Asset Supervisor

Description

Position title

Asset Supervisor

Position Code

AS001

Division

Purchasing, BioMed

FLSA Status

Exempt

Reports to

Director of Respiratory Services

Grade

[1,2,3]

Approved by

Charlie Barnes, CEO

AS001 Signature

Date approved

08/20/2026

Date Signed

Position Summary

The Asset Supervisor is responsible for maximizing the value, utilization, reliability, and financial return of Barnes’ assets. This role has oversight of applicable functions in purchasing, inventory, biomedical services, and the full asset lifecycle from acquisition through repair, redeployment, and retirement. The role ensures resources are effectively managed to reduce costs, minimize downtime, improve asset utilization, and support patient care, operational excellence, and sustainable growth.

Essential Functions

• Models and holds others accountable to the Barnes culture and acts as a coach and mentor for others in the organization.
• Own the full asset lifecycle from purchasing and deployment through maintenance, repair, redeployment, and retirement/disposal, maximizing asset value, utilization, reliability, and financial return.
• Evaluate repair-versus-replace decisions using equipment age, repair history, utilization, failure risk, warranty status, replacement cost, and expected useful life.
• Monitor rental equipment condition and failure risk, proactively identifying aging or high-risk equipment before failures occur in the field.
• Maximize revenue-producing asset utilization by identifying idle or underutilized equipment and ensuring available assets are repaired, redeployed, or otherwise put to productive use.
• Improve warehouse inventory turns by identifying slow-moving, excess, obsolete, and non-deployable equipment and supplies and executing appropriate redeployment, transfer, return, sale, or disposal plans.
• Oversee applicable HME procurement, including supplier evaluation, quotes, negotiations, purchase orders, and agreements to achieve favorable pricing, quality, reliability, and terms.
• Manage inventory systems and end-of-month reconciliations to maintain accurate asset and inventory records, appropriate inventory levels, and accountability.
• Monitor supplier agreements and partner with Finance to ensure purchasing, invoices, credits, warranty recoveries, and supplier payments are accurate and consistent with negotiated terms.
• Develop and maintain a 3-year asset plan for ventilators and oxygen equipment to anticipate replacement needs, manage failure risk, and optimize capital deployment.
• Establish and continuously improve processes that increase equipment reliability and utilization while reducing operational waste, unnecessary purchasing, repair expense, and equipment downtime.
• Track and report purchasing savings, avoided capital expenditures, repair savings, warranty recoveries, asset redeployment, inventory reduction, and other measures of departmental financial performance.
• Monitor departmental performance and identify and execute opportunities to reduce expense, recover lost value, improve revenue-producing capacity, and strengthen operational performance.
• Partner with leadership and other departments to align asset, purchasing, inventory, and biomedical operations with organizational goals.
• Perform other related duties as assigned to ensure the success of the department and organization.

Minimum Qualifications and Skills

• 3-5 years’ experience in asset management, purchasing, inventory, biomedical services, operations, or related functions; healthcare or HME experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of asset lifecycle management, inventory control, purchasing, and capital planning.
• Strong analytical and financial decision-making skills, including the ability to evaluate cost, utilization, repair-versus-replace decisions, and return on assets.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze operational data, identify opportunities, and translate findings into action.
• Strong negotiation and supplier-management skills.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and process-improvement skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office Suite, inventory/asset management systems, or related software.
• Knowledge of healthcare regulatory requirements and HME equipment standards preferred.

Success Factors

• Ownership mentality with a strong bias toward action and measurable results.
• Strong analytical curiosity with the ability to find waste, unused capacity, risk, and financial opportunity.
• Ability to balance patient care, equipment reliability, operational needs, and financial return when making decisions.
• Strong organizational discipline and attention to detail.
• Ability to build and maintain simple, consistent, and accountable processes.
• Ability to lead, coach, and develop team members.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and ability to influence decisions across departments.
• Comfortable challenging historical practices and identifying better ways to deploy resources.

Working Conditions

• Work performed across office, warehouse, biomedical, and other operational environments.
• Regular interaction with equipment, inventory, warehouse operations, suppliers, and operational teams.
• Periodic travel between Barnes locations may be required.
• May be required to respond to urgent equipment, facility, or operational needs outside regular business hours.
• Must be able to lift up to 75 pounds at times.

Requirements

The Barnes Difference

For those looking for a workplace that is as compassionate with its staff as it is with its patients – Barnes Healthcare has what you are looking for. Providing unparalleled service since 1909, we do not just offer you a job; we welcome you into a family committed to outstanding care, community spirit, and meaningful impact. Our history exists simply because of the people committed to delivering on our driving purpose - We Take Care of People. ™

A Legacy of Caring - Join forces with a healthcare pioneer! Experience how we have earned the trust of countless families through over a century of unwavering dedication to nurturing health and happiness.

A Culture of Empathy - Dive into an environment where patients' wellness journeys shape our business. Your empathy and insights are valued, heard, and pivotal in crafting holistic care experiences.

Community Engagement - Engage with local endeavors, enrich lives, and witness firsthand the difference you make every day. We provide 40 hours of volunteer time off to allow you to get involved with our communities in a personal way. Our commitment to our communities has led to raising over $800,000 for those we serve since 2009.

Daily Fulfillment – Your experience will be much more than a paycheck. It is the gratification of knowing your work profoundly improves lives, contributing to delivering compassionate care for those we serve.

Exceptional Teamwork – Your purpose is shared with a group of passionate, talented, and supportive colleagues who work together to deliver a transformative impact and legendary customer service. You will find a second family here.

Deep Roots – Become a part of a fourth-generation family business whose success has always been measured by the number of lives we impact and not by the earnings of outside shareholders.

Ready for a career that nourishes your soul as you nurture others? Your opportunity is here, with a family that cherishes your ambitions as much as you do. Step into your role at Barnes Healthcare. Apply now and join with us as we continue our history of doing what we do best – We Take Care of People. ™