Category Manager

Role Responsibilities

Develops product and service category strategies and leads strategic sourcing initiatives across assigned categories.

Captures new product, capital, and purchased service requests and serves as the primary owner of supplier relationships, developing strategic plans, monitoring supplier performance, and conducting regular business reviews to ensure alignment with performance targets, strategic objectives, and risk mitigation plans.

Acts as the Supply Chain representative for assigned categories in collaboration with Clinical Effectiveness, participating in Clinical Effectiveness Councils, serving on committees, and delivering relevant presentations.

Maintains strong engagement with physicians and other clinical and non-clinical stakeholders, promoting product and service standardization, promoting new emerging technologies, and serving as the product portfolio expert.

Provides category data and insights to support initiative planning and decision-making and uses independent judgment to solve complex supply chain challenges.

Defines and implements long term strategic initiatives, prepares RFx materials with in-depth analysis, ensures alignment of GPO contracts, bulk purchase strategy through the integrated service center, consignment agreement strategy, communicates cost reduction, supplier consolidation, and process improvement strategies to Clinical and Supply Chain leadership.

Tracks and reports financial risk, ensures competitive pricing through benchmarking, and is accountable for achieving annual cost avoidance and expense reduction goals.

Collaborates with Finance to forecast supply and service inflation and supports budgeting efforts.

Works closely with the Data Team and Contract Manager to analyze contracts, negotiate contract terms, ensure contract compliance, and maintain accurate records within the contract management system.

Other system related tasks include financial and capital requisition approval (Oracle), service requisition approval (Oracle), and responding to new product request forms (Lumere).

Candidate Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree is required.
• Requires 3-7 years of relevant experience.
• Requires in depth knowledge of analyzing data and market trends, and implementing sound recommendations.
• Requires knowledge with tracking and reporting financial risk and budgeting.
• Requires a demonstrated track record with defining, establishing, and implementing strategic initiatives.
• Requires proficiency in PSA and Microsoft Office (with emphasis on Excel).