Supply Chain Operational Excellence Specialist

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta•Brookhaven, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Supply Chain Operational Excellence Specialist contributes to the execution of the department vision and strategies by identifying and driving quality and productivity improvements. Develops, maintains, and provides departmental scorecards/visibility boards and associated action plans to leadership. Facilitates the identification of key measures, root cause analysis, data analysis, improvement opportunities and the implementation of such improvements. Supports the tracking, assessment and integration of improvement plans across Children’s. Translates results into easily understood presentations to support executive-level communications.

Requirements

4 years of experience in quality, process improvement, industrial engineering, or business analysis
Experience in project management
Experience in leading teams and facilitating workshops from start to finish with measurable results and operational impact
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or related field
Demonstrated critical thinking and process improvement skills
Independent judgment and action skills to facilitate needed change in practice
Strong verbal and written communication skills for one-on-one interaction and facilitating group discussions
Self-starter with proven ability to organize and follow through multiple complex tasks and projects simultaneously
Demonstrated supervisory, instruction, and/or mentoring skills
Proficient in computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel, Visio)
Demonstrated statistical analysis skills

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or Business Administration
Master’s degree in Engineering, Healthcare, Business, or related field
Experience with process improvement in a healthcare supply chain environment
Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent
Project management experience

Responsibilities

Prioritize and implement key improvement opportunities through identification of waste, inefficiencies, key process failures and weaknesses through the supply chain operations value chain.
Facilitate improvement activities, utilizing lean methods, value stream maps, SIPOC, RACI and other problem-solving tools as needed to improve process maturity.
Builds and manages statistical process control charts to monitor and support improvement efforts.
Provides coaching and experience as a subject matter expert to others working with lean methodologies.
Collaborates with all Children’s supply chain operations and support functions to improve their key performance indicators.
Build a coaching culture and provide individual coaching to supply chain staff and leadership throughout the change and transformation process.
Monitor improvement progress and sustain transformational gains over time through continued metric review and consultation with key stakeholders.
Collaborates with appropriate physicians, leaders, and staff to obtain, document, and validate information related to assigned projects.
Evaluates and implements new initiatives that assist in the achievement of system goals.
Maintains professional development by expanding knowledge base of methodologies and techniques including Model for Improvement, Statistical Process Control, Six Sigma, and Lean.