Supply Chain Manager

OrthoNebraska creates the inspired healthcare experience all people deserve by giving people a direct path to personalized care and life-enhancing outcomes. With a focus on safety and people, we set the bar high in providing high-quality care with an unmatched experience. Our team members are critical to our success and growth and are rewarded for their dedication and hard work. IF this sounds like the type of team and environment you want to be a part of apply today!

Position Summary: The Supply Chain Manager, manages the efficient daily operations of the supply chain team, including contracting, purchasing, inventory control, stocking, expiration management, product trials, shipping, receiving, mail room and item file maintenance. Communicates with stakeholders regularly, analyzes opportunities for improvement and presents to administration, management and physicians. Negotiates and coordinates with vendor partners on medical supply contracts and inventory management activities. Plans and implements medical supply inventory management at new locations, including inventory, capital, labor and budget.

Position details

Position requirements

Education: Bachelor's degree in business administration, Nursing or related field required.

Licensure: N/A

Certification: N/A

Experience: 5+ years previous supply chain management experience in healthcare setting with working knowledge of hospital information systems and PC applications.

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Strong analytical, negotiating, communication, and organization skills required. Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to effectively and professionally communicate with vendors, staff, clinical managers, and physicians is required.
• A high level of customer service to respond to physician and organizational needs is required.
• Ability to coordinate and facilitate meetings with various organizational stakeholders to drive key purchasing decisions

Essential Job Functions

1. Management of Procurement Process
2. Maximize Group Purchasing Organization discounts through review of tier levels and vendor selection for items not purchased through locally negotiated contracts
3. Negotiate pricing and review related contracts for all Capital purchases
4. Facilitate process improvement throughout the supply chain, including non- clinical supplies, furnishings, implants and hardware for use in surgery, tissue/bone products, and disposable clinical supplies

• Minimize inventory levels to reduce working capital requirements, while maximizing team efficiency

1. Information Management
2. Maximize effective utilization of Hospital Materials Management System including maintenance of Materials Item Master, electronic purchase orders, and inventory tracking
3. Develop and distribute relevant reports using data contained in both the Hospital Materials Management System and Contracted Vendor systems
4. Recommend and implement best practices to maximize information system value/effectiveness
5. Monitor and maximize contract compliance through reporting and communication with key organizational stakeholders
6. Review cost per case data derived from Cost Accounting system and communicate with key stakeholders to identify best practice/maximum value and cost reduction opportunities
7. Contract Management, Evaluation and Negotiation
8. Manage all supply contracts, monitoring key renewal dates to identify supply RFP projects throughout the year
9. Evaluate all vendor contracts and pricing proposals for supply items, collaborating with clinical management, physicians, and staff as needed
10. Coordinate and facilitate key meetings to drive consensus and agreement in vendor selection
11. Facilitate the price negotiation of low volume surgical items/"one-off" items
12. Supply Budget
13. Vendor Access and Vendor Relations
    1. Facilitate and Maintain relationships with key hospital vendors in a manner consistent with Hospital's Compliance program.
14. Manage vendor access to Hospital through the enforcement of Hospital's vendor access policy.
15. New Products Review
    1. Oversight of New Product Committee, sharing opportunities and implementation plans, providing feedback on new products to requesting physicians.
16. Recruitment, Development, and Retention

• Recruit, develop, coach, and retain key supply chain staff, including the Assistant Managers, Buyers, Inventory Analysts, Logistics Procurement Coordinators, and Supply Chain Specialists. Evaluating project performance and ensuring the project delivers the expected outcomes

1. Other Duties as Assigned

Physical requirements: This position is classified as Sedentary Work in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, requiring the exertion of up to 10 pounds of force occasionally) up to (33% of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (33%-66% of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.