Bob Taylor, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain at RWJBarnabas Health, has been named by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of 64 health system supply chain leaders to know nationwide. The recognition highlights leaders who are successfully guiding their organizations through significant supply chain challenges and are important to their organizations’ overall performance.
Taylor leads a team of over 400 people responsible for strategic sourcing, contracting, capital equipment procurement, the full procure-to-pay process, and the final delivery of goods and services across RWJBarnabas Health’s network of 14 facilities and 400 practices. His approach uses data-driven methods to manage procurement processes that aim to improve quality and patient outcomes while controlling costs. Under his leadership, the organization was recognized as one of the “Best 50 Healthcare Providers for Supply Chain Excellence” by Global Healthcare Exchange.
With more than three decades in healthcare supply chain management, Taylor is tasked with creating efficiencies within a complex system while balancing competing organizational needs. As RWJBarnabas Health moves toward value-based care amid ongoing global supply chain difficulties, he works to maintain an optimized function focused on delivering value and supporting patient outcomes. According to the announcement, “A true change agent, Mr. Taylor is analytical and technologically savvy, and maximizes new technologies and automation to see the bigger picture and achieve exceptional results.”
RWJBarnabas Health is New Jersey’s largest academic health system. It serves over five million people each year through its network that includes 14 hospitals and more than 700 patient care locations. The system employs over 44,000 people and contributes more than $7 billion annually to New Jersey’s economy.
The organization also collaborates with Rutgers University on various initiatives such as the Rutgers Cancer Institute—the state’s only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center—and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
