Cateogry Manager

Tarrytown, New York

About the role

Montefiore Medical Center, the academic medical center and University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is nationally recognized for clinical excellence in research, training, and patient-centered care. As a Category Manager for Medical Surgical, you will provide expertise to create efficiencies, realize financial savings, leverage system technology, and add value for our clinicians and associates.

The ideal candidate has a background in clinical materials and services contracting, superior analytic and problem-solving skills, and thrives in a fast-paced, transformation-oriented environment. This role focuses on contract spend areas such as medical-surgical products, respiratory, critical care, nursing and procedural supplies, pediatrics, and clinical capital purchasing acquisitions. You will serve as the primary point of contact for medical-surgical distribution and distribution contracting at the GPO and local level, collaborating across Supply Chain and Clinical departments.

Responsibilities include the end-to-end source-to-contract process for clinical categories, developing sourcing strategies with stakeholders to achieve cost, quality, and outcomes, and leading supplier negotiations, contract development, vendor management, and savings initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop sourcing strategies in collaboration with stakeholders to achieve cost, quality, and outcomes.
• Identify initiatives, conduct market/spend analysis, benchmark comparisons, and create competitive procurement documents (RFP/RFI).
• Lead supplier negotiations, contract development, and vendor management.
• Identify and realize savings opportunities.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for medical-surgical distribution and distribution contracting at the GPO and local level.
• Collaborate across Supply Chain and Clinical departments to ensure performance and value from contracted partners and vendors.
• Create presentations and discuss complex Supply Chain initiatives with leadership at all levels.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Science or Business Administration (Master’s preferred).
• 4+ years of contract management and/or hospital supply chain management experience in medical-surgical, inpatient, or ambulatory settings.
• Experience with ERP, contract management software, inventory systems, and healthcare spend contract management.
• Knowledge of GPO utilization, accounting principles, cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting, market and supplier research, and value analysis.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, ERP, supply chain information systems, contract management software, GHX/EDI, and inventory management software.

Schedule

• Work Days: Monday–Friday
• Scheduled Hours: 8:30 AM–5:00 PM
• Daily Hours: 7.5