Supply Chain Consultant Logistics

Children's Hospital and Health System•West Allis, WI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Children’s Wisconsin is seeking a supply chain logistics professional to support supply operations at its off-campus clinics and locations. The role coordinates the acquisition, distribution, and use of supplies, ensuring needed items are available where and when required and in quantities appropriate to demand. It is hybrid and requires travel to clinics. The position works with clinical and operational teams to optimize inventory, improve efficiency, and support effective supply chain operations. The role reviews and maintains par levels and usage, identifies inventory-reduction opportunities, provides supply-management reports and cost analyses, and supports departmental supply planning and replenishment. It manages supplies within defined locations, identifies product consolidation and standardization opportunities, coordinates urgent sourcing and distribution, and supports product conversions, returns, and recalls. The position also serves as the main contact for customer departments at off-campus locations and maintains professional relationships with vendors and local healthcare providers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
Three or more years of experience in supply chain required.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and demonstrated customer-service abilities.
In-depth, up-to-date knowledge of logistics, purchasing, business management principles, and business math.
Strong accountability, service orientation, and sensitivity and responsiveness to user department requests.
Intermediate computer skills and knowledge of Windows-based software, including Outlook, Excel, and Word.
Ability to safely operate forklifts and hydraulic lifts.
Valid Wisconsin driver’s license required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Microsoft Access and PowerPoint preferred.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and facilitate the acquisition, distribution, and utilization of supplies at assigned off-campus locations.
Ensure supplies are available when and where needed in quantities appropriate to demand.
Evaluate complex logistics opportunities and produce related statistical data and reports.
Provide backup ordering and replenishment for off-site clinics.
Review par levels and usage with customer department leadership using system-generated reports to identify inventory-reduction opportunities quarterly.
Help departments establish and maintain appropriate supply par levels; monitor usage, adjust levels, and update system information.
Document departmental supply-management initiatives.
Research product and price information and provide cost analyses for supply and equipment budgets.
Assist departments with physical reorganizations, improvements to resupply operations, and establishing or revising patient charges for supplies.
Develop par, forms, office-supply, and inventory systems as appropriate.
Manage supplies within defined supply locations and ensure items are set up in the appropriate system.
Evaluate product consolidation and standardization opportunities for customer departments.
Work with buyers to source and acquire or distribute urgently needed products and services, including arranging borrowing, lending, or rentals from suppliers.
Maintain professional relationships with representatives of local healthcare providers for emergent product and service borrowing or lending.
Maintain professional vendor relationships and enforce sales representative policies.
Visit key contacts at customer departments in off-campus locations regularly.
Provide and interpret supply-chain reports for department management.
Manage product conversions, RMAs, and recalls for off-campus locations.
Serve as the main point of contact for customer departments.