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Community Hospital

Vice President Supply Chain Operations and GPO Implementation

Supply Chain ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timePlano, TX, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, or a related field is required.
  • At least 10 years of supply chain experience, including at least 5 years of supervisory experience, is required.
  • Experience standardizing complex and disparate processes and applying process-improvement methodology, change management, and operational improvement in complex, interconnected systems is required.
  • Ability to influence stakeholders to effect organizational change through planning and monitoring is required.
  • Strong analytical and organizational skills are required to develop staff, develop and monitor budgets, conduct short- and long-range planning, manage projects, and solve complex technical and human-resource problems.
  • Ability to make sound and accurate judgments in a timely manner is required.
  • Ability to build relationships, negotiate, influence, and create mutually beneficial outcomes with stakeholders, including facility-level executives and corporate staff, is required.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities, work under pressure, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced business environment is required.
  • Strong interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills are required to negotiate, present, and resolve complex issues with internal and external customers.
  • Knowledge of healthcare supply-chain best practices is required, including purchasing, inventory-management systems, procurement, supplies distribution and operations, contracting, capital equipment, and automated systems.
  • Proficient personal-computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, are required.

Responsibilities

  • Own and direct all aspects of the implementation process for onboarding new members to the HealthTrust group purchasing organization.
  • Drive efforts to improve analytics processes for cost savings, dashboard reports, and ad hoc reporting focused on membership, reliability, dependability, and compliance with the HealthTrust group purchasing organization.
  • Oversee the new-membership implementation process and analytics team, and develop, implement, and monitor supply-chain goals and objectives that integrate technical and human resources in support of the organization’s mission.
  • Work directly with member CEOs, COOs, and CFOs to ensure service expectations are exceeded at each hospital, align with corporate supply-chain initiatives, and lead teams of directors, managers, and business analysts to support timely and effective performance.
  • Develop and drive a new-membership implementation strategy and approach that contributes to maintaining and growing membership.
  • Perform team leadership administration, including reviewing expense reports, training, employee performance reviews, budgeting, and business reviews.
  • Identify and modify core business processes that need to change to improve the membership experience.
  • Develop and deliver presentations to executives and others on strategies, programs, practices, and issues.
  • Ensure compliance with policies and programs related to membership implementations.
  • Facilitate and coach teams through active and ongoing membership implementations, collaborating with corporate teams to optimize cross-business-unit approaches and strategies.
  • Understand customer needs and challenges, align group-purchasing-organization and customized solutions to member requirements, and communicate them to account-management team members.
  • Identify and escalate critical issues and resolve them promptly with effective solutions.
  • Build understanding of the healthcare market through self-directed learning, participation in healthcare organizations, and commercial training.
  • Select, manage, coach, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of experienced professionals to build accountability, collaboration, and results.
  • Work with the SupplyTrust account-management team to develop and improve support tools, including dashboards, that strengthen CHC’s competitive position and value proposition to targeted members.
  • Review and analyze operational areas of responsibility to ensure staff provide efficient, quality services and meet productivity targets.
  • Deploy project-management processes and methodologies, and create specifications to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, to high quality standards, and in line with customer expectations.
  • Manage vendors providing products and services to the SupplyTrust analytics team.
  • Provide feedback on process improvement, lessons learned, program enhancements, and strategic alignment with business or other programs.
  • Travel up to 20% for new-membership implementation, conferences, and training.
  • Develop staff expertise in project management, data analytics, materials-management purchasing systems, and vendor management.
  • Maintain awareness of competitor offerings, trends, developments, and legislation affecting areas of responsibility, and communicate that understanding to staff.
  • Work regularly with hospital administration to identify and resolve problems and coordinate and improve services.

Desired Qualifications

  • Healthcare-setting experience is preferred, though experience in consumer supply chain or supply-chain or procurement-management consulting is also acceptable.
  • Certification and/or demonstrated experience in lean processes and/or project management is desirable.

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