Manager, Category Management

Job Description

Manages, plans, organizes, and evaluates procurement contracting and agreements. Manages and evaluates direct reports. Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders on contract negotiation, administration, and compliance.

Job Responsibility

• Provides leadership to Category Management team members, supervisors, and managers by communicating and guiding toward achieving department objectives.
• Develops, communicates, and builds consensus for goals in alignment with the health system.
• Manages, plans, and organizes the development, negotiation, and administration of Service Line procurement contracts and GPO agreements.
• Selects, develops, manages, and evaluates direct reports.
• Ensures implementation, and evaluation of related operating policies, procedures and processes.
• Participates in developing and delivering training related to operations.
• Manages new product request process and development of product performance requirements.
• Ensures appropriate support and value is provided to organization Value Analysis Team (VAT) process.
• Oversees the maintenance of contract database to ensure proper administration of contract agreements.
• Reports on service line contract performance, and recommends corrective action or justifies variances.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• Bachelor's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• 6-8 years of relevant experience and 2-5 years of leadership / management experience, required.

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).