Category Manager

Job Summary

As the academic medical center and University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center is nationally recognized for clinical excellence—breaking new ground in research, training the next generation of healthcare leaders, and delivering science-driven, patient-centered care. Montefiore is ranked among the top hospitals nationally and regionally by U.S. News & World Report. For more than one hundred years we have been innovating new treatments, new procedures, and new approaches to patient care, producing stellar outcomes and raising the bar for medical centers in the region and around the world. As we build on this momentum, we continue to advance the practice of medicine and set the standard for excellence.

Summary Of Duties And Responsibilities

• Contracts and vendor management from the item to the relationship level
• Ensures best value for the goods and services procured by the system
• Analyzes business needs and ensures that functional and technical requirements are documented
• Develops communication strategy and establishes communication plan
• Performs necessary investigations, analyses, and evaluations to determine feasibility
• Prepares routine department status reports
• Provides regular department status information to team members, including attending required meetings and following-up on action items
• Maintains all relevant documentation and communications
• Establishes departmental goals and measurements of success
• Ensures each project deliverable has clear completion criteria and acceptance plan
• Supports short and long term operational/strategic business activities - by developing, enhancing, and maintaining project information and models
• Develops and implements effective/strategic business solutions through research and analysis of data and business processes
• Identifies and manages performance improvement dependencies and critical path issues
• Serves as an operational resource for internal team members for expedited problem identification and resolution, provision of project-specific updates, and team interactions and deadlines
• Concurrently coordinates and manages multiple projects across the Health System

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science or Business Administration Required
• Completion of Master’s Degree in Business Administration or Master of Health Administration Preferred
• Minimum of three (3) years’ contract management experience with a focus on IT spend Required
• Knowledgeable Supply Chain Management
• Knowledgeable in ERP, Contract Management Software, Inventory Systems
• Knowledge in IT spend categories
• Knowledge in Accounting principles, cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting, market and supplier research and analysis