical Requirement - Standing - Frequently
- 9. Physical Requirement - Stooping/crouching/kneeling/crawling - Occasionally
- 10. Physical Requirement - Talking - Constantly
- 11. Physical Requirement - Tasting/smelling - Occasionally
- 12. Physical Requirement - Walking - Constantly
- 13. Physical Requirement - Near Vision - Constantly
- 14. Physical Requirement - Far Vision - Constantly
- 15. Physical Requirement - Color Discrimination - Frequently
- 16. Physical Requirement - Use of keyboard, mouse and/or computer equipment - Constantly
- 17. Physical Requirement - Lift up to 35 pounds without assistance - Frequently
- 18. Physical Requirement - Lift more than 35 pounds without assistance - Constantly
- 19. Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential - Inside office environment - Applicable
- 20. Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential - Outdoor weather conditions - Applicable
- 21. Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential - Extreme temperatures - Applicable
- 22. Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential - High places - Applicable
- 23. Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential - Extreme noise levels - Applicable
I have reviewed the qualifications, physical requirements and occupational exposure/risk potential for this position and wish to apply I Agree