Advisor-Sourcing

We are more than a health system. We are a belief system. We believe wellness and sickness are both part of a lifelong partnership, and that everyone could use an expert guide. We work hard, care deeply and reach further to help people uncover their own power to be healthy. We inspire hope. We learn, grow, and achieve more – in our careers and in our communities.

This position has a significant level of spend responsibility, oversees and manages approximately $70M - $100M million per year of services and/or clinical supplies with categories of medium-to-high complexity and risk, and will provide strategic decision support and recommendations to non-clinical and/or clinical stakeholders and business unit owners to maximize and ensure the value of contracts and supplier performance.

The Category Manager is responsible for owning and optimizing the assigned spend categories via extensive cross-functional collaboration and mastery of all total cost of ownership (TCO)/strategic sourcing best practices.

Develop, implement, and prioritize strategic plans for assigned spend categories addressing cost drivers using contracting, competitive bidding, utilization, standardization, sku reduction, and financial analysis strategies to meet value based targets

May coordinate vendor transition including implementation plan development, creates launch strategies and assists with training initiatives as required

Aggregate and analyze usage across Ohio Health enterprise, analyze service usage patterns in order to make recommendations for eliminating waste and/or reduction of usage for cost savings

Work jointly with suppliers and internal clients to improve integrated processes

Facilitates cross-functional agreement to standardize services such that Total Cost of Ownership TCO is minimized but quality is maintained

Supports standards for diversity supplier sustainability programs

Enhance supply chain performance by benchmarking and implementing best practices

Provide status reports related to category activities to Supply Chain Leadership and others

Proactively manage contracting efforts for custom contracts, GPO contracts, local contracts

Develop and lead cross-functional team-based bid processes, decision making, standardization and consolidation efforts

Lead the development of sourcing strategies for key projects, utilizing appropriate sourcing tools, aligning key business stakeholder needs, identifying supply alternatives and recommending the appropriate sourcing approach, and establishing the project plan/timeline to deliver an effective sourcing solution

Negotiate pricing and contract terms with the goal of a win/win relationship

Support guidelines for supplier relationship management

Follow prescribed processes for use of contract lifecycle management tool(s)

Build professional, effective, collaborative relationships with internal customers including physician and clinical leaders, supply chain colleagues, process partners and suppliers

Lead cross-functional stakeholders through fact/evidence-based, data-driven initiatives with strong market and competitive analysis, creation of leverage, and professional negotiations to secure the best quality, service and cost to meet Ohio Health’s needs

Advocate and enforce the Ohio Health policy on competitive bidding as well as the importance in establishing a competitive supplier environment

Collaborate cross-functionally to optimize service and/or specifications

Influence internal clients to adhere to policies, best practices, and work towards Ohio Health’s culture of spend optimization and standardization

As a High Reliability Organization (HRO), responsibilities require focus on safety, quality and efficiency in performing job duties.

The job profile provides an overview of responsibilities and duties and is not intended to be an exhaustive list and is subject to change at any time

Bachelor's Degree (Required)

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Supply Chain,…