Supply Services Manager
Permanent
80 hours per fortnight with monthly ADO
$42.33 per hour

About Grampians Health

Grampians Health was established 1 November 2021, bringing together Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, Stawell Regional Health, Wimmera Health Care Group and Ballarat Health Services to deliver safe, sustainable, healthcare tailored to changing workforce and community needs, for the long term.

This partnership follows years of strong collaboration and close partnerships between the four health services. Together, we will deliver better healthcare, enhance services and advance careers, closer to home, now and into the future.

A career with Grampians Health means you are connected and are part of a team providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Our communities are diverse, as is our workforce, with expert clinical staff from across the world choosing to live and work in our beautiful region.

Grampians Health provides acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care, administration and support services. This means your career will be as diverse and rewarding as you strive to be.

About the role

The Supply Services Manager role is primarily responsible for the strategic review and day to day management of internal stock and other requisition orders, supply and logistics process inclusive of central store, ward inventory management, receiving dock activities including supervision of team members, with oversight of the buying and receiving process, pick/packing of orders, transport and delivery of stock and non-stock orders.

Key Responsibilities

• Management of warehouse activity function and team members to ensure that continuity of the supply chain for required goods and services for catalogued and non-catalogued items as required by the business is maintained;
• Responsibility for ensuring effective ensure efficient stock management and delivery processes are enacted including reporting on stock shortages, excess and dated stock and co-ordination of annual stocktake process;
• Assist Procurement Manager with adherence to Grampians Health’s Purchasing Policy and Procedures together with compliance with the policies and procedures as issued by Health Share Victoria (HSV) and other Government directions;
• Management of Clinical Products Adviser to ensure clinical stock held is cost effective, compliant with relevant quality standards and is fit for purpose within Grampians Health - Ballarat; including co-ordination of product trials and standardisation projects;
• Ensure timely processing and appropriate authorisation of orders placed through ARM requisition system, including monitoring and reporting of transactions to ensure compliance with the Grampians Health Delegations of Authority Policy;
• Assist Procurement Manager in establishing and maintaining relationships with suppliers and negotiating terms of contracts and prices;

Qualifications and Experience:

• Demonstrated experience in managing supply warehouse function; experience in this function in a health or a health-related environment is desirable;
• Demonstrated experience in managing vehicle fleets and other ancillary services.
• Tertiary qualifications, preferable in Supply Chain, Finance or Business Management and/or Membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Australia (CIPSA) are desirable but not essential;

Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to understand financial information and reconcile stock system to general ledger;
• High level computer skills with proficient experience in the use of finance systems and the use Microsoft Office software. Experience with Epicor software is desirable, but not essential.

Leadership

• Aligns team with the organisational values and goals through effective people management, coaching and positive modelling;
• Ability for strong leadership, decisiveness and ability to manage all areas of team members including development and succession planning.

Grampians Health Culture & Benefits

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Discounted on-site parking
• Access to discounted health club membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Located on the banks of the Wimmera River, Horsham is the retail, business & service centre of the Wimmera region. With a growing population of approximately 20,000, Horsham is a vibrant city in which to live, work and play. With all the facilities that you would expect from a regional city, Horsham offers affordable housing, education and accessible community services alongside a vibrant combination of food, art, shopping, culture and nature.

With legendary natural attractions such as the Grampians National Park, world renowned Mount Arapiles and the Little Desert National Park nearby, there are many amazing natural features to see and explore. Food lovers will delight in the opportunity to sample from the restaurants, farm gates and cellar doors of some of Australia’s best and most awarded venues.

If you are dreaming of a career change with country lifestyle, and want to swap expensive urban dwelling for stunning natural landscapes, Horsham is the place for you.

How to apply

Click APPLY or contact Rodney Hansen, Chief Corporate Services Officer, on 03 5320 4220 for a confidential discussion.

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.

Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.