Strategic Sourcing Manager

Purpose & Scope

The Strategic Sourcing Manager will 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. Will provide management reporting for key deliverables, plans, programs and KPI’s as required. This role involves collaborating with various departments to ensure cost-effective purchasing while maintaining high-quality standards and compliance with healthcare regulations. This role will contribute to ensuring that the procurement process drives market sustainability, value to customers and supply chain initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing projects, manage supplier relationships, and drive cost-saving initiatives
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies to optimize the procurement of medical supplies, equipment, and services
• 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
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to ensure all relevant technical and clinical aspects of category management are met

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required
• Three (3) years Supply Chain Management Experience
• Additional experience considered in lieu of education requirement
• 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
• Able 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
• Able to persuade others and develop consensus
• Able to effect collaboration and promote teamwork
• Able to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction including employees, patients, visitors, faculty, referring physicians, and external stakeholders

Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• 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
• Able 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
• Able to persuade others and develop consensus
• Able to effect collaboration and promote teamwork
• Able to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction including employees, patients, visitors, faculty, referring physicians, and external stakeholders

Benefits

Where required, will work in close collaboration with relevant stakeholders to ensure all relevant technical and clinical aspects of category management are met.

Pay

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

No specific schedule is provided in the job description.

Company Information

VHC Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law. 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.