Job Description

City/State

Norfolk, VA

Work Shift

Rotating

Full Time, Rotating Shifts

As a Supply Chain Associate IV with Sentara, you will be r esponsible for the supply management function in the designated area. Additional responsibilities of a Supply Chain Logistics Associate IV may include but are not limited to participation in financial reviews, trialing technological innovations designed to advance Supply Chain Services, forecasting, vendor compliance, ordering of specialty supplies, backorder/recall management, and support of the Clinical & Supply Chain teams. A willingness to support cost-saving initiatives and opportunities relating to financial stewardship. Responsible for supporting new product trials and coordination with the implementation team. Ability to review budget variance reports and the cost associated with new products implemented. Responsible for maintaining close communication with the Clinical & Supply Chain Leadership, Colleagues, and other staff regarding supply-related topics.

Inventory Management:
• Manage inventory balances across the designated areas.
• Ability to understand the logistical requirements to meet demand during an ever-changing global supply chain and possess the flexibility to pivot a plan at a moment's notice.
• Responsible for the ordering, storage, inventory, and distribution of supplies in assigned areas. Implements established plan which ensures supplies and equipment are readily available and orderly.
• Track shipments and coordinate internal stock transfers to mitigate disruption from delays.
• Assist as necessary with product conversions and or substitutions.
• Managing non-conforming supplies including returns in assigned designated areas.
• Ability to stay focused and possess the time management skills to prioritize tasks ensuring job requirements are met.
• Responsible for replenishing specialty supplies.
• Demonstrates leadership skillsets.
• Responsible for maintaining regulatory compliance regarding products and equipment.
• Communicate regulatory concerns or variances to key stakeholders.
• Support Initiatives that ensure Bill Only, Bill & Replace, are completed timely.

Reporting/Communication/Customer Support:
• Work closely with on-site supply chain management staff to provide outstanding customer service.
• Follow up timely with internal and external customers using email, phone, or other means acceptable for use by Sentara
• Ability to critically escalate product shortage and stock out matters to management.
• Capable of escalating with vendor representatives our product demand needs including deficiencies related to their failure to supply and meet our inventory levels.
• Employee must be comfortable navigating numerous platforms, ERPs, and other 3rd party systems.
• Individuals must be a team player with a positive can-do attitude.

Leadership & Skills Development:
• Willingness to aspire and develop skills for potential Leadership opportunities @ Sentara.
• Navigate through the Sentara Leadership program and coursework to advance in a leadership role.
• Build Vendor relationships to advance Sentara's Strategic Objectives.
• Develop interpersonal relationship skills to increase comfort with all service line staff.

Education Required:

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Bachelor’s Degree Preferred

Experience Required:

5 years of Supply Chain

Healthcare preferred

Keywords: #INDEED, logistics, inventory, supplies, materials, supply management, supply associate, supply chain, warehouse, monster, talroo-allied health.

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career• Medical, Dental, Vision plans• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave • Emergency Backup Care• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans• Life Insurance• 401k/403B with Employer Match• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development• Pet Insurance • Legal Resources Plan• Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met

Sentara Leigh Hospital, located in Norfolk, VA, is a 274-bed acute care facility that opened in 1903 and relocated to its present site in 1977. Our hospital completed a renovation in 2016, including two new patient towers, a beautiful atrium, and a multi-story parking garage. Sentara Leigh Hospital includes a dedicated Orthopedic Hospital providing patients access to a full continuum of orthopedic care, from the preoperative phase and surgery to rehabilitation and home care services. Along with being a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, we also specialize in orthopedic and spine care, heart, vascular, maternity care, and general surgery. We are also home to the region’s only 24-hour hyperbaric oxygen program that helps speed up the healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, wounds that won’t heal, infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen, airborne chemical exposures, and scuba diving accidents.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.