Job Description
- Sourcing Strategy and Development:
- Develop sourcing strategies that align with organizational goals/objectives, budget targets and operational requirements to minimize the organizational risk. Strategies should be developed using spend analysis data, stakeholder input and knowledge of the supplier community.
- Perform data collection and conduct spend analysis at the organizational level, divisional level, commodity level and supplier level to identify opportunities and cross-over of common items purchased.
- Conduct Market Research to identify new technologies, identify sourcing/supplier trends.
- Complete robust spend analytics to mine opportunities.
- Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms.
- Sourcing Management:
- Oversee the RFx process and provide the leadership role in sourcing events to be executed.
- Negotiate contracts that support the sourcing strategies, collaborating with key stakeholders and departments.
- Develop and route the contract cover sheet.
- Identify and vet preferred supplier capabilities, financial stability and standing in the market.
- Identify optimal method(s) of supplier selection when identifying new opportunities or product pricing.
- Manage cross-organizational integrative activities with suppliers and the rest of the organization.
- Customer Relationship Management:
- Develop good working relationships with the end-user community by establishing ongoing, consistent meetings to gather ongoing spend requirements that will enable the departments to manage business operations.
- Act as internal consultant, facilitator, and problem solver.
- Supplier Relationship Management:
- Understand the supplier business regarding existing product line, and research and development of future technology with potential impact to contract terms and pricing.
- Gather information on supplier performance in order to provide input into the strategic sourcing process for future sourcing events.
- Professional Development:
- Develop annual individual development plan to gain additional knowledge in areas of healthcare Industry, changes in the industry and procurement functions.
- Required Skills & Experience:
- seven (7) years of sourcing experience.
- Demonstrated project management skills required including identifying project deliverables and developing critical milestones to meet project goals.
- Negotiation of contracts.
- Creating and developing relationships and leading projects and sourcing events.
- Leading meetings with Suppliers and Customers to keep project goals and objectives on track.
- Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Experience in Healthcare.
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