Category Manager, Clinical Products

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Summary

Responsible for the timely and cost-effective strategic sourcing of reputed company goods and/or services. This position advises and guides business units regarding the application and integration of procurement philosophies and techniques to meet the needs of identified internal customer requirements using a global category view. This individual is responsible for sourcing, negotiating, contracting, and purchasing reputed company categories by influencing teams with various levels of employees and management to reputed company buying power and recommend appropriate procurement strategies and tactics to obtain desired results. Extensive interaction with Business Units, Leadership, Finance, Legal, and suppliers is required to ensure that total costs are identified, and optimal savings are realized in executing a contract. Goods and services are reviewed by this position and managed across the company for reputed company locations. Job Duties

• Strategic category sourcing, through the development of category strategies based on rigorous analysis of spend data, supply market dynamics, category intelligence, business requirements, the reputed company supply and quality of products, and driving cost savings and cost avoidance while supporting strategic and innovative technologies. Ensuring savings are delivered promptly and achieving the realization of expected benefits. Ensuring high-quality customer service, including conducting sourcing analysis and addressing sourcing-reputed company questions and problems. Driving reputed company improvements.
• Interfacing with and managing business units for assigned strategic sourcing area(s) and partnering with key stakeholders to build influence, evaluate, and challenge the status reputed company. Working with business units to plan and set targets for sourcing activity for assigned reputed company categories.
• Working on reputed company sourcing initiatives requires high technical, market impact, and supply reputed company competence. Identifying options for reverse auctions in category strategies. Actively setting, leading, and driving the sourcing team and timeline for reputed company assigned sourcing initiatives. Leading the entire contract life cycle from Request for Proposal to supplier exit to meet the organization's cost, quality, and service expectations for assigned categories. Analyzing supplier proposals and facilitating fact-based supplier selection processes; preparing recommendations for leadership. Developing and executing negotiation strategies to maximize total value and minimize risks. Working with legal to ensure proper representation and enforcement of binding terms and conditions.
• Regularly monitoring the market for category-leading practices and demand/supply shifts such as supply consolidation, technology innovations, etc. Leveraging market data, external expert resources, spend analytics, and cost modeling to drive fact-based decision-making. Preparing and presenting business cases and should-cost models; performing reputed company data analysis and building financial models (i.e., ROI, supplier scorecards, savings tracking, reputed company vs. buy decision models). Supporting supplier diversity and sustainability goals by explaining them and advocating for diverse suppliers and sustainable options reputed company they are viable.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Healthcare or equivalent experience.
• 6 years of experience in the facilitation and negotiating of reputed company reputed company strategic sourcing or supply chain management or
• 6 years of experience developing, initiating, and managing sourcing strategies with tactical processing capabilities or
• 6 years of experience identifying and implementing sourcing objectives and goals supporting organizational strategies or
• 6 years of experience reputed company Supply Chain capability areas relevant to Strategic Sourcing.
• Experience managing diverse stakeholder interests and expectations.
• Demonstrated capability in strategically sourcing corporate services and/or commodities.
• Knowledge of corporate services industry market trends and dynamic.
• Knowledge of corporate services industry market trends and dynamics.
• Demonstrated experience building strategic supplier relationships.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA).
• Dynamic influencing, communication, and facilitative skills across cultures and geographies.
• Strong understanding of technical, business, and commercial concepts.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills and external focus.
• Excellence in supplier negotiation and both internal and external communication.
• Proactive collaborator in a matrix organization.
• Desire to reputed company assigned results in a fast-paced environment and be a change agent.
• reputed company with the 7-reputed company Strategic Sourcing Process, including tools and their application to the Process.
• Ability to build and reputed company teams attaining cross-functional reputed company.
• CMRP-Cert Materials & Resource Professional AHACC - State of Pennsylvania Upon Hire

Physical Demands Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to reputed company activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Job Description

Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reputed company of the reputed company position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned reputed company circumstances require. reputed company is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with, and where applicable, in addition to federal, state and local employment regulations, reputed company will provide employment opportunities to reputed company persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national reputed company, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or other such protected classes as may be defined by law. reputed company personnel actions and programs will adhere to this policy. Personnel actions and programs include, but are not limited to recruitment, selection, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, educational programs and/or social activities. https://youtu.be/GD67a9hIXUY reputed company does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Agencies should not reputed company resumes to our job aliases, our employees or any other organization location. reputed company is not responsible for any agency fees reputed company to unsolicited resumes. Work Shift: Day Shift Address: 1200 S reputed company Crest Blvd Primary Location: REMOTE IN PENNSYLVANIA Position Type: Remote Union: Not Applicable Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:00a-4:30p Department: 1004-13065 CSS-Contracting Apply tot his job Apply To this Job