Supply Chain Associate

VCU Health • Mechanicsville, VA

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About The Position

The Supply Chain Associate is an entry-level position designed to provide foundational experience in supply chain management with opportunities to advance to other areas within supply chain such as data management, sourcing, procurement, or supply chain operations. The role involves supporting various supply chain functions, analyzing data, assisting with procurement activities and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, or similarly related field. Combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 2 years prior experience in supply chain, healthcare or related field.
• Previous experience using/designing spreadsheets, databases and word processing.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite with advanced knowledge in Excel.
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
• A desire to advance in a career of healthcare administration and an interest in serving others.

Nice To Haves

• Previous Supply Chain knowledge and experience is a plus.
• A passion for serving others and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• A demonstrated commitment to professional development and participation in applicable professional organizations.

Responsibilities

• Support category managers by assisting in the development of business case analytics for purchased service sourcing, clinical sourcing, or capital sourcing, e.g., defining spend, projecting spend, modeling sourcing strategies, price benchmarking.
• Collaborates in the maintaining and updating supply chain databases, tools and dashboards, ensuring data accuracy and integrity.
• Assist in the utilization of internal databases and reports to support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Coordinates the collection, analysis, and interpretation supply chain data to identify trends, patterns, and insights by pulling reports from the data base system and manipulating Excel files.
• Generate regular and ad-hoc reports to support supply chain decision-making.
• Assists in the preparation and evaluation of requests for proposals (RFPs) and requests for quotations (RFQs).
• Support contract negotiations by developing presentations to demonstrate current state and proposed sourcing strategies.
• Will prepare reports and presentations for internal stakeholders.
• Ensure responsibility and visible commitment of diversity equity and inclusion programs/initiatives through collaboration and implementation of initiatives across the health.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees