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SCA Health

Outpatient surgical center delivering safe care

Supply Chain Operations Manager

Full-TimeDeadline 8/25/27
$90k - $120k/yr
Senior
Bachelor's
Birmingham, AL, USA
In Person
Operations & LogisticsProcurement & Sourcing

About the job

Requirements
  • A four-year Bachelor's degree in purchasing, operations, business, or equivalent.
  • A minimum of 5–7 years of purchasing, supplier management, or contract management experience.
  • Extensive knowledge of creating and maintaining item masters, catalog databases, and analytics.
  • Strong organizational skills and the ability to relate data to business metrics.
  • The ability to identify barriers and business trends and escalate them to operations.
  • Experience in data warehousing, purchasing, contracts, accounting, budgeting, or healthcare.
  • Experience in the ambulatory surgery center or healthcare industry.
  • Expertise in Microsoft applications and working knowledge of industry-standard contract management, materials management, and reporting software.
Responsibilities
  • Facilitate and drive cost-reduction opportunities for SCA centers and hospitals using standardization, value analysis, utilization, and pricing strategies.
  • Educate facilities on supply-chain best practices, the proprietary ordering system, and the purchase-to-pay process, including accruals, to maximize opportunities and streamline operations.
  • Deliver savings while maintaining and improving the quality of care provided.
  • Monitor facility performance against key metrics, including the daily supply report, buy-right percentage, cost per case, and supplies as a percentage of net patient revenue.
  • Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with facility staff, including medical staff, and participate in partnership and regional meetings to present opportunities, realized savings, and supply-chain metrics.
  • Recommend solutions based on data analysis to increase business efficiency or improve business processes.
  • Identify opportunities, lead supplier negotiations, implement local and regional purchasing agreements, and validate savings opportunities for SCA facilities.
  • Participate in the selection, evaluation, monitoring, analysis, and implementation of cost-effective products, services, and processes.
  • Apply knowledge of inventory processes and train and educate facilities on best practices for par levels and inventory forecasting.
  • Support implementation of national contracts and product conversions within SCA.
  • Support Help Desk Services by responding to issues, improving operations, identifying, analyzing, and resolving catalog, supply, and supplier-performance problems with centers, escalating issues to appropriate management, and developing supplier relationships that aid problem resolution.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by members of management.
Desired Qualifications
  • SQL experience is a plus.

About the company

Arcadia Outpatient Surgery Center, operated by SCA Health, provides outpatient surgical care for procedures that don’t require overnight hospital stays. It uses specialized services and state-of-the-art equipment to perform operations in an ambulatory setting with a family-friendly environment, emphasizing patient safety and high-quality care. Revenue comes from patient fees, insurance reimbursements, and partnerships with other healthcare providers, supported by accreditation from The Joint Commission. The center aims to deliver safe, efficient, and accessible surgical care by operating outside traditional inpatient hospital models and maintaining strong payer and provider partnerships.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$40K

Headquarters

Homewood, Alabama

Founded

2007

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What believers are saying

  • CMS added 560 ASC codes for 2026, expanding eligible outpatient procedure volume.
  • Englewood Cliffs opened June 2026 with SCA Health, adding higher-acuity orthopedic and cardiovascular cases.
  • OrthoAlliance joined SCA Health in 2024, strengthening Midwest orthopedic scale and physician relationships.

What critics are saying

  • Optum plans 572 New Jersey layoffs starting February 2026, signaling ongoing cost pressure.
  • FTC antitrust scrutiny around AMSURG shows regulators view outpatient consolidation as competition-threatening.
  • UnitedHealth-owned SCA faces reputational risk if Optum price increases keep drawing payer backlash.

What makes SCA Health unique

  • Optum-backed SCA Health spans 370 clinical locations and 250 physician practice clinics.
  • SCA Health partners with 60-plus health systems, with roughly half facilities jointly owned.
  • Its 2026 FTC-mandated purchase of six AMSURG centers expands market density and referral control.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Paid Vacation
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance

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SCA Health, the ASC division of Optum, has acquired OrthoAlliance for an estimated $1.4 billion.