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Position Summary
The Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer is a mission-critical enterprise leader responsible for shaping, modernizing, and stewarding one of Atlantic Health's (AH) largest system-wide cost, quality, and resiliency platforms. This executive ensures that AH maintains a clinically integrated, financially disciplined, and operationally world-class supply chain that directly enables exceptional patient care, clinician satisfaction, and organizational performance.
This role is central to AH's ambition to be a highly-reliable, value-based, nationally recognized healthcare system. The VP leads transformation across sourcing, contracting, logistics, technology, and clinical alignment-driving measurable improvements in cost, quality, resiliency, and strategic readiness. As a key advisor to senior leadership, the VP ensures that supply chain strategy is fully aligned with AH's clinical, operational, and financial priorities.
The Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer provides strategic, financial, and operational leadership for all supply chain activities across the health system." "The VP will lead large-scale transformation initiatives... and build a high-performing, service-oriented supply chain function aligned to system-wide goals.
Strategic Leadership
The VP serves as the enterprise architect of AH's supply chain strategy, responsible for:

• Designing and executing a system-wide supply chain strategy that advances clinical excellence, operational reliability, and financial stewardship.
• Acting as a trusted strategic partner to the CEO, COO, CFO, CMO, CNO, and hospital presidents on cost containment, value optimization, and long-term resiliency.
• Leading transformation initiatives including standardization, digitization, automation, and advanced analytics to modernize the supply chain and elevate system performance.
• Driving long-range planning for capacity, resiliency, and risk mitigation, ensuring AH is prepared for market volatility, supply disruptions, and emerging clinical needs.
• Developing and executing a system-wide supply chain strategy aligned with clinical, operational, and financial priorities.
• Leading supply chain transformation, including standardization, digitization, and automation initiatives.

Enterprise Operations & Performance Leadership
The VP oversee end-to-end supply chain operations including sourcing, contracting, procurement, inventory management, distribution, and logistics ensuring:

• Reliable, uninterrupted supply availability for critical care, procedural, and acute care environments.
• Optimization of inventory, distribution, logistics, and procurement to support high-reliability operations.
• System-wide performance management through KPIs such as cost per case, fill rates, inventory turns, contract compliance, and service-level performance.
• Deployment of Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies to eliminate waste and improve throughput.

Clinical & Physician Alignment
The VP plays a pivotal role in strengthening AH's clinical integration by:

• Partnering with physicians, nursing, and clinical leadership to drive evidence-based product standardization and utilization.
• Leading and supporting clinical value analysis committees to ensure clinical quality, safety, and cost optimization.
• Ensuring clinicians have a trusted, transparent, and data-driven partner in supply decision-making.

Financial Stewardship & Value Optimization
As a key driver of AH's financial performance, the VP lead supply, purchased services, and capital expense management strategies to achieve annual savings targets and margin improvement:

• Leads system-wide supply, purchased services, and capital equipment expense management strategies to deliver annual savings, margin improvement, and total cost of ownership optimization.
• Oversees contract negotiations, GPO strategy, and supplier performance to ensure maximum value and accountability.
• Drives data-driven decision-making through analytics, benchmarking, and predictive modeling.

Supplier, Vendor & Market Strategy
The VP ensures AH maintains resilient, innovative, and strategically aligned supplier relationships by:

• Building high-value and accountable partnerships with manufacturers, distributors, and GPOs.
• Leading sourcing strategies that prioritize quality, innovation, cost, and supply continuity.
• Managing vendor risk and ensuring compliance with regulatory and organizational standards.

Technology, Data & Innovation Leadership
The VP is accountable for advancing AH's supply chain technology landscape by:

• Leveraging cutting edge inventory automation technology.
• Utilizing available cost benchmarking platforms that provide insights into cost savings opportunities.
• Driving ERP optimization and integration with clinical and financial systems.
• Implementing automation, RFID, advanced logistics models, and predictive analytics.
• Ensuring AH has a modern, data-rich, and insight-driven supply chain platform.

People Leadership & Culture
The VP recognizes the important role leadership and influencing relationships play in driving results in a multi-site, complex, and high-performing health system:

• Build diverse, accountable, service-oriented teams aligned with AH values.
• Develop leadership bench strength and succession planning.
• Foster a culture of trust, inclusion, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Develop business and influencing relationships with system executives, physician, and clinical leaders that is built upon trust and accountability.

Salary Range: $419,289 - $580,807 base salary only; excludes leadership incentive.
Qualifications
Required

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Healthcare Administration, or related field
• 10-15+ years of progressive supply chain leadership experience in large, complex healthcare systems
• Demonstrated success driving large-scale cost savings, operational transformation, and clinical integration
• Strong financial acumen and experience managing multimillion-dollar supply budgets
• Experience in matrixed environments with strong physician and clinical collaboration

Preferred

• Master's degree (MBA, MHA, or related)
• Certifications such as CMRP, CPSM, or CSCP
• Experience with GPO strategy and enterprise ERP systems (Oracle, Workday, SAP)

Key Competencies

• Strategic Agility - Ability to translate market trends and operational needs into enterprise strategy
• Influence & Partnership - Builds trust with executives, physicians, and frontline teams
• Operational Excellence - Drives measurable and defendable performance improvement at scale
• Financial Leadership - Balances cost, quality, and outcomes
• Change Leadership - Leads transformation in complex, fast-paced environments
• Resilience & Risk Management - Ensures continuity in times of disruption

About Us
At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Medical Group
• Atlantic Visiting Nurse
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group.
We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For."
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Named by Newsweek as two of the "World's Best Hospitals" in 2026.
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook ranked within the top three hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report's 2025-2026 Best Hospital rankings.
• Atlantic Health scored four "A" grades by The Leapfrog Group in its Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades, performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and injections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook are New Jersey's only hospitals to be named among America's 50 Best hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.
• Named by Becker's Healthcare as one of the "165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare - 2026.
• Atlantic Health Morristown, Atlantic Health Overlook, Atlantic Health Chilton and Atlantic Health Newton all Forbes Top Hospitals for 2026.
• Named by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity 2025.
• Atlantic Health rated LEVEL 9 - 2025 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired.

Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports the health, financial security, and well-being of all team members. Offerings vary based on role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary, with role-specific enhancements highlighted:
Team Member Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
• Life & AD&D Insurance.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
• 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution
• PTO & Paid Sick Leave
• Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising
• Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave
• Backup and On-Site Childcare
• Well-Being Rewards
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program
• Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts
• Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance

Note: In Compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Act (effective Sunday, June 1, 2025), all job postings will include the hourly wage or salary (or a range), as well as this summary of benefits. Final compensation and benefit eligibility may vary by role and employment status and will be confirmed at the time of offer.
EEO STATEMENT
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About the Team
Atlantic Health System is at the forefront of medicine, setting standards for quality health care powered by a workforce of more than 18,000 team members and 4,800 affiliated physicians dedicated to building healthier communities, the system offers more than 400 sites of care, including eight award-winning medical centers. Specializing in cardiovascular care, cancer care, orthopedics, neuroscience, pediatrics, women's health and rehabilitation medicine. Atlantic Medical Group, comprised of 1,000 physicians and advanced practice providers, represents one of the largest multi-specialty practices in New Jersey and includes finance, legal, marketing, human resources, talent acquisition, ISS and more. Caring for our patients, our team members and the communities we serve is our central mission.