Supervisor, Supply Distribution (evenings)

This position will lead multiple supply chain functions across Barnes Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital during their shift, including supply distribution, linen distribution, receiving, warehouse inventory management, warehouse picking, Care Center, and AGV Operations.

Schedule: Evenings, 3 PM–11 PM, Monday–Friday

About the Organization

BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, delivering services primarily in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois, and southeast Missouri regions. With net revenues of $6.3 billion and more than 30,000 employees, BJC serves patients and their families in urban, suburban, and rural communities through its 14 hospitals and multiple community health locations. Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care, and hospice.

BJC is the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care, and community benefits in the state of Missouri, providing $785.9 million annually in community benefit, including $410.6 million in charity care and other financial assistance to ensure medical care regardless of patients' ability to pay. BJC also contributes to community benefits through research, emergency preparedness, regional health care safety net services, health literacy, community outreach, community health programs, and regional economic development.

BJC’s patients have access to the latest advances in medical science and technology through a formal affiliation between Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital with the renowned Washington University School of Medicine, consistently ranked among the top medical schools in the country.

BJC HealthCare is committed to developing a world-class supply chain management organization. Supplies account for 22.6% of BJC’s total expenses. By developing integrated processes for product selection, utilization, contracting, purchasing, logistics, distribution, and payment, BJC ensures patients have the supplies they need while minimizing overall costs.

Role Purpose

The Supply Distribution Supervisor is responsible for the daily oversight of the supply distribution operation, including planning, organizing, staffing, budgeting, and directing personnel and activities. This position manages day-to-day inventory and resource planning systems (e.g., Wavemark, Atpar, FLICS, PeopleSoft) to ensure products are utilized properly and readily available for clinicians and patients. The role also ensures logistical services align with the needs of physicians, management, and the system.

Responsibilities

• Manages individual(s), including hiring, training, assigning work, evaluating performance, and conducting professional development plans.
• Ensures the productivity and actions of the team meet or support the department’s operational goals as established by leadership.
• May participate in developing departmental staffing, revenue, and/or expense budgets and is directly responsible for adhering to those goals, including responding to business changes that may affect budget achievement.
• Supervises receiving, linen, warehouse, and distribution functions and facilitates the acquisition of supplies, services, and equipment to support clinicians and patient demand.
• Serves as the supply chain representative for local entity support, participates in committees, attends leadership meetings, and provides supply chain-based recommendations and information as requested.
• Participates in discussions with hospital leadership on lean daily management, providing updates on team performance and execution against service level agreements, hospital, and system-level KPIs and goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 2–5 years of experience
• Supervisor experience

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available on the first day of the month after hire.
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC.
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution.
• 401(k) plan with BJC match.
• Tuition Assistance available on the first day.
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development.
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Paid Time Off benefit combining vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time.
• Adoption assistance.

Not all benefits apply to all jobs.