Director of Supply Chain

North Dakota State Hospital (NDSH) is seeking a Director of Supply Chain in Jamestown, North Dakota.

Help support a specialized state psychiatric hospital in providing safe, high quality care by strengthening and modernizing supply chain operations. NDSH is seeking a leader to develop and oversee procurement, inventory management, vendor coordination, and supply distribution in an environment where no formal supply chain structure currently exists.

As the Director of Supply Chain, you will be responsible for designing and implementing systems that ensure the right supplies and equipment are available to support daily operations and patient care. You will partner with leadership, clinical teams, and support services to improve efficiency, manage costs, and strengthen supply chain performance. You will oversee vendor relationships, inventory controls, and supply readiness, while preparing operations for a transition into a new hospital facility and ensuring continuity during both routine operations and emergency situations.

To thrive in this position, you must be highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced environment. You will bring strong problem solving and leadership skills, with the ability to build and improve processes from the ground up. You must be comfortable working with data, collaborating across departments, and driving solutions that improve systems, outcomes, and overall operational efficiency.

To be considered for the Director of Supply Chain position, you must have a bachelor's degree in a related field AND a minimum of 5 years' experience in supply chain, materials management, or logistics within a healthcare setting. Experience in government or large scale operations is preferred.

This position is required to work onsite at the State Hospital in Jamestown, North Dakota.

The North Dakota State Hospital (NDSH), located in Jamestown, is a specialized psychiatric hospital that serves the whole state. Services focus on psychiatric rehabilitation, residential substance use disorders treatment, and residential treatment for sexually dangerous individuals.

ND HHS strives to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the nation by reinforcing the foundations of wellbeing: physical, economic, and behavioral. The keys to success are the 2800 committed, team members who are guided by a simple but powerful belief: when we lead with light, we create systems and services rooted in hope, clarity, and possibility. Their work is supported with more than $6 billion in funding from nearly 400 different federal, state, and special sources.

To succeed in this role, you must lead with LIGHT - leading with hope, instilling purpose and meaning, galvanizing gratitude, honoring health, and talking, walking and teaching civility, kindness and love for all.

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Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The Department of Health & Human Services does not offer or provide sponsor ships. This employer participates in E-Verify.

The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.

As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. Sect. 23-12-10.