Assistant Vice President Distribution and Logistics

Intermountain Health • Kent, WA

1d • $264,000 - $290,700 • Hybrid

About The Position

The AVP of Distribution & Logistics is an enterprise executive leadership role with systemwide accountability for distribution, logistics, and supply chain execution across all clinical and nonclinical locations. Reporting to the VP / Chief Supply Chain Officer (or equivalent senior supply chain executive), this role provides strategic, financial, and operational leadership for all distribution and logistics activities supporting Intermountain Health. The AVP has end to end accountability for distribution operations, logistics strategy, channel strategy, planning and forecasting, and technology and automation, ensuring reliable supply, optimal cost, and scalable infrastructure to support current and future system growth. The role oversees all Supply Chain Center (SCC) operations, including distribution, warehousing, inventory management, associated facility operations and sets strategy for Intermountain’s supplier distribution strategy. In addition, the AVP of Distribution and Logistics serves as the executive owner of the system’s self-distribution and logistics operating model. The AVP partners closely with executive leaders across clinical operations, finance, procurement, and digital technology to ensure alignment with enterprise strategy, capital planning, and financial objectives. This role is preferably based within the Intermountain market areas (Utah – preferably in the Salt Lake area, ID, NV, MT or CO) to strengthen collaboration, visibility, and alignment with enterprise initiatives. We may consider a remote model with extensive travel required. Along with offering a chance to work in a stable, strong, mission-based environment, this role provides the opportunity to experience the Mountain West’s diverse culture and incredible landscapes. You’ll be able to explore abundant outdoor recreational opportunities, including skiing, hiking, and fishing, as well as stunning national parks and forests, all within hours of where you’ll call home. Becoming a part of the Intermountain team means gaining a family and finding a place to plant your roots. Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind, and spiritual well-being. To that end, we’ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling, and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning. With this position, you are eligible to participate in an annual pay-for-performance opportunity (“AP4P”). This plan enables Intermountain Health to provide leaders with an additional performance compensation opportunity. The AP4P opportunities are calculated as a percentage of your base salary. Awards are paid out based on attainment of selected Intermountain Health Board-approved goals. The correct salary for this role is $264,000 - $290,700 annually and as determined by years of prior relevant experience. To show our commitment to you and assist with your transition into our organization, we may offer a sign-on and/or a relocation bonus when applicable.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution or an equivalent combination of education, training, and demonstrated senior executive leadership experience.
• Extensive senior leadership experience leading largescale distribution and/or logistics operations with enterprise level scope and accountability.
• Proven experience overseeing complex, high volume distribution operations, including warehousing, transportation, inventory management, and facility operations across multiple sites or regions.
• Demonstrated success building and leading management and senior level leaders within complex, operationally intensive environments, including succession planning and leadership development.
• Strong executive business judgment, with a demonstrated ability to drive largescale operational transformation, continuous improvement, and cost optimization while maintaining service excellence.
• Executive level verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to influence and align diverse internal and external stakeholders, including senior executives and external partners.
• Proficiency with standard business technologies and executive reporting tools, including data analysis, dashboards, financial reporting, and enterprise productivity platforms.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or a related field.
• Experience leading distribution and logistics operations within a healthcare environment or similarly complex, highly regulated industry.
• Experience with purchasing, contracting, or supplier management, including alignment of distribution and logistics strategy with sourcing, contracting, and supplier performance in a healthcare or regulated setting.
• Experience leading enterprise scale or multisite distribution operations, including oversight of large, geographically dispersed networks.
• Demonstrated success driving largescale operational transformation, including network optimization, automation, technology implementation, and continuous improvement initiatives with measurable financial and service outcomes.
• Experience partnering with executive leadership on capital planning, long range strategy, and enterprise initiatives impacting supply chain, operations, and clinical support services.
• Experience implementing WMS/TMS or automation technologies at enterprise scale

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise distribution and logistics strategy, including long term network design, optimization, governance, and evolution of the self-distribution and logistics operating model to support system growth, resiliency, and cost efficiency.
• Provide executive oversight of distribution and logistics operations, ensuring safe, compliant, and reliable performance across distribution centers, warehousing, transportation, courier services, inventory control, and asset recovery with uninterrupted support to clinical and nonclinical operations.
• Direct logistics network execution and partnerships, including transportation strategy, routing, freight, last mile delivery, and third party relationships, establishing performance standards, KPIs, and governance to ensure scalability, reliability, and cost effectiveness.
• Define and govern enterprise channel strategy, balancing self-distribution, distributor partnerships, direct from supplier, and alternative fulfillment models, and leading decisions related to insourcing, outsourcing, and hybrid approaches in alignment with procurement and supplier strategies.
• Oversee enterprise planning, forecasting, and capacity management, aligning clinical demand, inventory strategy, labor planning, warehouse capacity, transportation resources, and financial forecasts to optimize service levels and working capital performance.
• Serve as executive owner of distribution and logistics technology and automation, including WMS, TMS, analytics, and advanced technologies, driving adoption to improve efficiency, accuracy, safety, and operational resilience.
• Provide financial stewardship and enterprise leadership, with accountability for operating budgets, capital investments, value creation initiatives, and development of a high performing leadership team while representing Distribution & Logistics at the executive level.

Benefits

• Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling, and paid time off.
• We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.
• With this position, you are eligible to participate in an annual pay-for-performance opportunity (“AP4P”).
• To show our commitment to you and assist with your transition into our organization, we may offer a sign-on and/or a relocation bonus when applicable.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive