Assistant Director, Supply Chain Resiliency
About The Position
The Assistant Director of Supply Chain Resiliency develops, implements, and leads strategies to ensure continuity, reliability, and resilience across UChicago Medicine’s supply chain. The role proactively identifies supply risks, mitigates disruptions, manages critical inventory, and collaborates with clinical, operational, and vendor partners to maintain access to essential medical supplies. The position leads initiatives in emergency preparedness, supplier diversification and performance management, inventory optimization, SKU rationalization, shortage management, business continuity planning, and supply chain risk management. It also supports the organization’s mission of delivering exceptional patient care. This full-time leadership position is based at UChicago Medicine’s Hyde Park location. The employee must be based in the greater Chicagoland area. The role is in Supply Chain Operations and works the day shift.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (8 years) required.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs.
Nice To Haves
- 10 years of previous supply chain experience preferred.
- 5 years of procurement and backorder management experience preferred.
- Lean Management experience is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute enterprise-wide supply resiliency strategies aligned with organizational goals.
- Design and maintain business continuity plans for critical supply categories.
- Identify supply chain vulnerabilities and implement mitigation strategies.
- Establish resiliency metrics, dashboards, and performance indicators.
- Monitor domestic and global supply chain risks, shortages, geopolitical events, natural disasters, regulatory changes, and transportation disruptions.
- Maintain critical product substitution and conservation strategies during shortages.
- Develop contingency plans for high-risk products and suppliers.
- Partner with departments to identify critical supplies and establish appropriate safety-stock levels.
- Support Value Analysis Team meetings as necessary to gather feedback and increase awareness of substitute products and supply disruptions.
- Lead strategic inventory planning for emergency preparedness and disaster response.
- Evaluate inventory optimization opportunities while maintaining resiliency objectives.
- Use data analytics to forecast supply risks and inventory requirements.
- Drive improvement in the perpetual inventory program.
- Develop executive-level reports on supply continuity, inventory health, shortages, and supplier performance.
- Analyze utilization trends to support proactive decision-making.
- Drive SKU rationalization and product-velocity improvement, including reduction of slow- and no-move products, across the system.
- Lead distribution-channel strategy across distributor (VL), 3PL (COI), and internal channels.
- Manage supply resiliency analysts, inventory planners, and project teams as assigned.
- Mentor staff and foster continuous improvement.
- Lead cross-functional resiliency initiatives and organizational change efforts.
- Promote a culture of preparedness, collaboration, and operational excellence.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
