Category Manager (JR234837)

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Tarrytown, New York

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Full time

$138,400.00-$173,000.00

Overview: <p>As the academic medical center and University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center is nationally recognized for clinical excellence&mdash;breaking new ground in research, training the next generation of healthcare leaders, and delivering science-driven, patient-centered care.&nbsp;</p> <br /> <p>Montefiore is ranked among the top hospitals nationally and regionally by <em>U.S. News &amp; World Report</em>. For more than&nbsp;one hundred&nbsp;years we have been innovating new treatments, new&nbsp;procedures,&nbsp;and&nbsp;new approaches&nbsp;to patient care, producing stellar&nbsp;outcomes&nbsp;and raising the bar for medical centers in the region and around the world. As we build on this momentum, we continue to advance the practice of medicine and set the standard for excellence.&nbsp;</p> <p>Montefiore is&nbsp;recruiting&nbsp;seasoned&nbsp;Supply Chain leaders to provide&nbsp;expertise, create efficiencies, realize financial savings,&nbsp;take full advantage of System technology,&nbsp;and add value&nbsp;for&nbsp;our Clinicians and Associates.&nbsp;</p> <br /> <p>The Category Manager&nbsp;Medical Surgical&nbsp;position requires an experienced sourcing professional with a background in&nbsp;clinical&nbsp;materials and services&nbsp;contracting with superior analytic and problem-solving skills supporting a&nbsp;fast-paced, transformation-oriented work environment.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>The&nbsp;ideal candidate&nbsp;will&nbsp;have&nbsp;experience in contract spend areas such&nbsp;as,&nbsp;but not limited to,&nbsp;medical-surgical&nbsp;products,&nbsp;respiratory,&nbsp;critical care,&nbsp;nursing and&nbsp;procedural supplies,&nbsp;pediatrics,&nbsp;and clinical capital&nbsp;purchasing acquisitions.&nbsp;</p>
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>This position will be the primary point of contact for all&nbsp;issues&nbsp;related to medical surgical distribution,&nbsp;and&nbsp;distribution contracting at the&nbsp;GPO and local level.</li> <li>The Category Manager will work across all Supply&nbsp;Chain&nbsp;and Clinical&nbsp;departments&nbsp;to ensure&nbsp;appropriate performance&nbsp;and value from Montefiore&rsquo;s contracted medical surgical distribution partner&nbsp;and direct&nbsp;vendors.<u><br /></u></li> <li>This&nbsp;position&nbsp;is responsible for&nbsp;the end-to-end process&nbsp;of&nbsp;source-to-contract for a&nbsp;clinical&nbsp;category(s)&nbsp;within a health care setting&nbsp;utilizing&nbsp;sourcing best practices.</li> <li>The Category Manager will develop sourcing strategies in collaboration with stakeholders that&nbsp;achieve&nbsp;cost, quality, and outcomes.&nbsp;</li> <li>The&nbsp;Category&nbsp;Manager will&nbsp;be responsible for&nbsp;identifying&nbsp;initiatives,&nbsp;developing market/spend analysis, benchmarking comparisons, and competitive procurement documents (RFP/RFI).</li> <li>This position will&nbsp;lead&nbsp;supplier negotiations, contract development/management, vendor management, and the identification/realization&nbsp;of savings opportunities.</li> <li>The ideal candidate&nbsp;is skilled at creating presentations and presenting/discussing complex Supply Chain initiatives to all levels of leadership.&nbsp;</li> </ul>
Requirements: <ul> <li>BS Science or Business Administration Degree Required - Master's Preferred.</li> <li>4+ Years of Contract Management and/or Hospital Supply Chain Management Distribution experience within Medical Surgical, inpatient, or ambulatory settings Required.</li> <li>ERP,&nbsp;Contract Management Software,&nbsp;Inventory Systems.</li> <li>Healthcare&nbsp;spend&nbsp;contract management.&nbsp;</li> <li>GPO&nbsp;utilization.</li> <li>Accounting&nbsp;principles, cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting, market and supplier research and analysis.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Value Analysis.</li> <li>MS Office suite.</li> <li>ERP and current supply chain information systems.</li> <li>Contract Management Software.</li> <li>GHX/EDI.</li> <li>Inventory Management Software.</li> </ul>