What are the responsibilities and job description for the Purchasing & Inventory Supervisor (Full-Time) position at ChildServe?
ChildServe has an opening for a Purchasing and Inventory Supervisor. This leader will supervise a team and optimize operations to ensure the organization secures products, materials, equipment and supplies needed to operate efficiently across all locations.
What You'll Do
ChildServe has earned the title of Top Workplace every year since 2014. Here’s why employees love working here:
Child Serve is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
What You'll Do
- Supervise the team through effective hiring, training, coaching, and performance management. Ensure development of staff to achieve high results. Promote engagement and satisfaction to drive retention. Collaborate with management team to identify opportunities for improvement. Provide backup to team and assist with other duties as assigned.
- Develop, lead, and execute comprehensive purchasing strategies and processes, ensuring alignment with organizational needs and standards. Oversee pro-active and effective inventory controls to reduce loss. Develop and produce reporting to meet pro-active strategic needs regarding forecasting of demand and to minimize purchasing costs. Assist team with implementation of processes as needed.
- Ensure cost-effective procurement of all products. Evaluate contracts to ensure best outcomes. Build and maintain professional relationships with vendors, ensuring timely resolution of issues and concerns. Evaluate vendors based on quality, price and reliability. Ensure that procured items meet quality standards and promptly address any discrepancies in orders and deliveries.
- Develop, implement, and ensure strict adherence to established purchasing and inventory policies and procedures across all locations and services, including the corporate bid process. Document and resolve any discrepancies in orders, deliveries, and inventory counts to maintain accuracy and compliance.
- Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience. Degree with emphasis on supply chain management preferred.
- Five years of inventory and purchasing experience required with at least two years leading an inventory and/or a purchasing service/function. Healthcare experience strongly preferred.
- Ability to effectively lead a team.
- Computer skills; specifically Microsoft products.
- Ability to work onsite at Johnston, Iowa location.
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs, be mobile within the clinic areas, and frequently bend, lift, reach, and stand.
- Ability to develop, interpret, and follow applicable policies, procedures and regulations.
- Ability to communicate in English effectively for understanding, in writing and verbally.
ChildServe has earned the title of Top Workplace every year since 2014. Here’s why employees love working here:
- Our work matters. We partner with families to help children with special healthcare needs live a great life.
- We’re not your average non-profit. We serve 5,800 children each year through over 30 specialty pediatric services in the Ames, Des Moines, Iowa City, and Cedar Rapids areas. Many of our programs are one-of-a-kind.
- Our team members rock. Our teams are filled with people who care about their coworkers, and who believe that collaboration is key to providing exceptional care to children.
- Our learning never stops. As a non-profit dedicated to innovation, we’re proud to help many team members gain new certifications, continue their education, take their expertise to the next level, and find new opportunities to advance their career right here at ChildServe.
- We believe our differences make us great. We are on a continuous journey to create an environment where different perspectives are valued, and all feel safe and welcome.
- We’re moving forward together. Experts across multiple disciplines work together to help kids get the best care possible.
Child Serve is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
