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UAB Medicine · 10 hours ago

Assistant Vice President - Supply Chain Operations

Birmingham, AL

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

UAB Medicine is Alabama’s largest and most comprehensive health system, recognized for delivering world-class patient care and pioneering research. The Assistant Vice President - Supply Chain Operations will provide comprehensive management of all Supply Chain Materials Management and Logistics, ensuring alignment with UAB Medicine initiatives and leading business transformation initiatives.

BiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingPharmaceutical

Responsibilities

Provides Health System oversight for Materials Management daily operations and initiatives

Attracts, retains and develops leaders to ensure continuous operational capability across supply chain

Develops and implements processes that will streamline operations and create savings for the organization

Analyzes operations and expenses and provides leadership and assistance in achieving operational excellence and reduce expenses

Manages budgets and budgeting activities and presents monthly variances

Develops departmental goals, objectives, standards of performance, policies and procedures

Functions in an advisory capacity organizationally to evaluate proposed changes in procedures as they relate to the Supply Chain function

Displays commitment to teamwork through open, honest communication and unity of purpose

Displays commitment to achieving results that exceed expectations; provide solutions, ideas and/or options for problems or new methods for addressing problems; participate in process improvement activities

Promotes personal and professional development; participate in ongoing professional education through attendance in educational activities that improve job specific knowledge/competence; participate in providing ongoing continuing educational activities

Develops, allocate and administer department budgets; review departmental benchmarks or performance indicators for the fiscal year to measurement of effectiveness, efficiency, productivity and compatibility with hospital goals

Performs other duties as assigned

Qualification

Healthcare supply chain logisticsERPMMIS systemsBusiness ManagementProblem-solving skillsCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsLeadership skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Healthcare or a related field

ten (10) years of supply chain experience required

Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirement

In-depth knowledge of healthcare supply chain logistics operations and processes

Ability to effectively communicate to various groups, ranging from hospital supply chain staff and clinicians to departmental leaders, verbally and in writing

Ability to provide Supply Chain leadership, strategic directions, oversight and collaboration of parties across multiple disciplines and facilities to meet goals

Strong understanding of clinical/functional departments and hospital operations

Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects across multiple facilities

Problem-solving skills

Knowledge or ERP or MMIS systems