Strategic Sourcing Manager

About the role

Join the Purchasing team at VHC Health as a Strategic Sourcing Manager, where no two days are the same and your work directly supports both clinical excellence and financial stewardship.

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing projects, manage supplier relationships, manage category strategies, and drive cost-saving initiatives, including developing and implementing sourcing strategies to optimize the procurement of medical supplies, equipment, and services for VHC Health.
• Provide management reporting for key deliverables, plans, programs and KPI’s as required.
• Collaborate with various departments to ensure cost-effective purchasing while maintaining high-quality standards and compliance with healthcare regulations.
• Contribute to ensuring that the procurement process drives market sustainability, value to customers and supply chain initiatives.
• Oversee all Strategic Sourcing Specialists.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required. Additional experience considered in lieu of education requirement.
• Three (3) years Supply Chain Management Experience.
• Three (3) years of SCM, Procurement, or SCM operations is required.
• Experience With ERP Systems is Preferred.
• Experience with Workday SCM FIN configuration, integrations, and reporting is preferred.
• Certified Materials & Resource Professional (CMP) is preferred.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to include the ability to negotiate and resolve conflicts and build teams.
• Demonstrated creativity and flexibility.
• Ability to operate in high-pressure situations.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Demonstrated innovative approach to problem resolution.
• Ability to work collaboratively across VHC Health entities and disciplines.
• Demonstrated commitment to patient and family centered care.
• Effective analytical ability to develop and analyze options, recommend solutions to and solve complex problems and issues.
• Ability to function independently and deal with multiple, simultaneous projects.
• Ability to recognize personal strengths and weaknesses and develop goals for professional growth and achievement.
• Demonstrated commitment to quality and excellence.
• Ability to implement change in a positive, sensitive and forward-thinking manner.
• Planning and problem solving.
• Developing goals and objectives, and establishing priorities.
• Inspires confidence, appropriate risk taking and achievement of high standards.
• Self-starter with a willingness to try new ideas.
• Positive, can-do attitude coupled with a sense of urgency.
• Good judgment and ability to act decisively at the right time.
• Ability to persuade others and develop consensus.
• Effective communication skills both in written and verbal presentation with a communication style that is open and foster trust, credibility and understanding.
• Ability to effect collaboration and promote teamwork.
• Ability to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction including employees, patients, visitors, faculty, referring physicians, and external stakeholders.

Skills

• Advanced Excel skills.

Benefits

At VHC Health, every role contributes to exceptional care, better outcomes, and stronger communities. In addition to your base compensation, VHC Health offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage (subject to eligibility requirements), as well as additional wellness and retirement benefits designed to support our employees and their families.

Pay

The compensation offered for this position—whether expressed as an annual salary or hourly rate—is determined based on a variety of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, a candidate’s qualifications, relevant training and experience, skill level, shift differentials (where applicable), internal equity, and current market conditions. The posted hiring range reflects the range VHC Health, in good faith, believes is appropriate for this role at the time of posting. This range may be adjusted in the future based on business needs or market changes. No portion of compensation is considered earned until it is vested and determined in accordance with the terms of applicable policies and benefit plans. The availability and amount of any bonuses, incentives, or other benefits are subject to the terms of those plans and may be modified at the sole discretion of VHC Health, in accordance with applicable law.

Schedule

VHC Health maintains a drug-free workplace. The unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited at all VHC Health locations.