Director of Supply Chain

This position is incentive eligible.

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a Director of Supply Chain today with Rio Grande Regional Hospital.

Job Summary and Qualifications

As the Director of Supply Chain Operations, you are responsible for the daily operations of all supply chain functions conducted in the hospital facility. You serve as the liaison between the Consolidated Service Center and the facility. Your functions include inventory management, vendor relationship management, and managing supply expense. You are directly responsible for supply chain operations in the OR where applicable. You will integrate the departments services with the hospitals primary functions, develop/implement policies and procedures that guide or support services, assess and improve department performance, and ensure orientation and continuing education of departmental staff.

What you will do in this role:

• Lead and manage all facility Supply Chain operations activities.
• Manage the profit and loss of the facility Supply Chain operations.
• Execute the infrastructure project plan for the facility. This includes the implementation of the standardization programs for all supply chain functions, SMART cleanup, master file standardization, online requisitioning, and EDI.
• Facilitate the implementation of market-based purchasing projects at the facility.
• Execute the implementation and operational plan for all of the point of use systems.
• Coordinate, manage, and evaluate facility Supply Chain personnel.
• Coordinate and drive efforts to enable supply improvement initiatives (SII) to succeed within the facility.
• Facilitate the standardization of products and optimize supply utilization through effective collaboration with physicians and clinicians.
• Manage the facility implementation plan, identify and mitigate risks and monitor resource allocations to ensure successful execution of plan.
• Execute the Supply Chain Performance Measurement plan at the facility and report these results to leadership in an accurate and timely manner.
• Lead and manage facility Supply Chain OR operations activities
• Build and maintain strategic working relationship with the OR leadership to assist and consult in all supply concerns
• Collaborates with OR leadership to optimize supply storage, replenishment, and restocking processes
• Assist OR and Supply Chain teams with Medical Information System data cleanup and implementation of HCA best practice for supply item setup and management
• Build environment of continuous improvement in supply chain OR processes
• Collaborate with Supply Chain DDOR, Clinical Resource Director, OR Director and other key stakeholders on Supply Chain OR/Surgical Service initiatives
• Lead and manage Supply Chain Surgical Services staff (when applicable)

What qualifications you will need:

• Bachelors degree is required, preferably in Business Management, Finance, Accounting, Logistics, Supply Chain, or healthcare related focus.
• Masters degree is preferred
• Five years leadership experience and/or AD program graduate preferred.

This position has established projects for surgical and specialty services, an ASC and 4 FSED's.

Benefits

Rio Grande Regional Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HealthTrust Supply Chain is a critical part of HCA Healthcares strategy. Our focus is to improve performance and reduce costs. We do this by joining non-clinical and administrative functions. HealthTrust Supply Chain best practice methodologies. We develop, apply and monitor cost-efficient initiatives and programs for HCA Healthcare. By improving facility efficiency, medical professionals can focus on our mission - patient care.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the Worlds Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Director of Supply Chain opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.