What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional Director, Supply Chain Operations position at Ardent Corporate?
Overview
Ardent Health Services (AHS) is a national health care services company headquartered in Nashville, TN. Through its subsidiaries, Ardent owns and operates nearly 200 sites of care. Our subsidiaries own and operate hospitals and multispecialty physician practices in six states. Ardent includes 30 hospitals, 4,423 patient beds, 23,000 employees, and 1,700 employed physicians. Within the industry, we are noted for recognizing that every hospital is as unique as the community it serves. This in-depth understanding of how health care works at the local level is one of our great strengths.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Regional Director, Supply Chain Operations will be responsible for multiple acute care and surgical hospitals, overseeing the leading, implementing, measuring, and directing of all supply chain operations. Also provides operational direction and oversight for all operational improvements and inventory management.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for ensuring consistent operations of inventory management, transportation, and distribution.
- Lead and manage Supply Chain activities for all facilities within assigned region.
- Execute the infrastructure project plan for each facility. This includes the implementation of the standardization programs for all supply chain functions.
- Facilitate the implementation of market-based purchasing projects at each facility.
- Coordinate, manage, and evaluate facility Supply Chain directors, managers, and supervisors.
- Coordinate and drive efforts to enable supply improvement initiatives to succeed within the region.
- Ability to pull, analyze, and interpret data, identify issues / opportunities and implement solutions regarding supply spend, utilization, and metrics for regional, local, and supply chain leaders.
- Facilitate the standardization of products and optimize supply utilization through effective collaboration with the Clinical Resource Director, physicians, and clinicians within the region.
- Manage the market implementation plan, identify and mitigate risks (leverage lessons learned, utilize proactive communication techniques), and monitor resource allocations to ensure successful execution of plan.
- Execute the Supply Chain Performance Measurement plan in the region and report these results to the Supply Chain leaders.
Qualifications
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