Category Manager - Lab

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a portfolio of laboratory agreements.
• Conduct product and market assessments and market research for assigned categories.
• Identify and fill gaps in the contract portfolio with suppliers who are not currently on national agreements by presenting the value Vizient can bring to their organizations.
• Develop contracting strategies that will deliver unique value to support individual members, supply networks, academic medical centers as well as customers and clients in non-acute laboratory markets.
• Implement new programmatic offerings to deliver managed services to members in the laboratory market.
• Partner with the Vizient Lab Council.
• Prepare budgets, forecasts, and revenue plans to measure contract performance against category objectives.
• Develop and price statements of work to support consulting engagements.
• Develop, launch, and manage RFIs/RFPs on behalf of individual members.
• Negotiate contracts or end user agreements on behalf of individual members.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree preferred.
• 2 or more years of relevant experience required.
• Laboratory experience in a clinical or sales role preferred.
• Financially savvy with working with expense and revenue budgets preferred.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills preferred.
• Willingness to travel.

Pay

The current salary range for this role is $77,400.00 to $135,400.00. This position is also incentive eligible.

Schedule

Not specified.

Benefits

Please view our benefits here: http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.