Strategic Sourcing Manager

About the role

Children’s Wisconsin is a nationally recognized health system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children, offering primary care, specialty care, urgent care, emergency care, community health services, foster and adoption services, child and family counseling, child advocacy services, and family resource centers. This hybrid role averages two days a week in West Allis, WI, typically on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with some fluctuation based on business need.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall contract portfolio management and execute contracting needs for the assigned portfolio.
• Work on a team of contract managers to iterate consistent contracting and spend evaluation tools.
• Serve as lead negotiator for equipment, goods, and services contracts, developing strategies that advance organizational priorities.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and execute contracts in collaboration with Legal, Compliance, Finance, IT, Analytics, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure all internal processes are completed prior to contract signature and maintain complete contract documentation, including negotiation records, redlines, agreement summaries, and signature memorandums.
• Partner with clinical, operational, financial, and supply chain stakeholders to align sourcing and contracting strategies with business and patient care needs.
• Own an assigned portfolio of contracts, providing full lifecycle management from sourcing and negotiation through execution, renewal, and replacement strategies.
• Identify and recommend product standardization and supplier consolidation that improves efficiency while maintaining safety and efficacy across organizational entities and services.
• Act as the primary point of contact for contracted suppliers, including the GPO, within assigned categories, facilitating business reviews, supplier evaluations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitor supplier performance against quality, service, cost, and compliance standards and lead corrective actions as needed.
• Track and report portfolio value, savings, and contract compliance metrics.
• Provide direct oversight of contract changes and monitor product evaluations and conversions.
• Review analyses of changes to price, models, levels of service, quality, quantity of materials, and estimated delivery dates.
• In alignment with the Value Analysis Program, form recommendations for departments regarding product evaluations, conversions, and supply standardization.
• Administer contract compliance oversight, including monitoring changes to pricing, service levels, product specifications, and delivery commitments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
• 7+ years of overall supply chain experience required.
• 5+ years of strategic sourcing-related experience required.
• Portfolio management experience required.
• Contracting and negotiation experience required.
• Healthcare experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Advanced skills in planning, project management, analytics, and negotiating.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills necessary to coordinate work with Children’s leaders, staff, and suppliers.
• In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of purchasing, logistics, business management principles, and business math, including business case development, cash flow analysis, and deal valuations.
• Advanced computer skills with Windows-based software, including Outlook, Excel, and Word; Access and PowerPoint experience preferred.
• Knowledge of contract workflow, terminology, and contract editing/redlining practices required.
• Strong analytical capabilities, including business case development, financial evaluation, and total cost analysis.