Director, Materials Management Jobs

Company Description

When you come to the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, you’re coming to more than simply a beautiful 37-acre, 218-bed suburban Baltimore, Maryland campus. You’re embarking on a professional journey that encourages opportunities, values a team atmosphere, and makes convenience and flexibility a priority. Joining our team of healthcare professionals means you’ll be contributing to a locally and nationally recognized institution. UM St. Joseph has been recognized by The Leapfrog Group as a grade ‘A’ hospital and by U.S. News & World Report as #3 in both the state and Baltimore Metro area, making UM St. Joseph the highest-ranking community hospital in Maryland. In addition, we’ve been consistently recognized as a top employer by Baltimore magazine.

• Develops strategies to enhance distribution, minimize cost, and reduce Inventory investments whilst ensuring availability of products and the avoidance of shortages. Responsible for developing policies and procedures, oversees and ensures all inventory locations throughout the hospital are being managed to optimum efficiency that meet the operational and financial needs of UMMS and patient care services.
• Provides guidance and general direction for department operations, working through management staff to ensure accurate and timely production of work and the efficient and effective operation of the logistics and materials management functions. Formulates operating policies and procedures to support the UMMS mission of patient care, teaching and research.
• Creates and maintains service standards and performance indicators for receiving, distribution, and inventory management, including mailroom, linen, and laundry.
• Functions as the primary leadership individual within the hospital representing the SJMC Supply Chain Management group. Ensures essential policies, procedures, programs and initiatives are effectively communicated and implemented between UMMS and SJMC Supply Chain teams.
• Participates on the System Supply Chain council to provide and receive essential information necessary to optimize resource utilization within SJMC, and to update and inform the Vice President, Operations.

Qualifications

• Experience with and understanding of financial and materials management reporting systems.
• A minimum of seven (7) years in health care materials management, or equivalent experience in a health care environment managing the operations of inventory management, supply replenishment, receiving, and distribution with at least 3-5 years middle management experience is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Logistics or related discipline or eleven (11) total years of progressively responsible experience in health care materials management is required. Master’s degree is preferred.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.