Manager, Supply Chain

Kaiser Permanente • Walnut Creek, CA

67d

About The Position

Manages team applying best standards and practices in Supply Chain and Logistics and oversees team compliance to relevant guidelines. Ensures the resolution of inventory, asset, and vendor/suppliers deficiencies. Approves and guides the implementation of recommendations suggested to streamline current systems to optimize, maintain, and transform current processes, and approves research plans to make innovative strategies to streamline new/existing business operating models according to supply chain future state. Facilitates actions based on results from the audits of suppliers, conducts corrective actions based on interpreting needs identified from audits, and facilitates business reviews. Supervises implementation of strategic decision making based on results on utilization, quality, inventory levels, and courier routes for projects, while assessing customer satisfaction levels.

Requirements

• Minimum three (3) years of experience with databases and spreadsheets.
• Minimum two (2) years of experience in a leadership role with direct reports.
• Minimum two (2) years of experience managing operational or project budgets.
• Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Material Management, Operations Research, or related field AND minimum six (6) years of experience in purchasing, contracting, negotiations, material management, logistics, finance, or a directly related field OR Minimum nine (9) years of experience in Materials and Inventory Control/Management, Logistics, Finance, Distribution, or a directly related field.

Responsibilities

• Provides developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships.
• Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works closely with employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement.
• Pursues professional growth; develops and provides training and development to talent for growth opportunities; supports execution of performance management guidelines and expectations.
• Leads, adapts, implements, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends.
• Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams.
• Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance, and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making.
• Manages designated work unit or team by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement; ensures all policies and procedures are followed.
• Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; determines and ensures processes and methodologies are implemented; resolves escalated issues as appropriate; sets standards and measures progress.
• Fosters the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; obtains and distributes resources.
• Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences teams to execute in alignment with operational objectives.
• Ensures long-term asset accounting by guiding and providing support for the asset approval processes; leading the maintenance dispositions in the accounting system; assisting the development of policies and compliance procedures.
• Ensures ongoing quality customer services by managing the resolution of customer issues pertaining to vendors/suppliers reporting, billing, and merchandise.
• Ensures adequate levels of inventory are maintained by managing the resolution of the receipt and distribution of inventory.
• Maintains and improves supply chain and operations by managing complex and long-term activities to optimize, maintain, and transform current processes for increased efficiency.
• Ensures purchasing strategy is consistent with the overall national sourcing strategy by managing the processing of purchase requests.
• Maintains accountability for the compliance with state and federal regulations, and company policy/procedures pertaining to purchasing, inventory management, and distribution.
• Ensures suppliers/vendors performance and relationships by executing long-term strategies to evaluate suppliers/vendor compliance with policies and regulations.
• Provides technical analysis and reporting services for others by coordinating analyses and evaluating results on utilization, quality, inventory levels, and courier routes.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree