Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Posted: 24-Sep-24
Location: Whittier, California
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 23109
The Senior Supply Chain Analyst (Sr. SCA) is responsible for analyzing and supporting all Supply Chain processes within PIH Health. This position will use various quantitative and qualitative methods, collect and organize relevant data for reporting and distribution. The Sr. SCA also reviews Supply Chain metrics in order to develop strategies. The Sr. SCA leads business and clinical teams to support product standardization, best value, and best practices.
PIH Health is a nonprofit, regional healthcare network that serves approximately 3 million residents in the Los Angeles County, Orange County and San Gabriel Valley region. The fully integrated network is comprised of PIH Health Downey Hospital, PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital, PIH Health Whittier Hospital, 37 outpatient medical office buildings, a multispecialty medical (physician) group, home healthcare services and hospice care, as well as heart, cancer, digestive health, orthopedics, women’s health, urgent care and emergency services. The organization is nationally recognized for excellence in patient care and patient experience, and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has identified PIH Health as one of the nation’s top hospital systems for best practices, cutting-edge advancements, quality of care and healthcare technology. For more information, visit PIHHealth.org or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
Responsible for a range of process improvement and process management activities. Activities include planning, performing, and implementing process improvement initiatives, in addition to ownership of operational processes. These initiatives may represent one portion of a larger project or may represent a stand-alone initiative or function within a work group or department. Process management functions may include data gathering and analysis, best practice research, process mapping, developing, and recommending alternatives for improvement, developing performance metrics, obtaining leadership or stakeholder agreement, implementing improvements, and monitoring post-process improvement initiative performance to updated standards. Activities are undertaken and executed in support of organizational goals and are accountable for providing business process solutions to meet internal and external customer expectations. May utilize Lean/Six Sigma processes and concepts to lead process improvement initiatives. Partners with management, project champions, and process owners to execute the project and deliver results.
- In-depth knowledge of hospital procurement and inventory control applications
- Knowledge of data modelling and data visualization with Tableau software
- Data Analysis: Identifies sources for, gathers and analyzes data relevant to processes. May review the work of less senior analysts/consultants. May be responsible for defining data requirements and obtaining customer agreements.
- Research: Reviews best practice research prepared by less senior analysts/consultants. Makes recommendations on appropriate solutions based on research; may select from alternatives presented.
- Process Architecture: Designs complex processes and reviews the work of less senior analysts/consultants. Ensures process mapping is complete; provides feedback and guidance to less senior analysts/consultants. Interviews stakeholders and process owners to define processes. Helps define standards and methods.
- Process Recommendations: Determines process recommendation documents, including presentations, process maps, supporting metrics, business requirements and related impact analyses for complex processes or for portions of larger or inter-related processes. May lead the development of recommendations by less senior analysts/consultants. May apply Lean/Six Sigma concepts and techniques to process improvement initiatives, including completing Lean/Six Sigma analyses and tasks. Shares accountability for realization of results with process owners and may present recommendations to stakeholders and process owners.
- Performance Management & Control: Defines, develops and evaluates performance metrics to establish process success, and may participate in working with multiple stakeholders, often with competing/conflicting objectives, to ensure cohesive and reachable measures of success. Reviews data post- implementation to measure success; participates in defining standards of improvement success.
- Change Management: Participates in and may lead change management activities associated with process improvement. Engages leadership and stakeholders to obtain support and buy in for changes. Partners with management, project champions, and process owners to align process improvement initiatives with business objectives.
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum four (4) years of process improvement, management consulting, change management, or related business experience.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or comparable system process improvement certification
- Broad knowledge of process improvement methodologies.
- Demonstrated knowledge of advanced Microsoft excel, Microsoft Access, SQL
- Demonstrated knowledge of Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) and Business Intelligence (BI) software
Preferred:
- Minimum nine (9) years of process improvement, consulting, or related business experience
- Minimum 2 to 5 years of experience with healthcare payers
- Healthcare or insurance experience
- Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
- Graduate degree