Overview

Ardent Health Services (AHS) is a national health care services company headquartered in Nashville, TN. Through its subsidiaries, Ardent owns and operates nearly 200 sites of care. Our subsidiaries own and operate hospitals and multispecialty physician practices in six states. Ardent includes 30 hospitals, 4,423 patient beds, 23,000 employees, and 1,700 employed physicians. Within the industry, we are noted for recognizing that every hospital is as unique as the community it serves. This in-depth understanding of how health care works at the local level is one of our great strengths.

POSITION SUMMARY

Reporting to the Corporate VP of Supply Chain, the Assistant Vice President, Supply Chain Operations is accountable for all Ardent supply chain operations. The Corporate AVP of Supply Chain Operations is responsible for leading, implementing, measuring, and directing all supply chain operations within the organization. Also provide operational direction and oversight for all operational improvements and inventory management.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring consistent operations of inventory management, and distribution across the organization.
• Execute the infrastructure project plan for the organization. This includes the implementation of the standardization programs for all supply chain functions
• Facilitate the implementation of the organization-based purchasing projects at the corporate level
• Coordinate, manage, and evaluate market Supply Chain directors, and managers
• Create a supportive environment for supply chain leader’s development and the delivery of supply chain solutions
• Raise and resolve the Ardent based supply chain issues and improvement opportunities
• Coordinate and drive efforts to enable supply improvement initiatives to succeed within the organization
• Manage the organization implementation plan, identify, and mitigate risks (leverage lessons learned, utilize proactive communication techniques), and monitor resource allocations to ensure successful execution of plan
• Execute the Supply Chain Performance Measurement plan in the organization and report these results to the Supply Chain leaders
• Execute a continuous improvement program for supply chain functions
• Travel is approximately 50%

Qualifications

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Healthcare Administration, or Finance
• Minimum of 5 years hospital management experience
• Multi-facility experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ensure useful knowledge is captured and promote sharing of information
• Work closely with the item master team to ensure efficiencies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in a professional, multi-disciplinary team as a group leader, facilitator or participant
• Demonstrates initiative, dependability and flexibility to work in a fast paced work environment
• Sound business judgement with a strong understanding of healthcare services, operations & finance
• Strong organizational and process management skills