Associate Director, Supply Chain Integration - Hybrid

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center•Los Angeles, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Director, Supply Chain Integration is an internal management consultative leader responsible for leading implementation and ongoing support of Cedars-Sinai’s Oracle Cloud ERP solution, ensuring business-user requirements are met. The role supports Supply Chain functions including operations, fulfillment, distribution, procurement, sourcing, and contracting, and represents Supply Chain across SCM ERP workflows in collaboration with Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) and Supply Chain leaders. The Associate Director develops practical expertise with Oracle Cloud and provides direct support, training, and best-practice guidance to Supply Chain teams. Working with operational stakeholders and change management, the role ensures communications and training materials address Supply Chain needs, represents business needs in configuration and design meetings, and escalates issues appropriately. The role supports SCM Cloud rollouts at affiliate sites, including training plans, completion metrics, change-management communications, and other implementation needs. It serves as the lead business liaison for entities converting to Oracle Cloud and provides ongoing business-user support, including deployment to affiliate or other facilities preparing for go-live. The role manages product and supply chain processes through ERP transformation and sustaining training workflows. It translates business needs into Oracle Cloud product delivery, supporting workflow integration, coordination, and optimization of best practices. The Associate Director leads implementation at affiliate sites, identifies appropriate contributors and subject-matter experts, and validates that ERP functionality supports regulatory requirements. The role also ensures compliance with applicable laws, accreditation and regulatory standards, licensure requirements, and medical center policies. The Associate Director collaborates with the Vice President and department leaders on change-management plans and short- and long-range ERP transformation plans. It is responsible for fiscal oversight, including budget preparation and labor and supply cost management. The role leads ERP business analysts and super users supporting Supply Chain across Cedars-Sinai and its affiliates, manages human resources, and provides staff leadership, coaching, education, and professional development. It fosters customer focus, constructive working relationships, collaboration, and alignment with Cedars-Sinai’s mission and organizational goals. This is a hybrid role. The employee must currently live in the Los Angeles area or be willing to relocate there to meet onsite requirements.

Requirements

Five or more years of supply chain management experience.
Five or more years of ERP and supply chain transformation experience.
High school diploma or GED.
Must currently live in the Los Angeles area or be willing to relocate to the Los Angeles area to meet onsite requirements.

Nice To Haves

Ten years of supply chain management experience in an acute care facility.
Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Healthcare, or a related Computer Science field.

Responsibilities

Lead implementation and ongoing support of Cedars-Sinai’s Oracle Cloud ERP solution for Supply Chain.
Represent Supply Chain across SCM ERP workflows in collaboration with EIS and Supply Chain leaders.
Develop Oracle Cloud expertise and provide Supply Chain teams with direct support, training, and best-practice guidance.
Coordinate with operational stakeholders and change management to ensure communications and training materials support Supply Chain needs.
Represent Supply Chain business needs in configuration and design meetings and escalate issues appropriately.
Support SCM Cloud rollout at affiliate sites, including training plans, completion metrics, and change-management communications.
Serve as the lead business liaison for entities converting to Oracle Cloud and support implementations and conversions at go-live.
Manage product and supply chain management processes through ERP transformation and sustaining training workflows.
Support product supply functions that may include distribution, logistics, procurement, vendor management, and ordering.
Translate Supply Chain business needs into Oracle Cloud product delivery, ensuring workflow integration, coordination, and best-practice optimization.
Lead Oracle Cloud implementation at affiliate sites and identify appropriate contributors and subject-matter experts to assess adoptability, feasibility, and timelines.
Ensure compliance with state and federal laws, accreditation and regulatory standards, licensure requirements, and medical center policies and procedures.
Validate ERP system functionality against regulatory requirements.
Lead development of business change-management plans with the Vice President and department leaders.
Manage department fiscal responsibilities, including unit budget preparation and labor and supply cost management.
Work with EIS leadership and the Vice President of Supply Chain to develop short- and long-range ERP transformation plans.
Maintain constructive relationships with Cedars-Sinai staff, external partners, and vendors.
Promote customer focus, provide input regarding customer feedback, and participate in customer satisfaction initiatives.
Maintain a positive work climate, support staff education and development, and apply human-resource policies fairly and consistently.
Manage effective utilization of human resources and provide leadership, coaching, and professional-development opportunities to staff.
Integrate department services with hospital functions across entities and promote collaboration and interdepartmental problem-solving.
Lead ERP business analysts and super users supporting Supply Chain functions across Cedars-Sinai and its affiliates.
Lead resources supporting business operations and ensure smooth transitions, ongoing training, and change-management support for business users.