Director, Supply Chain - Community Network - F/T - Days

Director, Supply Chain - Community Network - F/T - Days

Req ID: 146989

Location: Fullerton, California

Division: Medical Center

Department: Procurement and Contracting

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range Minimum: USD $132,600.00/Yr.

Salary Range Maximum: USD $259,800.00/Yr.

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

The Director, Supply Chain Management is responsible for the operational leadership, administrative oversight, and day-to-day management of all supply chain functions within the assigned facility or facilities, encompassing procurement, contract management, vendor relations, inventory management, materials distribution, and supply chain analytics across all assigned inpatient and ambulatory settings. The incumbent is accountable for directing departmental activities to ensure product availability, operational efficiency, cost management, and the uninterrupted supply of materials required to support the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care in alignment with regulatory, accreditation, and organizational standards, including applicable state and federal requirements. This role maintains accountability for the planning, evaluation, negotiation, and execution of complex supply chain contracts, vendor agreements, and sourcing initiatives, ensuring fiscal responsibility and financial performance across all assigned supply chain functions at the facility level. The Director leads the development and implementation of departmental goals, policies, and performance improvement initiatives, and is responsible for the selection, onboarding, competency validation, performance evaluation, and professional development of all assigned supply chain coworkers. This position collaborates with clinical operations, nursing leadership, physicians, finance, compliance, and administrative leadership to align facility-level supply chain priorities with organizational goals and advance cost reduction, standardization, and supply chain continuity. The Director exercises wide latitude of authority with limited oversight in determining departmental goals and measures to achieve facility-level supply chain management objectives.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Verbal and written communication skills to communicate strategies with senior leadership. Strong abilities to actively listen, and change the thinking of, or gain acceptance from, others.
• Strong problem-solving skills to address issues when no precedent exists and to develop creative alternatives.
• Strong ability to set goals and manage the implementation process for initiatives. Highly adaptable and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Minimum five years previous working experience managing organizational-wide supply chain activities - procurement, inventory control, purchasing, etc.
• Interpersonal skills to maintain professional relationships with all levels of staff and coordinate supply chain activities across functions.
• In-depth knowledge of business subjects such as purchasing, inventory systems & controls, and/or accounting
• In depth knowledge of the most current materials management best practices and systems.
• Expert Excel skills
• Excels at organizing, simplifying and increasing efficiency of processes and procedures while still maintaining standards and compliance
• Demonstrated work experience using an automated purchasing/inventory control system
• Demonstrated skill in financial analysis, planning, and administration of a departmental budget
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to interpret data and make appropriate decisions for the organization using that data; knowing burn rate, utilization and forecasting
• Ability to evaluate conditions of task assignments and make recommendations to improve, revise, and/or clarify systems, procedures, and policies, etc. to promote increased efficiency in assignments and department operations
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System

Preferred Qualifications:

• Work experience supervising supply chain activities in hospital setting
• Understanding of JCAHO, DHS, and OSHPD regulations pertaining to medical supply storage and inventory controls in a medical center environment
• Tableau
• Knowledge of hospital supply items and terminology
• Knowledge of University and Medical Center organizations, policies, procedures and forms
• Knowledge of OSHA and other agency safety regulations

Licenses and Certifications:

• Driver's License