Supply Chain Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

Title: Supply Chain Supervisor

Location: Tampa, FL 33617

Duration: 4 Months

Shift/Time Zone: 8 am to 5 pm Mon-Fri

Payrate: $35.00/hr. - $40.00/hr. on W2 depending on the exp.

Job Description (Summary)

Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, the Supervisor, Supply Chain leads daily operations at an assigned laboratory site or hospital network. Directly supervises a frontline team, owns site-level inventory performance, and serves as the primary supply chain contact for lab and hospital partners on site.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Supports career development for all team members from entry level through Lead Supply Replenisher.
• Onboards new team members and ensures readiness to perform to standard. Manages daily scheduling, attendance, and site coverage.
• Owns end-to-end inventory replenishment and receiving operations at the assigned site.
• Partners with laboratory and hospital operations contacts to align on supply needs and resolve exceptions.
• Enforces standard work processes across all replenishment, audit, and inventory activities.
• Reviews and approves daily requisitions and resolves inventory system exceptions.
• Leads daily operations huddles and participates in weekly management reviews.
• Owns site supply chain performance metrics, monitors results daily and drives corrective action.
• Escalates service risks and operational disruptions with urgency and clear ownership.
• Co-facilitates site-level process improvement activities and sustains outcomes.
• Maintains visual management standards and site safety and quality compliance.
• Serves as the primary supply chain contact on site for all materials and inventory matters.

Qualifications

Required Work Experience:

• Minimum 2 years in supply chain, materials management, warehouse operations, or healthcare supply.

• Demonstrated experience leading or developing a frontline team.

Preferred Work Experience:

• 3 to 5 years in supply chain operations.

• Experience with lean or visual replenishment systems.

• Prior healthcare or laboratory environment strongly preferred.

Physical and Mental Requirements:

• Routinely lifts up to 50 pounds.

• Extended standing, walking, and physical material handling throughout shift.

• Valid driver's license meeting company requirements.

• Ability to work calmly under pressure and adapt to changing conditions.

Knowledge:

• Inventory replenishment systems and supply chain operations.

• ERP inventory and requisition management.

• Supply chain analytics and performance monitoring tools.

• Lean operations principles including standard work and visual management.

• Supply chain performance metrics and operational KPIs.

Skills:

• Frontline people leadership including coaching, feedback, and accountability.

• Hands-on operational execution while managing a team.

• Clear communication across all levels of the organization.

• Structured problem identification and escalation.

• Continuous improvement orientation.

People Leader Responsibility

• Reports directly to the Supply Chain Manager.

• Directly supervises Supply Replenishers and Lead Supply Replenishers at the assigned site.

• Conducts regular performance conversations and annual reviews for all direct reports.

• Recommends salary actions and promotions in partnership with manager and HR.

• Assigns daily work, monitors attendance, and ensures site coverage.

• Develops Lead Supply Replenishers as the primary internal candidates for supervisor advancement.

Work Environment

• On-site daily presence required at assigned location.

• Laboratory and healthcare environment.

• Physical material handling required.

Travel Required

• Up to 25% domestic travel.

Required Education

• High school diploma or GED required.

• Equivalent experience: 3 or more years of supply chain operations with frontline leadership may substitute for formal education requirements.

Preferred Education

• Associate or Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, or Operations Management preferred.

Required Technical Training or Professional Licensing

• None required.

Preferred Technical Training or Professional Licensing

• Healthcare supply chain certification, Lean certification, or Six Sigma Green Belt preferred.

Languages

• English - Required

Competencies

Leadership:

• Coaches and develops team members consistently through direct feedback and structured conversations.

• Builds development plans for internal advancement candidates.

• Holds the team accountable to operational and quality standards.

• Makes sound daily operational decisions independently.

• Maintains adequate site coverage and manages team performance effectively.

Behavioral:

• Approachable and consistent, team members trust that issues will be heard and addressed.

• Proactive on supply and service risks without waiting to be directed.

• Follows through on commitments and holds others to the same standard.

• Calm and clear during disruptions; escalates with urgency when needed.

• Uses data to make decisions and share performance with the team.

• Committed to quality, safety, and doing the right thing for patients and partners.