Supply Chain Process Transformation Specialist - UChicago Medicine

Join UChicago Medicine as a Supply Chain Process Transformation Specialist in the Supply Chain Transformation Department. This opportunity is a flexible remote opportunity that would require travel to Hyde Park depending on tasks at hand. The Supply Chain Department seeks a highly motivated Supply Chain Process Transformation Specialist to assist in the redesign of the supply chain processes including implementation of JIT and Kanban.

Job Summary

In this role, the Supply Chain Process Transformation Specialist will use lean management techniques to assist in the redesign of the supply chain processes including implementation of JIT and Kanban. This position will also have responsibility for assisting in the redesign and implementation of a campus wide logistical program to reduce cycle times and improve material flow and inventory accuracy.This postion will report to the Manager, Systems and Process Engineering. 

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Conducts Supply Chain process improvement activities and events using appropriate tools and techniques such as 5S, Standard Work, Managing for Daily Improvement, Value Stream/Process Flow Mapping and Pull System/Kanban
• Works directly with supply chain area managers to implement process transformation within the supply chain to reduce cycle times. Including, but not limited to, linen redesign, JIT implementation, dock to point of use material flow and inventory accuracy improvement. Assists in the implementation of a point of use supply system
• Key team member in the design of a campus wide logistical program. Assists in coordination of logistical planning and implementation of processes to improve and enhance material flow
• Demonstrates ability to work closely with nursing and procedural areas to implement supply redesign and to ensure all clinical supply needs are being met while reducing on hand inventory value

Youll thrive in this position if you:

• Deliver Results – you identify issues, problems, and opportunities; pro-actively recognize the need for improvement. You work with others to develop a sense of common purpose; understand different perspectives on issues; gathers and examines information available. You generate alternatives - Create relevant options, including financial and resource implications, for addressing problems and opportunities. You select appropriate action - Formulate clear decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option. You commit to implementation and work with a sense of urgency and a bias for action to implement the decision.
• Embrace Change – you treat change and new situations as opportunities for learning or growth; identifies the benefits and risks of change. You quickly modify behavior to deal effectively with changes; remains effective during times of ambiguity and uncertainty. You honor the need in others to ask questions; helps others overcome resistance.
• Act with Courage & Conviction – you look at interactions, activities, and processes to maximize the patient, customer and employee experience; speaks up for point of view with confidence even when the topic is controversial; shares point of view in a manner that builds support. You alert the right person when expectations or standards are not met or when UCMC’s values are at risk. You ensure proper resolution is achieved and an explanation is received; escalates appropriately if needed. 
• Communicate with Impact – you focus on the message of others, provide undivided attention, and defer judgment. You convey messages logically, simply, and with confidence. You check for understanding by asking questions, seeking clarity and responding accordingly  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent training acquired via work experience or education
• Masters preferred
• Requires a minimum of three (3) years of previous job-related experience in supply chain
• Prefer a minimum of six (6) years of experience and some lean management background
• Requires high level of adaptability and interpersonal skills

Position Details

• Job Type: Full Time
• Shift: Days (8am – 5:00pm)
• Office Location: Hyde Park (In office is required a minimum of 3 days a week)
• Department: Supply Chain Transformation Department
• CBA Code: Non-Union

Must comply with UCMC’s COVID-19 Vaccination requirement as a condition of employment. If you have already received the vaccination, you must provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. This is in addition to your compliance with the Flu Vaccination requirement as well. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered consistent with applicable law. Lastly, a pre-employment physical, drug screening, and background check are also required for all employees prior to hire.

Why Join Us

We’ve been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, The University of Chicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.