VP, Chief Supply Chain Officer

About the role

The Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer is a mission-critical enterprise leader responsible for shaping, modernizing, and stewarding one of Atlantic Health’s (AH) largest system-wide cost, quality, and resiliency platforms. This executive ensures that AH maintains a clinically integrated, financially disciplined, and operationally world-class supply chain that directly enables exceptional patient care, clinician satisfaction, and organizational performance. This role is central to AH’s ambition to be a highly-reliable, value-based, nationally recognized healthcare system.

Responsibilities

• Designing and executing a system-wide supply chain strategy that advances clinical excellence, operational reliability, and financial stewardship.
• Acting as a trusted strategic partner to the CEO, COO, CFO, CMO, CNO, and hospital presidents on cost containment, value optimization, and long-term resiliency.
• Leading transformation initiatives including standardization, digitization, automation, and advanced analytics to modernize the supply chain and elevate system performance.
• Driving long-range planning for capacity, resiliency, and risk mitigation, ensuring AH is prepared for market volatility, supply disruptions, and emerging clinical needs.
• Developing and executing a system-wide supply chain strategy aligned with clinical, operational, and financial priorities.
• Leading supply chain transformation, including standardization, digitization, and automation initiatives.
• Oversight of end-to-end supply chain operations including sourcing, contracting, procurement, inventory management, distribution, and logistics ensuring reliable, uninterrupted supply availability for critical care, procedural, and acute care environments.
• Optimization of inventory, distribution, logistics, and procurement to support high-reliability operations.
• System-wide performance management through KPIs such as cost per case, fill rates, inventory turns, contract compliance, and service-level performance.
• Deployment of Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies to eliminate waste and improve throughput.
• Partnering with physicians, nursing, and clinical leadership to drive evidence-based product standardization and utilization.
• Leading and supporting clinical value analysis committees to ensure clinical quality, safety, and cost optimization.
• Ensuring clinicians have a trusted, transparent, and data-driven partner in supply decision-making.
• Lead supply, purchased services, and capital equipment expense management strategies to deliver annual savings, margin improvement, and total cost of ownership optimization.
• Overseeing contract negotiations, GPO strategy, and supplier performance to ensure maximum value and accountability.
• Drives data-driven decision-making through analytics, benchmarking, and predictive modeling.
• Building high-value and accountable partnerships with manufacturers, distributors, and GPOs.
• Leading sourcing strategies that prioritize quality, innovation, cost, and supply continuity.
• Managing vendor risk and ensuring compliance with regulatory and organizational standards.
• Leveraging cutting-edge inventory automation technology.
• Utilizing available cost benchmarking platforms that provide insights into cost savings opportunities.
• Driving ERP optimization and integration with clinical and financial systems.
• Implementing automation, RFID, advanced logistics models, and predictive analytics.
• Ensuring AH has a modern, data-rich, and insight-driven supply chain platform.
• Build diverse, accountable, service-oriented teams aligned with AH values.
• Develop leadership bench strength and succession planning.
• Foster a culture of trust, inclusion, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Develop business and influencing relationships with system executives, physician, and clinical leaders that is built upon trust and accountability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
• 10–15+ years of progressive supply chain leadership experience in large, complex healthcare systems.
• Demonstrated success driving large-scale cost savings, operational transformation, and clinical integration.
• Strong financial acumen and experience managing multimillion-dollar supply budgets.
• Experience in matrixed environments with strong physician and clinical collaboration.
• Master’s degree (MBA, MHA, or related).
• Certifications such as CMRP, CPSM, or CSCP.
• Experience with GPO strategy and enterprise ERP systems (Oracle, Workday, SAP).

Skills

• Strategic Agility
• Influence & Partnership
• Operational Excellence
• Financial Leadership
• Change Leadership
• Resilience & Risk Management

Benefits

Summary Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports the health, financial security, and well-being of all team members. Offerings vary based on role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary, with role-specific enhancements highlighted:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
• Life & AD&D Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
• 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution
• PTO & Paid Sick Leave
• Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising
• Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave
• Backup and On-Site Childcare
• Well-Being Rewards
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts
• Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance

Pay

$419,289 - $580,807 base salary only; excludes leadership incentive.

Schedule

N/A