Vice President of Supply Chain Management

VP Supply Chain Management

Onsite: Brentwood, TN

Your experience matters 

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you’ll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier ^®.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Enterprise Value and Optimization, the VP of Supply Chain Management is accountable for managing a multi-disciplinary Supply Chain Management team with a focus on strategic sourcing and continuous improvement in conjunction with core supply chain management expertise to ensure the quality, compliance, and rigor expected of a national healthcare delivery network. 

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 70 community hospital campuses, 81 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

How you’ll contribute 

A VP of Supply Chain Management who excels in this role:

• Oversee the operations of a multidisciplinary team focused on supporting strategic sourcing, vendor management and procurement.

• Provide visionary leadership and management of the organization’s Supply Chain Management function to ensure overall performance and achievement of LifePoint’s vision, strategy, and plan, ensuring support services are delivered with quality and relevance to the business.

• Develop a high-performing supply chain team with clear accountability, customer focus, continuous improvement discipline, and commitment to supporting communities.

• Drive financial stewardship and value creation: delivering measurable savings, working capital optimization, and contract value realization while preserving quality, compliance, and service expectations.

• Increase operational effectiveness and efficiency through a focus on data, analytics, and digital transformation including advancing ERP utilization, item master integrity, spend analytics, and predictive analytics.

• Set long-term strategic direction for the automation and digitization of the Company’s supply chain.

• Collaborate with clinicians, financial and operational leaders to standardize products, reduce variation, while balancing cost, quality, safety, and patient experience.

• Build strong relationships with executive leaders, market operators, clinicians, vendors, and support functions to gain alignment for enterprise change initiatives.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

• Position serves both internal co-workers and vendors.
• Access to and/or works with sensitive and/or confidential information.
• Exhibit a comprehensive understanding of healthcare regulatory and compliance (e.g., HIPAA).  Skilled in the application of policies and procedures.
• Strong knowledge of supply chain management functions, including strategic sourcing and procurement, inventory management, contract management, reporting, and analytics.
• Ability to drive operations and performance through clear accountabilities and transparent governance.
• Ability to set and execute large, transformation-focused programs against defined strategic objectives.
• Understanding of the various intersection points between business processes and technology.

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers: 

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.

• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.

• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.

• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).

• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we’re looking for 

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain management, or related field
• Master’s degree in business, supply chain management, or related field is preferred

EXPERIENCE:

• Ten (10) years of progressive experience in a supply chain management leadership role
• Experience utilizing process improvement methodologies (including Lean and/or Six Sigma), automation implementation, and transforming customer experience.
• Experience operating and optimizing in an Oracle Cloud Fusion ERP environment.

EEOC Statement

Lifepoint Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

You must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.