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Manager, Supply Chain Operations - UW Medical Center-Northwest (100% FTE, DAYS)

University of Washington • Seattle, WA • 8h ago

Req #: 246848

Department: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Posting Date: 07/10/2025

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $8,000 - $11,700 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-contract-covered-exempt-20230921_a11y.pdf)

UW Medical Center-Northwest - Supply Chain Management has an outstanding opportunity for a Manager, Supply Chain Operations .

WORK SCHEDULE

100% FTE

Monday - Friday; Onsite at UW Medical Center-Northwest

Day Shift DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION UW Medicine Supply Chain Management enhances our patient care experience by delivering a robust foundation of services, operational and technical support, and the sharing of comprehensive, relevant, and highly specialized supply chain management expertise.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

Under guidance of the Director, Supply Chain Operations for UW Medical Center, directly lead the Supply Chain Operations for UW Medical Center-Northwest PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for standardized facility-based receiving, storage, inventory management/control, point of use/low unit of measure, and distribution operations for a 281-bed, 44-acre, community-based, nonprofit hospital in North Seattle

Work with Director/Site Lead and other Supply Chain leadership to ensure appropriate delivery systems such as Low Unit of Measure (LUM), Just in Time (JIT), and/or point of use @type systems are evaluated and implemented in a standardized and consistent manner

Optimize use of existing facilities and staffing to ensure appropriate product stocking levels and utilization

Serve as a Supply Chain point of contact and liaison to entity department directors/managers, other clinicians and physicians, ensuring they are kept informed of UW Medicine Supply Chain contract and process improvement initiatives; champion and execute supply expense reduction efforts for the entity; provide active communication with entity leadership on new contracts and assists the entity leadership in bringing forward Supply Chain related needs and requirements to support their entity

Provide day-to-day supervision of department staff, which includes scheduling work, monitoring performance to ensure compliance with guidelines, policies, and procedures, providing feedback on performance, and writing and conducting performance reviews; Recruit, hire, and set performance expectations of direct reports

Under the direction of the Assistant Director/Site Lead and other Supply Chain leadership, work with UW Medicine system staff to implement system-wide inventory strategy and improve supply chain performance through a reduction in obsolete inventory, improvements in inventory turns and improvement in inventory replenishment processes

Implement system wide standardized inventory control and cycle counting strategy to provide appropriate financial controls and management; monitor annual Supply Chain budgets to meet system goals and objectives ensuring entity expenses are on target and within budget REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor's degree in Healthcare, Business or Logistics/Supply Chain Management

Minimum of 4 years of Supply Chain Management or Finance experience with 1 year in a healthcare setting, including at least 1 year in a Lead, Specialist, Coordinator, or Supervisory level leadership role

Healthcare business operations and/or financial management experience in a healthcare setting; Experience standardizing disparate processes; Experience in process improvement methodology, change management, and operational improvement.

An equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute for stated requirements

ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-NORTHWEST UW Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in six specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.

The UW Medical Center-Northwest campus offers emergency and inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and therapeutic care. It is located in north Seattle on a beautiful, easy-to-access 44-acre campus that includes the neighboring? Northwest Outpatient Medical Center and? Specialty Care Meridian Pavilion.

Teamwork. Community. Opportunity. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/about/career-opportunities/uw-medical-center-northwest)

ABOUT UW MEDICINE - WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER UW Medicine is Washington's only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine's mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow's physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

Become part of our team. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/jobs) Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

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