Requisition number
200501E
Date posted
06/19/2026
In-Hospital Replenishment Team Lead, Lower MainlandIn-Hospital Replenishment and Distribution
Vancouver, BC
The In-Hospital Replenishment Team Lead is responsible for providing leadership and management of human, financial and material resources for area supply, internal transportation, receiving and customer services. This position is accountable for the day-to-day operations, monitoring, coordinating, controlling and administering inventory replenishment and delivery services. Provide leadership for In-Hospital Replenishment related projects and other change initiatives. This role provides sound decision making and leadership in a challenging climate and on matters involving supply chain service needs and standards.
What you'll do - Supervise designated staff by performing a variety of duties such as interviewing and making selection decisions, conducting performance reviews and addressing performance issues through intervention or counseling as required. Investigate work and staff issues and, where necessary initiate disciplinary action up to and including termination. Identify development and training opportunities for staff and conducts related training and orientation for department staff as required.
- Manage and coordinate the establishment of schedules, task assignments and allocation of staff hours and equipment to ensure compliance with departmental commitments. Respond to and resolve daily operational issues and ensure adherence to standards, guidelines, and procedures.
- Evaluate operations and develop and implement improvement strategies in operating processes, equipment and facilities to maximize productivity, storage and service levels for assigned functions.
- Develop monitors and updates quality improvement initiatives to ensure service quality standards are maintained.
- Coordinate and monitor PAR stock levels and movements to ensure optimum level of stock. Identify excesses to inventory objectives and develop a plan to remediate. Identify efficiencies and promote optimal use of resources.
- Diagnose service level failures and take corrective action to prevent reoccurrence. Develop and implement procedural changes and provide guidance to staff on new processes.
- Ensure that materials and requirements meet established standards and applicable policies, practices and procedures are understood and followed by maintaining business relationships with vendors and service representatives.
- Prepare operational reports and analyses setting forth progress, adverse trends and recommendations and conclusions. Keep abreast of industry trends and developments relating to the receiving and distribution of merchandise.
- Assist in the preparation of the annual operating budget for the area of responsibility; monitor and ensure expenditures are within approved budgets.
What you bring Qualifications
- A level of education, training, and experience equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline plus applicable designation related to logistics or equivalent five (5) years' related experience at a management level covering a broad spectrum of Materiel Services functions with emphasis on supply chain management and/or logistics.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the historic and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism on Indigenous Peoples in social and health contexts, including supported by significant knowledge of Indigenous-specific mandates, including clear understanding of and commitment to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism and discrimination and embed Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility.
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the historic and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and systemic racism on Indigenous Peoples within social and health contexts. This includes understanding how these factors contribute to current health disparities and barriers to care. Show a clear commitment to identifying, challenging, and eradicating Indigenous-specific racism and all forms of discrimination impacting equity-deserving groups within health care settings. This involves familiarity and understanding Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility recognizing personal biases, institutional barriers, engaging in anti-racism education and training and advocating for systemic change.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of legislative obligations and provincial commitments within In-Hospital Replenishment and Distribution contexts found in the foundational documents including Truth & Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study - BC Human Rights Code, BC Anti-racism Act and how they intersect across the health care system.
Core Competencies
- Brings an understanding of the Indigenous specific racism and the broader systemic racism that exists in the colonial health care structure, and has demonstrated initiatives in breaking down barriers and ensuring a safe environment ensuring a sense of belonging to all and informed by Indigenous Cultural Safety.
- Awareness of social, economic, political and historical realities of settler colonialism on Indigenous Peoples and familiarity with addressing Indigenous-specific anti-racism, anti-racism and Indigenous Cultural Safety and foundational documents and legislative commitments (the Declaration Act, the Declaration Action Plan, TRC, IPS, Remembering Keegan, etc.).
Skills & Knowledge
- Ability to manage clinical customers and stakeholder relationships. Ability to effectively engage vendors, external service providers, and peer managers at other Health Organizations.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively will all levels of staff.
- Ability to solve day-to-day operational issues and take prompt actions on addressing product shortages and demands.
- Ability to exercise judgment on working within or outside of established processes and procedures.
- Demonstrates a commitment to beginning and/or continuing their personal learning journey related to Indigenous-specific racism and dismantling systems of oppression, as well as addressing racism more broadly. Shows willingness to articulate and share their learning experiences to contribute to a culture of motivation and inspiration among peers.
- Demonstrates foundational knowledge of the social, economic, and political realities of settler-colonialism and its impacts on Indigenous peoples and equity-deserving groups within social and health contexts. Understands the impact of social determinants of health-on-health outcomes. Shows a commitment to learning about and upholding legislative obligations and provincial commitments outlined in foundational documents such as the Truth & Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan, Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, the BC Human Rights Code, Anti-Racism Data Act, and the Distinctions Based Approach.
Job Type: Temporary, Full-Time (Until January 2027)
Salary Range: $76,111 - $109,409. The starting salary for this position would be determined with consideration of the successful candidate's relevant education and experience, and would be in alignment with the provincial compensation reference plan. Salary will be prorated accordingly for part time roles.
Location: 855 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9
Closing Date: Until Filled
Hours of Work: 07:30 - 15:30 (Monday to Friday)
Requisition #: 200501E
