Supervisor Supply Chain

About the role

Supervises employees providing supply and equipment inventory control. Provides day-to-day oversight of operations, personnel and provides daily work guidance and on-the-job training for other technicians.

Essential Functions

• Performs supervisory functions; prepares work schedules, assigns staff, observes performance to provide input to formal evaluations, and makes recommendations for personnel actions; assists in staff selection and provides training and orientation for employees.
• Maintains databases for inventory using computer programs.
• Creates policies and procedures for inventory control and issuance of supplies and equipment.
• Oversight of case carts for the operating room, as assigned.
• Analyzes daily operations and implements needed changes.
• Directs the requisitioning, sorting, labeling and issuing of supplies to meet area needs.
• Creates purchase orders for needed supplies and consignment replacement products.
• Conducts daily shift report for employees.

Minimum Qualifications

• EDUCATION: Associate’s degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school.
• EXPERIENCE: Three (3) years of stores inventory experience, preferably in an acute care setting.
• LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION: None required.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of stores maintenance, inventory control and purchasing best practices.
• Skill in training and leading staff.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to complete routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to listen and accurately interpret others' communication or instructions to take appropriate action.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.