Manager of Supply Chain Inventory

Renown Health • Reno, NV

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About The Position

The Manager of Supply Chain Inventory leads inventory control activities across assigned Renown Health locations. The role is accountable for inventory accuracy, cycle-count governance, variance resolution, demand planning, PAR methodology, reporting, and continuous improvement. The manager provides objective oversight of inventory records and controls, leads inventory control staff, and partners with operational, clinical, financial, and technology stakeholders to improve inventory reliability while supporting patient-care service levels. This position does not provide patient care.

The manager establishes standardized inventory-control policies, procedures, definitions, and governance; designs cycle-count programs, physical inventory requirements, variance thresholds, and corrective-action expectations; and oversees inventory planning, data validation, reporting, service levels, and stakeholder support across assigned locations and inventory categories. Within approved policies, budgets, clinical guardrails, and delegated authority, the manager makes or recommends inventory-control and planning decisions and escalates matters outside that authority.

Requirements

• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform job duties safely and effectively.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, Healthcare Administration, Analytics, Industrial Engineering, or a related field; directly related experience may be considered in lieu of education in accordance with organizational practice.
• Five years of progressively responsible experience in supply chain, inventory management, inventory control, materials management, logistics, or a related healthcare operations field.
• Two years of formal leadership, supervisory, or team-management responsibility.
• Experience with cycle-count programs, variance analysis, inventory systems, PAR optimization, forecasting, metrics, or multi-site inventory operations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and Word.
• Ability to use a computer to complete online learning requirements, access online forms and policies, and complete online benefits enrollment.
• Experience with enterprise inventory, materials-management, analytics, dashboard, or business-intelligence tools, required or preferred based on final system scope.

Nice To Haves

• Lean, Six Sigma, supply chain, or inventory management certification.
• ERP implementation or materials-management system experience.

Responsibilities

• Establish standardized inventory-control policies, procedures, definitions, and governance across assigned locations and inventory categories.
• Design cycle-count programs, physical inventory requirements, variance thresholds, and corrective-action expectations.
• Lead cycle counts, audits, validation, reconciliation, and variance resolution while maintaining appropriate separation between transactions, counting, adjustment approval, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Identify control weaknesses, investigate differences between physical inventory and system records, resolve process or system issues, and escalate unresolved risks.
• Lead PAR-level design, reorder-point methodology, safety-stock strategy, demand forecasting, consumption modeling, and seasonality analysis.
• Own inventory metrics, dashboards, reporting, and data validation for assigned items, locations, units of measure, PAR levels, replenishment, usage, on-hand balances, and expiration data.
• Use utilization, service-level, lead-time, criticality, and financial data to recommend or approve inventory changes, communicate trends, improve performance, and support ERP readiness.
• Oversee controls for storage, stock rotation, expiration monitoring, recall response, product integrity, and applicable healthcare standards.
• Monitor stockouts, critical-item availability, emergency requests, and other indicators of patient-care supply risk, escalating concerns as needed.
• Partner with Supply Chain Operations, Purchasing, Contract Services, Supply Chain Data Management, Finance, Information Technology, clinical and procedural departments, Infection Prevention, Pharmacy, Clinical Engineering, vendors, distributors, and other stakeholders.
• Provide direct leadership to assigned inventory control staff; establish priorities, staffing plans, schedules, productivity standards, quality expectations, and development plans.
• Participate in recruitment, performance evaluations, coaching, and performance management, and build team capability in inventory controls, analytics, systems, Lean methods, root-cause analysis, standard work, and stakeholder communication.
• Establish cycle-count frequency, validation methods, inventory-control procedures, variance investigation requirements, corrective-action plans, and follow-up validation within delegated authority.
• Approve, reject, or escalate inventory adjustments based on value and risk thresholds; recommend or authorize PAR, reorder-point, and safety-stock changes.
• Escalate clinical product decisions, major financial adjustments, policy exceptions, regulatory matters, or items outside delegated authority.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager