Director - Supply Chain Technology

Material Management  
Full Time
Day Shift 
8am-5pm, Mon-Fri

Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #2 in the state and #1 in the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina.

The 607-bed teaching hospital anchors a health care network that includes five community medical centers and employs more than 8,000 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina’s first HeartCARE CenterTM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer’s care center and nearly 80 physician practices.  Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year.

 

 

 

 

Job Summary

Leads the business analytics and reporting function for day to day Supply Chain Technology applications, report management strategy, data modeling and analytics support to all Supply Chain functions as well as key stakeholders within Lexington Medical Center (LMC).  Provides innovative solutions regarding data and collaboration with Decision Support to reduce costs and increase efficiencies within LMC.  Manages all Supply Chain ERP functions, troubleshooting, GHX Marketplace oversight, Supply Chain technology management as well managing and building databases for SC functions such as contracting, purchasing, inventory, and financial impact statements for Supply Chain and Executive Management.  The Director is responsible for producing reports to support strategic sourcing activity, operational/purchasing efficiency, inventory velocity, and general operational initiatives from Oracle and other system data bases. 

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: B.S. in Computer Science, Supply Chain, Analytics  or related field.
Minimum Years of Experience: 5 Years of Experience as a Manager in Supply Chain Operations
Substitutable Education & Experience: None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: Oracle Certified or must become Oracle Certified within 24 months of being hired into role.
Required Training: None

Essential Functions

• The Director will align strategies with critical business intelligence data requirements to support system Supply Chain and stakeholders.
• Partner with Supply Chain Technology (Oracle, Decision Support) to develop a roadmap to integrate data from different business applications and develop a holistic supply chain information model - from product development to product fulfillment.
• Oversee the implementation and enhancement of cutting-edge analytics tools and technologies and ensure data quality and accuracy.
• Enable and expand direct access to information and reporting by our cross-functional teams. Ensure team members have the information readily available to perform their business functions.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams and deep understanding of their business processes and tools to identify information flow gaps, data opportunities and process efficiencies.
• Balance technical expertise with business strategy and communication skills. Act as a bridge between data-driven insights and decision-making processes, enabling the business to make informed choices based on accurate and relevant information.
• Collaborate with the Supply Chain leadership team to define key performance indicators (KPIs), developing automatic feeds to Operational, Financial, and adhoc dashboards for Supply Chain, Category Management/Service Lines, and other key areas within LMC.
• Works with Supply Chain leadership to develop work plans defining tasks, target dates, level of efforts, resources required, skills required, etc. for various initiatives in Sourcing and Service Line procurement.
• Work with Supply Chain and Clinical leadership to stream line reporting with point of use (POU) systems to measure throughput and daily/weekly/monthly supply assets on hand.
• Formulate a trend analysis (seasonality, industry shortages, etc) model encompassing procedural areas with the LMC system, to include medsurg and physician preference items. 
• Develop (in conjunction with the Director of Logistics) an inventory tracking system for LUM and bulk items.  Should consider evaluating operational practices and translating into technical and business specification documents leading to better workflows.
• Effectively uses a variety of techniques (verbal and written) to ensure clear and timely communication to Supp