Program Manager - Sourcing Category Management

Hours : Shift Start Time: Variable Shift End Time: Variable AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift Additional Shift Information: Weekend Requirements: Not Specified On-Call Required: No Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $57.740 - $74.490 - $83.440 The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position.  The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.   What You Will Do This position has a significant level of spend responsibility, oversees and manages approximately $50M-$100M per year of supplies/services with categories of medium-to-high complexity and risk, and will provide strategic decision-support and recommendations to clinical and non-clinical stakeholders to maximize and ensure the value of supplier performance at Sharp HealthCare. Delivers clinical improvement, cost savings, operational efficiencies, and/or added value by leading cross functional stakeholders through fact/evidence-based, data-driven sourcing initiatives with strong market and competitive analysis, creation of leverage, and professional negotiations to secure the best quality, service, and cost to meet Sharp's business needs. Lead the development of sourcing strategies for key projects, utilizing appropriate sourcing tools, aligning key business stakeholder needs, identifying supply alternatives and recommending the sourcing approach, and establishing the project plan/timeline to deliver an effective sourcing solution. Required Qualifications 7 Years Progressive, sourcing and contracting experience, including extensive experience developing and executing strategic sourcing plans. Preferred Qualifications Master's Degree Other Qualification Requirements Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, operations research, materials management, economics, or related discipline required; or 4 years of experience in healthcare supply chain may substitute for degree - REQUIRED Supply chain-related certification is preferred. Essential Functions Contract Administration Maintain a contract calendar for assigned product committees and collaborate with committee chair and Sr. Clinical Consultant to create strategies that enhance clinical outcomes, increase contracted spend, minimize off-contract purchases, and support system-wide efforts to standardize where appropriate and drive market share to preferred suppliers. Work closely with Legal Department to analyze contracts and ensure Sharp HealthCare's interests are met. Publish and ensure system-wide awareness of Sharp's contract portfolio, driving compliance to committed contracts. Cost Analysis and Control Responsible for monitoring category spend and striving to exceeds goals. Establish appropriate metrics to monitor expense trends for assigned categories; conducts supply expense variance analysis and identifies the root cause of variances. Establish cost savings goals and drives cost savings projects to achieve those goals. Validate, track and maintain cost impact of assigned categories' sourcing and contracting activities. Perform complex analyses of suppliers, market share, pricing, budgeting, trends, and impacts of contracting decision on a system and entity basis, and other ad hoc analyses for assigned spend category. Customer Satisfaction Accepts and offers constructive feedback. Consistently communicates in a positive and timely manner with peers, customers and suppliers. Demonstrates cooperation, responsiveness and teamwork toward accomplishment of Department goals. Excellent phone and person-to-person communication skills. Exchanges ideas, information, and messages readily and effectively, as required by the job. Shows cooperation and courtesy in dealing with coworkers, supervisors and other departments. Exhibits behaviors that are consistent with Sharp HealthCare customer service expectations. Maintains an active relationship with customers by continuously assessing needs, preferences, and levels of satisfaction of our customers. Identifies ways to serve customers more effectively. Treats people fairly, equitably and respects other personal opinions. Uses initiative to accomplish tasks, resolves problems cooperatively, offers recommended solutions, and works with others to accomplish tasks. Shows willingness to add to the Team. Utilizes proper telephone etiquette including promptly answering the phone, identifying oneself and the department, and displaying courtesy at all times. Also includes returning all calls promptly and relaying pertinent information. Sourcing Develop and demonstrate an expert knowledge of assigned categories and present an annual overarching category sourcing plan and 3-5 year strategy for assigned categories. Communicate to key stakeholders future trends of product categories and key upcoming changes. Assess category opportunities by gathering and analyzing spend data, purchasing patterns, competitive position, analysis of supplier/category industry, economics, market conditions, and expiring contracts. Effectively interact with internal and external stakeholders to understand their business needs and challenges, and evaluate suppliers on assurance of supply, quality of product, quality of service, total cost of ownership, innovation, and regulatory impacts. Lead multi-disciplinary category teams through the sourcing process to drive clinical and process improvement initiatives consistent with Sharp HealthCare's goals and objectives. Establish and execute a negotiation strategy. Conduct contract terms and price negotiations with supplier and perform all aspects of the contract process. Communicate with Finance, Legal, internal stakeholders and leadership thro