Role: Manager - Laboratory Supply Chain
Location- Remote with Travel
Role Description:-
The lab specialist. Handles reagent/analyzer contracts, reference lab agreements, blood bank,
POCT, specimen collection. Highly specialized - this is NOT a general clinical supply chain
role.
What They Actually Do Day-to-Day
- Evaluate analyzer platform consolidation across 6 CHSLI hospitals
- Assess blood bank utilization, product wastage, crossmatch ratios
- Conduct POCT program reviews for consolidation and vendor standardization
- Work with Lab Directors, Pathologists, Medical Directors, and Technical Supervisors
Categories This Person Owns
- Chemistry/Immunoassay analyzers and reagents
- Hematology/Coagulation (analyzers, reagent rental)
- Microbiology (culture media, molecular diagnostics)
- Blood Bank (blood products, reagent red cells, gel cards, donor testing)
- Molecular/Genomics (PCR, extraction, sequencing)
- Anatomic Pathology (tissue processing, staining, IHC antibodies)
- Specimen Collection (tubes, needles, swabs)
- POCT (glucose, blood gas, rapid testing, connectivity)
Required Skills
- 5+ years in clinical lab operations, lab supply chain, or lab management
- 3+ years managing lab supply contracts (reagent/analyzer, reference lab, or blood bank)
- Understands the reagent/analyzer interdependency model
- Familiar with CLIA, CAP, Joint Commission as they relate to supply decisions