Introduction

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a Supply Chain CEO today with HCA Healthcare.

Benefits

HCA Healthcare offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

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Job Summary and Qualifications

Job Summary – This is an Executive level position responsible for the overall strategic direction, as well as the tactical execution, of all aspects of Supply Chain Operations for a multi-hospital Division(s) (14 to 20+ facilities). This includes responsibility for all regional contracting and sourcing, value analysis, clinical integration, distribution, facility-based activities, pharmacy operations, and serves as a liaison for transactional processing (purchasing, accounts payable, customer service, and internal control). This position also provides strategic oversight for other support services as applicable to the specific division. This individual is responsible for managing $250 - $600 million in annualized supply expenses and over $20 million in capital expenditures, through reviewing and optimizing the current GPO contract portfolio, developing comprehensive clinical and utilization protocols, and developing and executing a product standardization plan for the entire Division. This position is also responsible for recruiting, directing, managing and evaluating over 175 FTEs located at the division, hospital or remote locations through an annual operations budget of $15 to $40 million. This individual is responsible for building strategic relationships and ongoing alliances with key hospital and Division(s) C-suite leaders and other stakeholders.

Supervisor – Applicable Group Supply Chain CEO

Supervises – Division Supply Chain Leadership, including, but not limited to, the following as applicable (titles may change periodically):

• Supply Chain Chief Operating Officer
• Supply Chain Chief Financial Officer
• Division Clinical Resource Director
• Division Director of Contracting and Supplier Diversity (dotted line; straight line reporting to the VP Contracting and Strategic Sourcing)
• Division Director of Pharmacy
• Division Director of Operating Room (as applicable)

Strategic Responsibilities:

• Effectively communicates the shared vision of supply chain operations to all stakeholders

• Builds a high performance and customer focused culture
• Ensures alignment around the culture
• Encourages creative thought leadership
• Creates a Healthy Work Environment

• Leads, directs, and supports leadership and staff development
• Champions the leadership development strategy, including various development programs (such as the ADSC Program), effective career counseling, and succession planning initiatives
• Leads Human Resource and Education initiatives, such as Employee Engagement and educational gap assessments/development plans

• Identifies and fosters new opportunities for operational and financial improvement
• Develops an environment that supports and rewards innovation

• Develops strategies for the effective management of supply expense
• Develops specific plans by facility to execute the supply expense strategies
• Ensures execution of all supply expense strategies and plans

• Ensures our services are relevant and supportive of the clinical initiatives of the facilities
• Ensures alignment between contracting, clinical resource management, pharmacy and identified Division and facility clinical initiatives

• Owns and manages the relationships with key facility stakeholders, including the C-Suite leaders and physicians
• Actively participates in supply expense discussions, strategic plan development and support, and conducts regular business reviews with Division and facility leadership

• Creates value through efficiencies and innovation
• Creates new partnerships

Operational Responsibilities (included but not limited to):

• Responsible for the overall leadership of all Supply Chain activities with the Division including but not limited to:
• Contracting and Sourcing
• Value Analysis and Clinical Integration
• Pharmacy Management
• Supply Expense Management
• Distribution and Logistics
• Liaison for transactional processing (purchasing, accounts payable, customer service, and internal control)
• Hospital-based Supply Chain activities
• Drives product utilization/standardization protocols, and clinical initiatives
• Develops and implements a regional supply expense management plan by facility
• Develops and implements a regional contracting and business diversity contracting plan
• Optimizes the GPO portfolio
• Responsible for the integrity of the Supply Chain financial statements, including appropriate account reconciliation/review, and achievement of the expense budget
• Coordinate, manage and evaluate Division Supply Chain personnel
• Coordinate Capital Budget plan and purchases with Hospital and Division leadership
• Develops and improves customer satisfaction with the hospitals and other customers
• Executes a continuous improvement program for all supply chain functions
• Responsible for planning, measuring, executing and tracking all supply chain projects
• Manages other support services as applicable to the Division(s)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to communicate effectively to all levels
• Experience in effectively driving toward a shared vision
• Ability to develop effective and appropriate formal communications, including plans and presentations

• Proven experience in building a high performing team and a customer focused culture
• Demonstrated passion for leadership development and mentoring
• Experience managing significant process or organizational change while minimizing outcome disruption

• Demonstrates financial and business acumen
• Experience with analyzing complex business issues, developing strategies to address those issues, and preparing plans to effectively communicate the strategies to a high performing team

Driving Innovation

• Demonstrates experience and passion for driving innovation throughout the organization

Leadership Competencies:

• Empowerment/Delegation
• Coaching and Developing Others
• Passion for Results
• Building Organizational Talent
• Customer Focus
• Leading Teams
• Selling the Vision
• Leading Change
• Establishing Strategic Direction

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Master’s degree preferred

EXPERIENCE

• Hospital Operations Background/Experience OR Supply Chain Background/Experience
• Financial or operational hospital or healthcare related experience (> 7 years)
• Clinical understanding preferred
• Supply Chain understanding preferred (if no direct supply chain background/experience)
• Demonstrated passion for building a clinically integrated supply chain
• Demonstrated experience with C-Suite, clinical, and/or medical staff initiatives

This role requires you to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 based on local, state and /or federal law or regulations (unless a medical or religious exemption is approved).

HCA Healthcare (Corporate), based in Nashville, Tennessee, supports a variety of corporate roles from business operations to administrative positions. Like our colleagues in any HCA Healthcare hospital, our corporate campus employees enjoy unparalleled resources and opportunities to reach their potential as healthcare leaders and innovators. From market rate compensation to continuing education and career advancement opportunities, every person has a solid foundation for success. Nashville is also home to our Executive Development Program, where exceptional employees are groomed to take on CNO- and COO-level roles in our hospitals. This selective program focuses on ethics, leadership and the financial and clinical knowledge required of professionals at this level of the industry.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Supply Chain CEO opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.