Director of Purchasing and Supply Chain Analytics

First Shift M--F

Essential Functions:

• Directs the accurate and timely procurement of supplies, services, capital, and project-related purchases, including order processing, delivery performance, transaction exceptions, and compliance with contracts and purchasing policies.
• Develops and implements process improvements and automation that increase purchasing productivity, expand electronic requisitioning and ordering, reduce avoidable costs, and strengthen the end-to-end requisition-to-payment process.
• Leads the implementation, integration, maintenance, upgrade, and optimization of supply chain information systems, ensuring initiatives align with operational priorities, testing requirements, change-control standards, and organizational technology strategy.
• Establishes and administers supply chain data standards to maintain the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of supplier, item, pricing, and transactional information across integrated systems and reporting environments.
• Develops and maintains reports, performance measures, and analytics that provide insight into supply spending, utilization, purchasing activity, operational trends, and opportunities for improved financial and supply chain performance.
• Provides procurement and systems expertise to support policy compliance, resolve complex purchasing and technology issues, strengthen internal controls, and improve coordination across supply chain and financial operations.
• Leads and develops procurement and informatics staff through performance management, coaching, technical education, and professional development, fostering service excellence, accountability, retention, and continuous improvement

Education Requirement:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or Healthcare, required.
• Master’s Degree in Business or Health Care Administration, preferred.

Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of information systems and systems integration.
• Advanced knowledge of supply chain information systems and related processes.
• Working knowledge of data analytics platforms.
• Working knowledge of surgical information systems, automated supply distribution systems such as PYXIS and Omnicell, and their integration with consignment processes.
• Working knowledge of supply chain operations, including accounts payable, purchasing, contracting, inventory, receiving, data integrity, and transportation.
• Working knowledge of Six Sigma and Lean methodologies.
• Working knowledge of financial principles, cost accounting, and supply-related reimbursement practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and analytical skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office tools and Lotus Notes.
• Familiarity with GS1 standards, UNSPSC, HCPCS, and SIM codes.
• Strong leadership, collaboration, implementation, and change management skills.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects and achieve results within established time frames.

Experience:

• Four years of experience in Supply Chain for a healthcare setting, required.
• Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, including deployment and enhancements, required.
• Experience with data normalization protocols and toolsets, required. 
• Experience with eCommerce, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), eMarketplace tools for punch out to vendor applications, and web site administration, required.
• Experience with Crystal report development and query development, required.
• Experience with external benchmarking repositories such as ECRI, IMS, or SCMetrix to extract and analyze performance metrics, required.