Supervisor Materials Management

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Supervisor, Materials Management, you will be a pivotal leader, ensuring efficient flow and strategic oversight of all materials handling.Every day, you'll oversee and coordinate materials management operations, including procurement, inventory, distribution, and logistics. You'll establish protocols, manage vendors, optimize storage, and lead your team to ensure timely supply of essential goods, directly impacting clinical operations and cost-effectiveness.To be successful, you'll combine strong organizational and logistical expertise with exceptional leadership, a keen eye for process improvement, and meticulous oversight, transforming materials management into a strategic advantage.

• Supervises supply room employees in the proper, receiving, storing, handling and issuing sterile and non-sterile medical equipment and supplies per organizational standards.
• Monitors medical equipment/supplies inventory and utilization levels and orders as needed to ensure adequate availability of patient care and treatment materials.
• Supervises staff conformance with policies and procedures related to the handling, sterilization, cleaning, maintenance, storage, and assembly of patient care supplies, equipment, and instruments.
• Assists in management of supply room staff to include performance management, continual improvement, training and education and communication of updates to policies and procedures.

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelors Other or a combination of education and/or additional job related experience may be substituted in lieu of the degree., upon hire and
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in Materials Management or Accounts Payable within a healthcare organization. and
• Three (3) years’ experience in invoice resolution working with requisitioners, vendors and Accounts Payable.

 

Where You’ll Work

Founded in 1923, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is a 389-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Long Beach, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, and orthopedics. Additionally, St. Mary Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center and received a Healthgrades 5-Star Award for Heart Failure in 2026.

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