Supply Chain Manager

Veterinary Specialty Hospital (VSH) is seeking a highly experienced Supply Chain Manager to lead supply chain, inventory, purchasing, equipment, and asset management across our high-volume veterinary hospital operations. Based in San Diego, California, this position will provide strategic and operational oversight for supply chain processes across VSH and designated regional hospitals, with responsibility for driving efficiency, financial performance, standardization, and operational reliability.

Veterinary Specialty Hospital is a large, 24/7 specialty and emergency veterinary hospital generating approximately $50 million in annual revenue. Our hospital operates in a complex medical environment with multiple specialty services, a robust Emergency department, advanced diagnostic and treatment equipment, high patient volumes, and significant pharmaceutical, medical supply, and equipment needs.

The Supply Chain Manager plays a critical role in ensuring our medical teams have the supplies, equipment, and resources necessary to provide uninterrupted patient care while maintaining strong financial and operational controls.

The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for the strategic and day-to-day management of supply chain, purchasing, inventory, equipment, asset management, vendor relationships, and preventive maintenance programs. This position requires a proactive, highly organized leader who can anticipate operational needs, identify risks before they impact patient care, develop scalable processes, and balance clinical needs with financial responsibility. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable developing regional strategy, analyzing data and budgets, negotiating with vendors, and getting into the details to solve an urgent operational problem.

• Develop and implement local supply chain strategies that improve efficiency, availability, standardization, and cost effectiveness.
• Oversee hospital inventory, including medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, consumables, specialty products, and operational supplies.
• Establish and maintain appropriate par levels based on hospital volume, utilization, lead times, and clinical requirements.
• Ensure critical supplies remain available while minimizing excess inventory and carrying costs.
• Monitor inventory utilization, purchasing trends, shortages, backorders, expiration dates, and product waste.
• Establish standardized ordering and purchasing processes and appropriate purchasing controls.
• Conduct regular inventory audits and maintain accurate inventory records.
• Identify and implement opportunities to reduce expired, obsolete, duplicate, or unnecessary inventory.
• Develop contingency plans for critical products vulnerable to shortages or supply-chain disruptions.
• Identify opportunities to reduce cost of goods sold (COGS) without compromising patient care or medical quality.
• Partner with clinical departments to evaluate new products while balancing medical preference, operational need, standardization, and cost.
• Establish best practices that can be consistently implemented across hospitals.

• Oversee purchasing activities and vendor relationships to ensure competitive pricing, service levels, product availability, and contract compliance.
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers, manufacturers, and service providers.
• Evaluate vendors and identify opportunities for consolidation, standardization, and improved pricing.
• Negotiate pricing, terms, service agreements, and purchasing arrangements when appropriate.
• Monitor vendor performance and proactively address service, quality, pricing, and delivery concerns.
• Develop sourcing strategies that provide the best overall value rather than focusing solely on purchase price.
• Partner with leadership and clinical teams to establish product standards and preferred vendors.

• Maintain oversight of hospital medical and operational equipment, including location, condition, service history, warranty information, and expected useful life.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive equipment inventory and asset tracking system.
• Establish standardized processes for equipment acquisition, deployment, relocation, repair, replacement, and retirement.
• Ensure equipment is properly tracked and accounted for throughout its lifecycle.
• Monitor aging equipment and proactively identify equipment…