Director Nursing Supply Chain

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Director, Nursing Portfolio is responsible for category management of the Med-Surg portfolio, by developing and implementing a comprehensive expense management program partnering with a large integrated delivery network (IDN).

This role oversees optimization of the GPO contract portfolio, product standardization initiatives, and supplier relationship management in collaboration with HealthTrust contracting teams.

The Director builds and maintains strategic alliances with key stakeholders to ensure the success of the Med Surg expense management program.

Major Responsibilities

• Leadership: Supports the development and execution of Med Surg expense management strategies aligned with member Health System goals, acute and non-acute.
• Assess Med-Surg expense trends from variety of sources and make strategic recommendations for cost saving opportunities.
• Develops, implements, and coordinates within the hospital or system: System wide Med-Surg savings opportunities, Category management related to performance, product standardization and utilization, Coordination of compliance and savings tracking of initiatives, Coordination with the Member Sourcing and GPO National Contracting Teams
• Customer Service: Provides superior and timely customer service to member Health System in all interactions. Responsible for managing customer expectations, driving alignment and delivering cost savings within established timelines. Interacts and develops relationships with internal and external stakeholders to better understand needs and challenges which may include clinicians, supply chain, and hospital leadership. Continuously improves customer solutions as it relates to service line savings opportunities. Builds and maintains strong working relationships with a variety of stakeholders within corporate and facility Supply Chain, Sourcing and Leadership teams.
• Financial: Establishes and meets expense savings goals for customers as requested. Provides cost saving enhancement strategies for the med-surg service line working with customer’s sourcing and supply chain teams we well as HealthTrust contracting and Expense Management teams. Coordinates with HealthTrust analyst team to ensure monitoring and tracking of categories for use by the team to quantify savings solutions and ensure compliance targets are achieved.
• Project Management: Directs multiple projects and tasks in a fast-paced environment that includes: Strong organizational skills, including the ability to plan, implement, and execute. The ability to focus and execute exceptional time management. Demonstrates the ability to develop a project plan for major and complex projects, including supplier education/ in servicing with customers to support contact adoption. Develops milestones for projects to determine outcomes are achieved that includes facilitating customer teams that lead to building consensus and contract implementation.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Solid knowledge and understanding of healthcare industry, GPO, supply chain, and med-surg service line.
• Effective communication which includes verbal, listening, writing, and presentation skills to a variety of stakeholders from executives to staff.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a professional, multi-disciplinary, matrix reporting team as a group leader, facilitator, or participant.
• Demonstrated track record of success.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills which includes understanding issues, ability to simply and process complex issues, understanding the difference between critical details and unimportant facts.

Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (Supply Chain, Healthcare, Business, Finance), required.
• Masters/Graduate Degree, preferred.
• 7 years’ experience in a healthcare-related role, required.
• 3 years’ experience in management, required.
• Previous experience in supply chain, value analysis, and sourcing, preferred.

Benefits

HealthTrust, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.

Additional Benefits

• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts.

About the Role

It is crucial for providers to efficiently manage expenses and enhance performance. HealthTrust, in collaboration with 1,800 hospitals and health systems, offers a specialized group purchasing organization (GPO) membership model designed to deliver immediate and sustainable cost savings. Their team of experts provides tailored value acceleration engagements to address specific needs, delivering unparalleled benefits. With nationwide purchasing power and a focus on overall spending management, HealthTrust offers unmatched pricing advantages on supplies, along with industry-leading benchmarks and best practices.

Company Information

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years. HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.