Supply Chain Coordinator

Overview The University of Iowa Health Care Supply Chain Department is seeking a Supply Chain Coordinator. This position oversees the hospital procurement process, identifies supply management opportunities, facilitates savings implementation, and maintains relationships with vendors and end users to ensure best product identification, selection, and cost containment. Responsibilities Procure and deliver goods and services: Coordinate the day‑to‑day operation of a retail or non‑retail operation and/or assist college/divisions, departments and units in evaluation, negotiation and procurement of goods and services. Evaluate, facilitate review and process requisitions for all Med/Surg Healthcare commodities. Provide technical and product expertise. Develop strong customer‑based relationships by spending time in clinical areas to observe product use and facilitate best value at the best price for clinicians. Perform product research and utilization analysis; prepare product or equipment specifications; make recommendations and procure products or services; assist with implementation of policies; monitor contracts; support product negotiations, contract pricing and terms and conditions within established guidelines. Participate in teams to implement new processes. Analyze hospital department spending and suggest potential contract opportunities. Review purchases by commodity looking for campus‑wide contract opportunities. Use all available product/company data sources to provide value suggestions to end users and effectively guide negotiations. Adhere to conflict‑of‑interest policies. Oversee inventory controls; determine reorder amounts; manage merchandise assortment and new production information; analyze sales trends and make recommendations to optimize sales. Manage new product information; analyze trends and make recommendations. Communicate professionally, clearly and influencefully, verbally and in writing with customers. Interact with vendors/suppliers to determine product selection and negotiate purchase terms; resolve customer concerns; analyze vendor performance; facilitate competitive contract negotiation and resolve disputes; enable vendor/end‑user interactions and follow up. Maintain excellent customer service with departmental customers and vendors. Assess and enhance production software support for inventory management; utilize Excel to analyze and report data. Use PeopleSoft to run queries, create individual queries as requested, and review spending by commodity. Collect data using system queries to identify like items for new contracts or pricing agreements. Utilize multi‑department data to suggest standardization opportunities. Determine inventory investments; administer the budget; recommend operational policies and procedures; assist in budget development and provide projects and recommendations. Analyze data at the department or organizational level to identify supply utilization/management opportunities and facilitate savings implementation. Provide functional or administrative supervision of staff; give direction, assignments, feedback, coaching and counseling to ensure outcomes are achieved. Consult and partner with hospital customers to discuss, evaluate and plan for current and future supply needs. Provide training to hospital supply end users on the procurement process. Education Requirements A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience Requirements 1‑3 years of related supply‑chain experience. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Excellent interpersonal skills creating working relationships with team members, vendors and end‑users. Proficient in MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.). Desired Qualifications Knowledge of university policies, procedures and regulations. Knowledge of supply‑chain management and operational improvement in a hospital setting. Experience evaluating and recommending products for contract information, pricing, usage, substitutes, etc. Experience utilizing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software such as PeopleSoft, EPIC, SPM or Tableau. Compensation Pay Level: 3B Starting Salary Minimum: $47,858 Starting Salary Maximum: Comm­ensurate Classification & Appointment Classification Title: Supply Chain Coordinator Appointment Type: Professional and Scientific Schedule: Full‑time Contact Information Organization: Healthcare Contact Name: Jonathan Wiley Contact Email: View email address on click.appcast.io #J-18808-Ljbffr