Strategic Sourcing Category Manager - IT - Remote
Trinity Health · Livonia, MI · 1 mo ago
On-siteMarketingFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes description (position purpose) and essential functions (responsibilities). Minimum qualifications (qualifications). Also includes some skills (Advanced Excel, etc). No explicit Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should not create those sections.
We need to use for section headings. Use
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
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We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate like EEO, etc. Also remove "Employment Type:Full timeShift:" maybe not needed. Also remove "Description:" maybe not needed. Also remove "Our Commitment" and EEO statement.
We need to keep position purpose, essential functions, minimum qualifications, maybe also "Physical and mental requirements and working conditions" - that could be considered part of qualifications or maybe a separate section? The instruction says include a section only when posting has real specific content. It does have that section. Could we treat it as "Working Conditions" maybe under Requirements? But we have headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. "Physical and mental requirements and working conditions" could go under Requirements or maybe under Qualifications? Probably under Requirements (like job requirements). We'll include a Requirements section with that content.
Also "Our Commitment" and EEO we drop.
We need to not repeat job title as heading (not given). No Job ID.
We need to format: For each section, heading
then content.
We need to decide what goes where.
About the role: Could be the position purpose paragraph. So About the role
...
Responsibilities: Essential functions (list of duties). Could be a - each essential function bullet. But the essential functions are long paragraphs with many sentences; we could break them into list items per bullet? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The essential functions are a list of duties; we can treat each sentence or clause as a list item. But we need to preserve all substantive information; we could keep as paragraphs but better to use list. However the essential functions are not explicitly bullet list; they are sentences separated by periods. We could split by periods into list items, but that may be too granular and risk losing nuance. Perhaps we can keep as
for prose, but instruction says use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The essential functions is a list of duties, so we should use list.
We can extract each duty as a separate
- . Let's parse the essential functions paragraph:
"Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions."
"Drives system compliance by optimizing the use of national group purchasing, custom group purchasing and Trinity Health system agreements."
"Demonstrates detailed understanding of products, service offerings and financial impact."
"Conducts competitive sourcing and negotiation process on initiatives with moderate risk and value, which include but are not limited to direct and indirect supplies, services and equipment."
"Analyzes responses, reviews product/service/equipment information to determine applicability, performs cost benefit analyses, develops reports and presents findings."
"Determines most favorable quotes and/or negotiates with vendors to obtain optimal price, terms and conditions."
"Prioritizes projects for assigned commodities."
"Leads strategy development, manages Request for Information (RFI), Request for Proposal (RFP) and Request for Quotation (RFQ) processes."
"Leads analysis and negotiations."
"Leads cross-functional teams for strategic sourcing initiatives to drive system-wide standardization, cost reductions, service and quality excellence, knowledge transfer for replication of best practice, information technology development and assisting with local implementation of various activities."
"Builds stakeholder team consensus to endorse sourcing strategies."
"A demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across multifunctional teams and with RHMs in multiple geographies."
"Develops, executes and communicates sourcing strategies in collaboration with senior level management and key stakeholders on overall process, timing, and objectives."
"Manages relationships to ensure internal customers and stakeholders are actively engaged."
"Promotes a lean/process excellence culture."
"Participates in joint quality improvement initiatives with SO and RHM colleagues."
"Motivates and leads strategic sourcing lean program initiatives to increase productivity and improving end to end process efficiencies."
"Accountable for engaging suppliers in the selection processes and maintaining business relationships that are conducted legally, ethically and in accordance with Trinity Health Policies/Procedures and the Organizational Integrity Program."
"Accountable to develop a primary liaison for key suppliers within the assigned category."
"Conducts business reviews with key suppliers."
"Serves as the subject matter expert for all category supplier engagement questions from Trinity colleagues."
"Maintains business relationships with the GPO leadership and staff."
"Provides input on sourcing strategy and represents Trinity on advisory boards as assigned."
"Plans, manages and oversees the life cycle of complex small to medium sourcing projects. These projects involve but are not limited to multiple stakeholders, significant facilitation, standardization and process change to multiple business units."
"Working knowledge on contract construction and the ability to review, red line and draft language for discussion."
"Close working relationship with legal for those contract issues requiring legal input."
"Partners with Finance department to ensure that forecasted savings are validated."
"Tracks and measures supplier performance against scorecards on an ongoing basis, as applicable."
"Conducts supplier Business Reviews as necessary."
"Facilitates dialogue with local business owners, RHM senior management, and Supply Chain staff to remove barriers when necessary."
"Engages suppliers and RHMs to ensure timely resolution of service issue(s)."
"Establishes procedures for managing a comprehensive sourcing process for assigned products/services across Trinity Health."
"Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State and local laws/regulations; the Trinity Health Integrity and Compliance Program and Code of Conduct; as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior."
That's many items. We'll output as
- each.
Now Requirements: includes "Physical and mental requirements and working conditions" paragraph. Also maybe "Ability to set and organize own work priorities..." etc. That's a list of requirements. We'll treat as list.
Also "Minimum Qualifications" is separate section Qualifications.
Skills: Advanced Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills required. Knowledge of an Enterprise Resource Planning application is preferred. Also maybe "Ability to be a self-starter..." etc but those are more qualifications/requirements. We'll put skills under Skills section.
We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft:
About the role
Leads strategic sourcing activities for complex small to medium initiatives with the ability 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. 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 risk that impact day-to-day operations. This position is accountable for maintaining business relationships with suppliers and Trinity's group purchasing organization (GPO). The business relationships with suppliers will require negotiating terms supporting the business plan objectives and protecting Trinity from business continuity risk, working with legal to develop contracts to memorialize terms and conditions of the trade relationship, and monitoring supplier performance and conducting business reviews. The business relationship with the GPO will require representing Trinity's interest on advisory boards, providing guidance on the GPO negotiation strategies, and supporting contract implementation across the ministry.
Responsibilities
- Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.
- Drives system compliance by optimizing the use of national group purchasing, custom group purchasing and Trinity Health system agreements.
- Demonstrates detailed understanding of products, service offerings and financial impact.
- Conducts competitive sourcing and negotiation process on initiatives with moderate risk and value, which include but are not limited to direct and indirect supplies, services and equipment.
- Analyzes responses, reviews product/service/equipment information to determine applicability, performs cost benefit analyses, develops reports and presents findings.
- Determines most favorable quotes and/or negotiates with vendors to obtain optimal price, terms and conditions.
- Prioritizes projects for assigned commodities.
- Leads strategy development, manages Request for Information (RFI), Request for Proposal (RFP) and Request for Quotation (RFQ) processes.
- Leads analysis and negotiations.
- Leads cross-functional teams for strategic sourcing initiatives to drive system-wide standardization, cost reductions, service and quality excellence, knowledge transfer for replication of best practice, information technology development and assisting with local implementation of various activities.
- Builds stakeholder team consensus to endorse sourcing strategies.
- A demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across multifunctional teams and with RHMs in multiple geographies.
- Develops, executes and communicates sourcing strategies in collaboration with senior level management and key stakeholders on overall process, timing, and objectives.
- Manages relationships to ensure internal customers and stakeholders are actively engaged.
- Promotes a lean/process excellence culture.
- Participates in joint quality improvement initiatives with SO and RHM colleagues.
- Motivates and leads strategic sourcing lean program initiatives to increase productivity and improving end to end process efficiencies.
- Accountable for engaging suppliers in the selection processes and maintaining business relationships that are conducted legally, ethically and in accordance with Trinity Health Policies/Procedures and the Organizational Integrity Program.
- Accountable to develop a primary liaison for key suppliers within the assigned category.
- Conducts business reviews with key suppliers.
- Serves as the subject matter expert for all category supplier engagement questions from Trinity colleagues.
- Maintains business relationships with the GPO leadership and staff.
- Provides input on sourcing strategy and represents Trinity on advisory boards as assigned.
- Plans, manages and oversees the life cycle of complex small to medium sourcing projects. These projects involve but are not limited to multiple stakeholders, significant facilitation, standardization and process change to multiple business units.
- Working knowledge on contract construction and the ability to review, red line and draft language for discussion.
- Close working relationship with legal for those contract issues requiring legal input.
- Partners with Finance department to ensure that forecasted savings are validated.
- Tracks and measures supplier performance against scorecards on an ongoing basis, as applicable.
- Conducts supplier Business Reviews as necessary.
- Facilitates dialogue with local business owners, RHM senior management, and Supply Chain staff to remove barriers when necessary.
- Engages suppliers and RHMs to ensure timely resolution of service issue(s).
- Establishes procedures for managing a comprehensive sourcing process for assigned products/services across Trinity Health.
- Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State and local laws/regulations; the Trinity Health Integrity and Compliance Program and Code of Conduct; as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior.
Requirements
- Work will generally be accomplished in an office environment.
- Ability to set and organize own work priorities, and adapt to them as they change frequently.
- Must be able to
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate like EEO, etc. Also remove "Employment Type:Full timeShift:" maybe not needed. Also remove "Description:" maybe not needed. Also remove "Our Commitment" and EEO statement. We need to keep position purpose, essential functions, minimum qualifications, maybe also "Physical and mental requirements and working conditions" - that could be considered part of qualifications or maybe a separate section? The instruction says include a section only when posting has real specific content. It does have that section. Could we treat it as "Working Conditions" maybe under Requirements? But we have headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. "Physical and mental requirements and working conditions" could go under Requirements or maybe under Qualifications? Probably under Requirements (like job requirements). We'll include a Requirements section with that content. Also "Our Commitment" and EEO we drop. We need to not repeat job title as heading (not given). No Job ID. We need to format: For each section, heading
then content.
We need to decide what goes where.
About the role: Could be the position purpose paragraph. So About the role
...
Responsibilities: Essential functions (list of duties). Could be a- each essential function bullet. But the essential functions are long paragraphs with many sentences; we could break them into list items per bullet? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The essential functions are a list of duties; we can treat each sentence or clause as a list item. But we need to preserve all substantive information; we could keep as paragraphs but better to use list. However the essential functions are not explicitly bullet list; they are sentences separated by periods. We could split by periods into list items, but that may be too granular and risk losing nuance. Perhaps we can keep as
for prose, but instruction says use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The essential functions is a list of duties, so we should use list. We can extract each duty as a separate
- . Let's parse the essential functions paragraph:
"Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions."
"Drives system compliance by optimizing the use of national group purchasing, custom group purchasing and Trinity Health system agreements."
"Demonstrates detailed understanding of products, service offerings and financial impact."
"Conducts competitive sourcing and negotiation process on initiatives with moderate risk and value, which include but are not limited to direct and indirect supplies, services and equipment."
"Analyzes responses, reviews product/service/equipment information to determine applicability, performs cost benefit analyses, develops reports and presents findings."
"Determines most favorable quotes and/or negotiates with vendors to obtain optimal price, terms and conditions."
"Prioritizes projects for assigned commodities."
"Leads strategy development, manages Request for Information (RFI), Request for Proposal (RFP) and Request for Quotation (RFQ) processes."
"Leads analysis and negotiations."
"Leads cross-functional teams for strategic sourcing initiatives to drive system-wide standardization, cost reductions, service and quality excellence, knowledge transfer for replication of best practice, information technology development and assisting with local implementation of various activities."
"Builds stakeholder team consensus to endorse sourcing strategies."
"A demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across multifunctional teams and with RHMs in multiple geographies."
"Develops, executes and communicates sourcing strategies in collaboration with senior level management and key stakeholders on overall process, timing, and objectives."
"Manages relationships to ensure internal customers and stakeholders are actively engaged."
"Promotes a lean/process excellence culture."
"Participates in joint quality improvement initiatives with SO and RHM colleagues."
"Motivates and leads strategic sourcing lean program initiatives to increase productivity and improving end to end process efficiencies."
"Accountable for engaging suppliers in the selection processes and maintaining business relationships that are conducted legally, ethically and in accordance with Trinity Health Policies/Procedures and the Organizational Integrity Program."
"Accountable to develop a primary liaison for key suppliers within the assigned category."
"Conducts business reviews with key suppliers."
"Serves as the subject matter expert for all category supplier engagement questions from Trinity colleagues."
"Maintains business relationships with the GPO leadership and staff."
"Provides input on sourcing strategy and represents Trinity on advisory boards as assigned."
"Plans, manages and oversees the life cycle of complex small to medium sourcing projects. These projects involve but are not limited to multiple stakeholders, significant facilitation, standardization and process change to multiple business units."
"Working knowledge on contract construction and the ability to review, red line and draft language for discussion."
"Close working relationship with legal for those contract issues requiring legal input."
"Partners with Finance department to ensure that forecasted savings are validated."
"Tracks and measures supplier performance against scorecards on an ongoing basis, as applicable."
"Conducts supplier Business Reviews as necessary."
"Facilitates dialogue with local business owners, RHM senior management, and Supply Chain staff to remove barriers when necessary."
"Engages suppliers and RHMs to ensure timely resolution of service issue(s)."
"Establishes procedures for managing a comprehensive sourcing process for assigned products/services across Trinity Health."
"Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State and local laws/regulations; the Trinity Health Integrity and Compliance Program and Code of Conduct; as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior."
That's many items. We'll output as
- each.
Now Requirements: includes "Physical and mental requirements and working conditions" paragraph. Also maybe "Ability to set and organize own work priorities..." etc. That's a list of requirements. We'll treat as list.
Also "Minimum Qualifications" is separate section Qualifications.
Skills: Advanced Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills required. Knowledge of an Enterprise Resource Planning application is preferred. Also maybe "Ability to be a self-starter..." etc but those are more qualifications/requirements. We'll put skills under Skills section.
We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft:
About the role
Leads strategic sourcing activities for complex small to medium initiatives with the ability 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. 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 risk that impact day-to-day operations. This position is accountable for maintaining business relationships with suppliers and Trinity's group purchasing organization (GPO). The business relationships with suppliers will require negotiating terms supporting the business plan objectives and protecting Trinity from business continuity risk, working with legal to develop contracts to memorialize terms and conditions of the trade relationship, and monitoring supplier performance and conducting business reviews. The business relationship with the GPO will require representing Trinity's interest on advisory boards, providing guidance on the GPO negotiation strategies, and supporting contract implementation across the ministry.
Responsibilities
- Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.
- Drives system compliance by optimizing the use of national group purchasing, custom group purchasing and Trinity Health system agreements.
- Demonstrates detailed understanding of products, service offerings and financial impact.
- Conducts competitive sourcing and negotiation process on initiatives with moderate risk and value, which include but are not limited to direct and indirect supplies, services and equipment.
- Analyzes responses, reviews product/service/equipment information to determine applicability, performs cost benefit analyses, develops reports and presents findings.
- Determines most favorable quotes and/or negotiates with vendors to obtain optimal price, terms and conditions.
- Prioritizes projects for assigned commodities.
- Leads strategy development, manages Request for Information (RFI), Request for Proposal (RFP) and Request for Quotation (RFQ) processes.
- Leads analysis and negotiations.
- Leads cross-functional teams for strategic sourcing initiatives to drive system-wide standardization, cost reductions, service and quality excellence, knowledge transfer for replication of best practice, information technology development and assisting with local implementation of various activities.
- Builds stakeholder team consensus to endorse sourcing strategies.
- A demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across multifunctional teams and with RHMs in multiple geographies.
- Develops, executes and communicates sourcing strategies in collaboration with senior level management and key stakeholders on overall process, timing, and objectives.
- Manages relationships to ensure internal customers and stakeholders are actively engaged.
- Promotes a lean/process excellence culture.
- Participates in joint quality improvement initiatives with SO and RHM colleagues.
- Motivates and leads strategic sourcing lean program initiatives to increase productivity and improving end to end process efficiencies.
- Accountable for engaging suppliers in the selection processes and maintaining business relationships that are conducted legally, ethically and in accordance with Trinity Health Policies/Procedures and the Organizational Integrity Program.
- Accountable to develop a primary liaison for key suppliers within the assigned category.
- Conducts business reviews with key suppliers.
- Serves as the subject matter expert for all category supplier engagement questions from Trinity colleagues.
- Maintains business relationships with the GPO leadership and staff.
- Provides input on sourcing strategy and represents Trinity on advisory boards as assigned.
- Plans, manages and oversees the life cycle of complex small to medium sourcing projects. These projects involve but are not limited to multiple stakeholders, significant facilitation, standardization and process change to multiple business units.
- Working knowledge on contract construction and the ability to review, red line and draft language for discussion.
- Close working relationship with legal for those contract issues requiring legal input.
- Partners with Finance department to ensure that forecasted savings are validated.
- Tracks and measures supplier performance against scorecards on an ongoing basis, as applicable.
- Conducts supplier Business Reviews as necessary.
- Facilitates dialogue with local business owners, RHM senior management, and Supply Chain staff to remove barriers when necessary.
- Engages suppliers and RHMs to ensure timely resolution of service issue(s).
- Establishes procedures for managing a comprehensive sourcing process for assigned products/services across Trinity Health.
- Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State and local laws/regulations; the Trinity Health Integrity and Compliance Program and Code of Conduct; as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior.
Requirements
- Work will generally be accomplished in an office environment.
- Ability to set and organize own work priorities, and adapt to them as they change frequently.
- Must be able to
- each.
Now Requirements: includes "Physical and mental requirements and working conditions" paragraph. Also maybe "Ability to set and organize own work priorities..." etc. That's a list of requirements. We'll treat as list.
Also "Minimum Qualifications" is separate section Qualifications.
Skills: Advanced Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills required. Knowledge of an Enterprise Resource Planning application is preferred. Also maybe "Ability to be a self-starter..." etc but those are more qualifications/requirements. We'll put skills under Skills section.
We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft:
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The essential functions are a list of duties; we can treat each sentence or clause as a list item. But we need to preserve all substantive information; we could keep as paragraphs but better to use list. However the essential functions are not explicitly bullet list; they are sentences separated by periods. We could split by periods into list items, but that may be too granular and risk losing nuance. Perhaps we can keep as