Regional Director Supply Chain Procedural Inventory & Technology

About the role

The Regional Director, Supply Chain Procedural Inventory & Technology provides strategic leadership and operational governance for procedural inventory management, distribution, and enabling technologies across one or more sites. This role is accountable for standardizing procedural governance, inventory practices, optimizing working capital, improving inventory readiness, and strengthening clinical support through data-driven processes and technology adoption. The Director partners with clinical, operational, finance, and supply chain stakeholders to ensure supply continuity, regulatory compliance, and effective recall/traceability execution. This leader develops and manages a high-performing team and drives continuous improvement through analytics, forecasting, and performance management. The position is located at 1101 Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Responsibilities

• Establishes governance, policies, and standard operating procedures for procedural inventory management, storage, distribution, and replenishment to ensure consistent performance and service levels.
• Leads inventory optimization and working capital initiatives (e.g., PAR strategy, segmentation, utilization-based replenishment, turns improvement, expiry reduction, and excess/obsolete mitigation) to improve availability while minimizing carrying costs.
• Ensures procedural inventory readiness by directing demand planning, forecasting, shortage mitigation, and escalation processes to support uninterrupted patient care.
• Partners with clinical leaders, perioperative/procedural stakeholders, and value analysis to drive standardization, utilization management, and evidence-based inventory decisions.
• Directs evaluation, implementation, and adoption of inventory technologies (e.g., ERP, item master governance, point-of-use systems, barcode/RFID, automation, analytics dashboards) to improve accuracy, traceability, and productivity.
• Oversees compliance and risk management for inventory practices, including product traceability, recall execution, infection prevention requirements, and applicable regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Leads performance management across sites by defining KPIs, conducting operational reviews, and driving continuous improvement using root-cause analysis and Lean/process improvement methods.
• Responsible for vendor and inventory program management. Ensures inventory practices comply with Joint