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Materials Management Specialist V, Central Supply Hilo Benioff Medical Center - Hilo, HI 96720

Posted:

08/18/2026

Employment:

100% FTE, Full-Time with

Benefits Pay:

$74,652.00 per

Year Department:

Central Svcs & Supplies (350-8380)

Experience:

Intermediate Job Description Join Hilo Benioff Medical Center and be part of a team that proudly cares for our friends, family, and neighbors across East Hawaiʻi. The Materials Management Specialist V provides leadership and oversight of Central Supply operations supporting Hilo Benioff Medical Center, Honoka'a Hospital, Ka'u Hospital, and East Hawaii Health Clinics. This position manages inventory planning, receiving, storage, distribution, and replenishment activities while overseeing staff, maintaining inventory data integrity, and implementing strategies to improve supply availability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

Lead and manage Central Supply operations, including staff recruitment, training, scheduling, performance evaluation, departmental goals, policies, and operational standards. Oversee receiving, warehousing, inventory control, distribution, replenishment, cycle counting, physical inventories, and inventory reconciliation activities. Establish appropriate inventory levels using utilization data and demand forecasting while monitoring stockouts, backorders, obsolete inventory, product recalls, expiration dates, and supply availability. Administer electronic inventory management systems, maintain item master data and inventory records, and develop reports, dashboards, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to support inventory and operational decision-making. Collaborate with Procurement, Finance, Pharmacy, clinical and administrative departments, Information Technology, corporate teams, and vendors to resolve supply issues, standardize products, optimize inventory, and support uninterrupted patient care. Lead process improvement and supply chain initiatives, including Lean or other quality improvement methodologies, emergency preparedness planning, system enhancements, and implementation of strategies to improve efficiency and reduce supply costs.

Education, Experience & Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university. Qualifying progressively responsible administrative, professional, analytical, or other work experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis when it provides comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Experience:

Minimum of 3½ years of progressively responsible materials management or purchasing experience involving collaboration with users and vendors to identify, clarify, and specify requirements for products, materials, equipment, or services.

Hospital Experience:

At least 1 year of the required specialized experience must be in a hospital setting.

Supervisory Aptitude:

Applicants must demonstrate supervisory aptitude through prior team leadership, supervisory responsibilities, relevant training and application of supervisory skills, or other experience demonstrating supervisory potential.

Certification:

None required.

Licensure:

None required.

Additional Skills:

Strong knowledge of inventory management, supply chain operations, inventory systems and data management, forecasting, process improvement, and supply cost optimization. Excellent leadership, communication, collaboration, analytical, and problem-solving skills are essential. Company Description As the Big Island's leading providers of inpatient and outpatient care, the East Hawaii Region of Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation (HHSC), consisting of Hilo Benioff Medical Center, Honoka'a Hospital, Ka′u Hospital, Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home, East Hawaii Medical Group and East Hawaii Health Pharmacy, delivers a full range of services and programs. Our three hospitals include 290 beds and more than 1,900 employees. Our medical staff is comprised of 250 physicians, physician assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, representing 33 specialties. East Hawaii Health is our network of clinics offering primary and specialty care. Hilo Benioff Medical Center functions as a Level III Trauma Center, which includes the second busiest emergency room in the state, providing 24-hour care and serving more than 50,000 patients annually. Honoka'a Hospital and Ka′u Hospital are designated as Critical Access Hospitals. To learn more about the East Hawaii Region, please watch our Video Yearbook or visit www.hbmc.org, www.honokaahospital.org or www.kauhospital.org. Benefits 13 paid holidays each year (104 hours); 14 (112 hours) during election years

• 21 paid vacation days (168 hours) per year
• 21 paid sick days (168 hours) per year
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans Employee Assistance Program Participation in the State of Hawaii's retirement system Potential eligibility for various student loan repayment & scholarship programs
• Rates listed for paid holidays, vacation and sick days are for 1.

0 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions assigned to 8 hour shifts. Accruals for these benefits are otherwise prorated based on FTE. Pre-Employment Health Requirements Offers of employment will be contingent on successfully passing a pre-employment examination, which includes a drug screen and other regulatory medical requirements such as, but not limited to, a tuberculosis (TB) screen. The cost for drug screening and blood draw for QuantiFERON and Titers, shall be borne by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. Pre-Employment Assessments for External Candidates As part of the recruiting process for this position, external applicants (job applicants NOT employed by HHSC's East Hawaii Region) are required to complete pre-employment assessments shortly after application submission. If you are not an employee of the East Hawaii Region of HHSC, you will receive an email containing assessment instructions. We ask that you complete the assessments within two days of receipt of the request. Equal Opportunity Employer The East Hawaii Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation is a drug free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Shift Details Must be available to work shifts, weekends and holidays as necessary based on hospital operations. Services are provided 24/7. This 2025 video features highlight from the last year across our organization in the East Hawaii Region that includes Hilo Benioff Medical Center, Honoka`a Hospital, Ka`u Hospital, Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home, and our network of primary and specialty care clinics under the East Hawaii Health Clinics umbrella. You will learn about our developments in construction, improvements in quality of care, new services and providers, as well as, what's ahead. We conclude this yearbook with a tribute to our healthcare champion Dr. Judith "Fitz" FitzGerald.