Manager, Supply Chain Planning

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
Accountable for supply chain improvements across data quality and integrity for all Stanford Medicine entities, and advocates for the Master Data Management data and governance of it in all instances where Master Data Management data is utilized in supply chain and elsewhere in the enterprise. Develops integrated project plans, identifies and resolves data exceptions, integrates across projects to leverage resources and eliminate redundancies. Provides advice and counsel to Supply Chain's managers and leadership in Sourcing and Logistics and ensures data quality is maintained.

Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• Employees must abide by all Joint Commission requirements including, but not limited to, sensitivity to cultural diversity, patient care, patients’ rights and ethical treatment, safety and security of physical environments, emergency management, teamwork, respect for others, participation in ongoing education and training, communication and adherence to safety and quality programs, sustaining compliance with National Patient Safety Goals, and licensure and health screenings.
• Creates and monitors established Master Data Management data management and governance processes and procedures to direct changes necessary to achieve greater effectiveness and economy.
• Creates consistent methodologies for project teams, including standards of work.
• Identifies and acquires analytical tools that meet the needs of Supply Chain stakeholders, including:
• Externally purchased programs utilized by many stakeholders in a particular group (e.g., Category Management, Purchasing, etc.);
• Self-Developed tools for specific needs;
• Combination tools that are purchased externally and customized by the MDM team per Stakeholder requirements.
• Supports demand forecasting and category analytics in support of Category Management activities, creating category plans, with the goal of supporting a clinically integrated supply chain.
• Supports the Non-Labor Spend Management Subcommittees with analytical tools to track progress against initiative.
• Works closely with key stakeholders to monitor, analyze and evaluate enterprise data management processes creating strategic alternatives for product purchasing integrated with clinical operations requirements; recommends forecast changes and enhancements to the current model.
• Monitors and participates in Supply Chain and Health Care related organizations, to learn from other organizations’ successes and how to apply lessons from leading organizations to Stanford.
• Constructs data analytics and creates tools to support category management, sourcing opportunities, Non-Labor Savings initiatives, supply chain programs, and other organizational needs.
• Supports and monitors Supplier Relationship (formerly Vendor Management) scorecards.
• Implements best practice in supply chain metrics and controls across the organization.
• Drives strategics initiatives for supply chain across the organization.
• Serves as an interim lead on emergency purchase needs, including long-term disaster response and recovery situations.
• Regularly presents to internal and external stakeholders.
• Performs other related and incidental projects as needed or assigned.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a work-related field/discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Equivalent work experience acceptable providing the full range of experience necessary to meet the requirements of the position in lieu of degree.

Experience Qualifications

• Minimum of Five (5) years of related work experience in Master Data Management, Purchasing, Logistics, Materials Management Information systems.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated experience in project management.
• Demonstrated expertise in understanding patterns in the data, arriving at valid conclusions, developing hypotheses and recommendations, and suggesting alternative plans of action related resolving issues related to data integrity variations.
• Track record of effective supply chain performance, including continuous process and systems improvement.
• Major Supply Chain ERP systems (Workday Preferred).
• Ability to introduce and implement Integrated Business P