Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager - Remote

Employment Type

Full time

Shift Description

Purpose: Accountable for leading, guiding & directing the functional responsibilities within an area of assignment. Enable ministry-level or enterprise-wide functional strategy to address internal or external business & regulatory issues. Provide functional expertise & ensure fulfillment of performance & service standards. Responsible for consistent operating performance & achieving financial goals. Identifies, defines & solves complex problems that impact the management & direction of the business. Collaborates with Services Areas, Regions & Health Ministries to ensure consistency & integration of strategy & operations while maintaining awareness of new industry developments & standards. Provides decision support, operations & / or optimization leadership focus.

Essential Functions

• Knows, understands, incorporates & demonstrates our Trinity Health Mission, Values, Vision, Actions & Promise in behaviors, practices & decisions.
• Provides advice, guidance & leadership to RHM & Region leaders in developing strategies & in the achievement of performance goals.
• Enables Collaboration across & within service area, RHM & Regions to ensure consistency & integration of strategy & operations.
• Provides decision support, operations & / or optimization leadership focus.
• Collaborates in system-wide strategy development & deployment of functional area priorities & initiatives.
• Supports regional efforts to comply with functional area priorities.
• Accountable for the selection, evaluation & overall success of the functional leadership teams.
• Organization-wide focal point for establishing functional strategies & governance over financials & staffing.
• Accountable for communication between service area functional area, RHM & Region leaders.
• Maintains a Working Knowledge of applicable federal, state & local laws / regulations, Trinity Health Integrity & Compliance Program & Code of Conduct, as well as other policies, procedures & guidelines in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical & professional behavior & safe work practices.

Functional Role

Leads strategic sourcing activities for complex initiatives with the ability/goal of achieving significant cost reductions, supplanted with year-over-year cost and productivity improvements in the total cost of goods and services procured while maintaining or improving product quality and vendor service levels. Leads, facilitates, assembles and manages cross functional teams across the System with Regional Health Ministries (RHMs) to drive system-wide priorities, achieve cost reductions, service and quality excellence, and knowledge transfer for replication of “best practice". The Manager has expert knowledge and experience in strategic sourcing processes, supporting analysis, and the ability to create and implement strategic commodity plans. Strategic sourcing activity includes but is not limited to, managing several simultaneous competitive sourcing processes, complex contract negotiations of high value, and limiting exposure to the System on high-risk projects. This position has responsibility for making decisions and managing risks that impact day-to-day operations. The Manager provides oversite of assigned staff which may include Sourcing Managers, Sourcing Analysts, Contract Administrators and other staff. The Manager is responsible for directing the sourcing activities of assigned team and sourcing categories. This position is accountable for maintaining business relationships with suppliers and Trinity's group purchasing organization (GPO).

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration, supply chain management, portfolio specific clinical discipline or a related field, and seven (7+) years of progressively responsible experience in a multi-entity and multi-level organization or an equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
• Leadership experience
• Comprehensive knowledge of strategic sourcing, in-depth knowledge of contract portfolio and demonstrated ability to provide complex financial analysis.
• Comprehensive knowledge and skills in advanced data analytics and procurement practices including intermediate to advanced excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar applications, vendor relationships, and market analysis for trends.
• Ability to develop work plans and lead a team of sourcing professionals with proven ability to translate category insights into sourcing strategies and measurable business outcomes.
• Demonstrated skills in all aspects of project management from initialization through completion utilizing detailed work plans.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and grow supplier and system stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to independently lead, consult, negotiate and communicate to engage physicians, executives and all levels of the organization to influence and drive results.
• Ability to address conflict, along with willingness and desire to challenge conventional thinking from all levels throughout the organization, including senior level management.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and perform cost analysis with a solid understanding of financial management.