Senior Director – Supply Chain
Kallo Inc. (KALO:OTC US) improves the quality and efficiency of care, by providing centralized congruent solutions that address healthcare and business issues for Ministries of Health, hospitals, physicians & other healthcare organizations.
Our technology suite transforms healthcare-delivery via rural healthcare, disease management, clinical globalization and oHealth solutions.
Specialties
MobileCare, RuralCare, Hospital Information Systems, Telehealth Systems, Pharmacy Information, Disaster Management, Air and Surface Patient Transportation Systems, Clinical Training.
Position Overview
Reporting to the Vice-President – Operations, the Senior Director – Supply Chain will lead and manage all Supply Chain activities for Kallo global facilities. They will hire and develop a high performing team and provide them with day-to-day leadership and direction.
Accountabilities
- Manage the profit and loss of the facility Supply Chain operations.
- Develop and execute the infrastructure project plan for each facility.
- Facilitate the implementation of market-based purchasing projects at each facility.
- Execute the implementation and operational plan for all of the point of use systems.
- Coordinate, manage, and evaluate facility Supply Chain personnel.
- Create a supportive environment for supply chain staff development and the delivery of supply chain solutions.
- Raise and resolve facility-based supply chain issues and improvement opportunities.
- Coordinate and drive efforts to enable supply improvement initiatives (SII) to succeed within each facility.
- Facilitate the standardization of products and optimize supply utilization through effective collaboration with Physicians and clinicians.
- Manage the facility 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 at the facility and report these results in an accurate and timely manner.
- Execute a continuous improvement program for supply chain functions.
- Ensure useful knowledge is captured and promote sharing of information.
- Actively seeks ways to control costs without compromising patient safety, quality of care of the services delivered.
- Demonstrates knowledge of occurrence reporting system and utilizes system to report potential patient safety issues.
- Oversee all supply chain projects and programs; ensure that expenditures are consistently aligned with project budgets.
Key Deliverables during First 12 to 24 Months
- Develop supply chain strategy and project plan for each of the first 3 years.
- Assess Kallo baseline supply chain, including supply and demand planning, warehouses, logistics and fleet.
- Evaluate procurement practices, policies, and spend including sourcing strategies, vendor selection, vendor evaluation, contracting, governance, and risk mitigation.
- Identify quick win opportunities.
- Translate quick win opportunities into a roadmap of achievable initiatives. Build business cases, project plans and IT / technology requirements for initiatives.
- Champion Supply Chain and Procurement transformation initiatives.
- Provide day-to-day program management, decision-support analytics, subject matter expertise and creative thinking.
- Lead internal cross-functional team and external consultants (as required) to build blue print of future state supply chain and procurement. Set up program management to execute.
- Synthesize information, analytical findings and issues into concise actionable summaries suitable for presentation to senior management/executives.
- Lead, coach and motivate a small and effective team of Senior Managers and/or Managers
Qualifications and Requirements
- BA or BSc required in a technical discipline such as logistics, engineering, math or data science or equivalent experience.
- 7 to 10 years experience in a senior supply chain management position, which included responsibility for procurement.
- Minimum of three years hospital management experience required.
- Organization – proactively prioritizes needs and effectively manages resources.
- Leadership – guides individuals and groups toward desired outcomes, setting high performance standards and delivering leading quality services.
- Customer Orientation – establishes and maintains long-term customer relationships, building trust and respect by consistently meeting and exceeding expectations
- Tactical execution – oversees the development, deployment and direction of complex programs and processes.
- Policies & Procedures – develops and implements supply chain policies, procedures and systems.
- Financial management – applies tools and processes to successfully manage to budget.
- Project management – assesses work activities and allocates resources appropriately.
- Ability to work with field offices considering cross-cultural sensitivities and respect at all times.
- Ability to work effectively in teams and independently; demonstrating initiative and creativity when solving problems.
- Flexible with ability to meet deadlines and adhere to organizational policies and procedures.
- Proven experience to lead in the achievement of results.
- Experience with a multinational organization.
- Strong initiative, assertiveness, negotiation, problem-solving, decision-making and presentation skills.
- Good logical, interpersonal, written and oral communication abilities with a strong attention to detail.
- Strong execution ability, with an energetic ‘can-do’ team player attitude, and an ability to drive and manage change is important.
- Travel will be required to customer sites and Kallo office locations.
Kallo Inc. has a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunity employer.
We appreciate all applications. If you are among the most suitable for this position, we will be in touch with you shortly. Only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.
For more information on Kallo and ongoing business developments, please visit us at www.kalloinc.ca
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