Equipment and Capital Category Manager

Sources

This role includes strategic category management, capital and operational budget collaboration, and leadership in sourcing, contracting and procurement activities. The manager drives value through data analysis, benchmarking, and supplier engagement, while ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and compliance standards.

Sourcing and Category Strategy Development

• Demonstrates expertise in the use of external sources to keep abreast of trends, pricing, benchmarking tools, GPO initiatives, etc.
• Uses the RFP process and other decision support tools to perform analysis on supply usage trends in order to identify savings opportunities, drive standardization and equipment selection.
• Conducts comprehensive market research, thorough financial analysis, and consults with appropriate department owners and teams to determine procurement strategy, assisting in lease v. buy v. place analysis.
• Represents Supply Chain as a functional reviewer on all equipment and capital requests and manages requests through functional, clinical, technical and budgetary review processes.
• Thoroughly reviews new requests, using a quality check list to validate departmental account and GL coding, pricing, supplier information/documentation and to ensure operational costs have been identified separately from capital costs.
• Encourages consideration of small, woman-owned and minority vendors when presenting options to department users.

Strategic Procurement

• Manages contracts through the appropriate procurement and contracting process.
• Utilizes Symplr, GHx and GPO CLM tools.
• Ensures Contract Compliance through collaboration with Value Analysis, Contract Administration and Legal as well as other necessary stakeholders such Finance, Biomed, IS and the Privacy office to ensure Contracts meet corporate standards and are executed in accordance to Supply Chain policies and procedures.
• Responsible for ensuring that approvals and contracts are stored in the appropriate contract CLM Tools PO Execution and Reporting.

Ongoing Contract Compliance and Vendor Management

• Assists in the development of compliance reporting and attends QBRs as necessary to manage compliance against contracted strategies.
• Maintains Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment (FF&E) standardization, as well as manages the coordination, procurement and delivery of FF&E for ergonomic requests from Employee Health, requests from departmental leaders and any non capital related projects.
• Captures the purchase of furnishings and equipment needs for major capital renovations and capital projects as requested.
• Affords assistance with equipment returns.
• Meets on a routine basis with assigned areas to improve service, quality and financial outcomes, developing partnerships with supporting departments such as information services, finance, and other support services.

Process Improvement

• Participates in department and organizational LEAN/Process Improvement efforts; makes recommendations to the Manager of Sourcing and Contracting on improvements to methods and procedures as they relate to the Capital Equipment sourcing functions.

Qualifications

• Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years directly relatable Health System procurement experience.
• Required Minimum Experience: Five years of strategic sourcing or category management experience in a healthcare or hospital environment required. Three years of capital planning or project management experience preferred.
• Required Licenses/Certifications: None required; LEAN/Six Sigma certification preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan (with employer match for employees who work more than 1000 hours in a calendar year)
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Benefits Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Paid Holidays
• Disability
• Life/AD&D for full-time employees
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs and more