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Manager, Supply Chain Optimization - Mississauga or Ottawa
Medical Pharmacies
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2.6
501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON
$75,000–$85,000 a year
Permanent, Full-time
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Job details

$75,000–$85,000 a year
Permanent, Full-time
501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON

Full job description

Our Mission:

Ontario Medical Supply is a Leading Distributor of medical equipment, supplies, and services for healthcare organizations and home healthcare clients across Ontario. Specializing in long term care, assisted living, retirement and home health care. Ontario Medical Supply is partnered for success with Royal Drugs. Royal Drugs is a healthcare company providing specialty pharmacy, infusion therapy, and retail pharmacy services. Together, we work towards supporting optimal health outcomes and better quality of life.

Come Join Our Team!

Purpose:

The role serves as a key business partner to operational leaders by providing insights, performance measurement, and process optimization recommendations that improve productivity, inventory management, service levels, transportation efficiency, and overall supply chain performance.
Lead the development of OMS and RD's supply chain analytics, warehouse optimization, slotting strategy, KPI governance, and continuous improvement initiatives. The role is responsible for transforming operational data into actionable business insights while improving warehouse productivity, inventory flow, transportation performance, and customer service outcomes.

Position: Manager, Supply Chain Optimization
Location: Ontario Medical Supply. – Mississauga (2785 Skymark Ave, Mississauga, ON L4W 4Y3) or Ottawa (1100 Algoma Road, Ottawa, ON K1B 0A)
No. of Positions: 1
ATR:#5228
Type: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: $75,000-85,000/year

This job posting is for an existing vacancy

Job Responsibilities:

Supply Chain Analytics and Performance Management
  • Develop and maintain supply chain performance metrics, dashboards, and scorecards across Inventory, Warehousing, Transportation, Purchasing, and Customer Service functions.
  • Establish KPI ownership, reporting standards, and data governance to ensure accurate and consistent performance measurement.
  • Analyze operational trends, identify opportunities for improvement, and provide actionable recommendations to leadership.
  • Support monthly business reviews through performance reporting, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Drive the development of automated reporting and self-service analytics capabilities to improve visibility and decision-making across the organization.

Data & Systems Management
  • Partner with IT and business leaders on Pronto, Descartes, and reporting integrations.
  • Develop data models and reporting structures.
  • Support advanced analytics and forecasting initiatives.

Continuous Improvement
  • Lead Lean and process improvement initiatives.
  • Conduct root cause analysis on service failures.
  • Identify labour productivity opportunities.
  • Evaluate automation opportunities.
  • Support site optimization and network improvement projects.

Qualifications:

  • Strong supply chain operational knowledge with advanced analytical capabilities. They will be equally comfortable on the warehouse floor evaluating slotting strategies and productivity opportunities, as they are building executive dashboards, analyzing trends, and developing performance metrics that support strategic decision-making across the supply chain organization.
  • Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Logistics, Engineering, Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Operations Management, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, warehouse operations, logistics, inventory management, or operational excellence roles.

Technical Skills
  • Advanced Power BI
  • Microsoft 365 Copilot, Power BI AI capabilities, Power Automate, and AI-enabled analytics tools
  • SQL
  • Advanced Excel / Power Query
  • Data modeling
  • Dashboard and KPI development

Supply Chain Skills
  • Warehouse operations
  • Inventory management
  • Slotting methodologies
  • Distribution optimization
  • Transportation analytics
  • Forecasting and planning

Skills:

While we thank you for your interest, only select applicants will be contacted regarding the position.

Ontario Medical Supply is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer committed to providing diversity and accommodations for applicants upon request at any stage of the recruitment process in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code. All applicants must make their requirements known when contacted.

The company reserves the right to close the competition based on business need and a sufficient pool of candidates who have applied.

AI will be used in the recruitment process.

Company

OMS / Royal Drugs

Location

Ottawa

Opening Date

Oct 21, 2026

Closing Date

Nov 27, 2026

Requirements

Type
Description
Status

A&AODA
Accessibility & AODA Acknowledment
Required within 30 days after job starts

EO -2
Quality & Regulatory Training (Phase 2)
Required within 30 days after job starts

EO-1
General Orientation (Phase 1)
Required within 30 days after job starts

SPV H&S
Supervisor H&S Awareness
Required within 30 days after job starts

WHMIS
WHMIS 2015
Required within 30 days after job starts

WPVH
Workplace Violence and Harassment
Required within 30 days after job starts
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