Senior Category Manager

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report , we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals.

Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

JOB SUMMARY
This position manages various spend categories identified as managed categories, within the Supply Chain Management Department, focusing on streamlining processes, cost reduction, GPO (Group Purchasing Organization)/State contract optimization and increasing utilization of contracted products and services. They are responsible for driving results, meeting deliverables, and owning all stages of the Sourcing/RFP/Proposal/Contracting process as assigned. This role requires maintaining the integrity and accuracy of Category contracts by working with the Sourcing and Contracting Specialist, Legal for contract review, Value Analysis, internal stakeholders and independently to keep all materials and data up to date.

The primary purpose of this job is to identify opportunities, develop assigned category project pipelines, and to lead strategic initiatives and provide accurate and current market information for decision making. Demonstrates technical procurement knowledge of a broad spectrum of commodities and services pertinent to the assigned category. Interacts with departments and units within the institution in identifying areas of spend optimal for strategic sourcing.

Demonstrates to leadership a deep knowledge of their assigned category and market trends.

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

Required

• Education
  Bachelor's Degree in science, healthcare, or business-related field or
  Master's Degree in science, healthcare, or business-related field or
• May consider additional years of related experience in lieu of degree

• Experience
  5 years experience in contract administration, purchasing and/or sourcing with Bachelor's degree or
  3 year experience in contract administration, purchasing and/or sourcing with Master's degree
  Demonstrated intermediate experience with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

• Licenses and Certifications
  (CTPM) Cert TX Procurement Manager within 1-1/2 Yrs or
  (CTCD) CERT TEXAS CONTRACT DEVELOPER within 1-1/2 Yrs

Preferred

• Experience
  Health care related experience preferred, clinical experience & RN preferred
  
  Proficiency with People Soft and Jagger

• Licenses and Certifications
  (PMP) Project Management Prof Cert

JOB DUTIES

• Works independently to lead strategic conversation with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Identifies cost savings opportunities and develops strategy roadmap to achieve the goals.
• Presents market assessments and strategy recommendations to key stakeholders and executive leadership to align expectations, visions and buy in.
• Provides mentorship to team members on developing pipelines or any category management roles.
• Assists with the procurement lifecycle while coordinating efforts with end-users sourcing approaches and providing recommendations based on contract hierarchy and federal and state regulations.
• Assists with a risk assessment and contract monitoring plan and KPI management.
• Works with the technical teams and SMEs to translate highly technical requirements and information into clear messaging and content to produce compelling, responsive and superior quality RFPs, proposals, and final contracts.
• Partners with internal SMEs to maintain up to date product information and functionality related content and materials.
• Implements a value-based selection process and positions the Sourcing team and Supply Chan Department as a trusted advisor.
• Supports the e-commerce strategy for assigned spend categories.
• Manages supplier relationships, ensuring that UTSW business needs are met. Establishes key performance metrics (KPIs) to measure supplier performance and lead supplier business reviews.
• Exports, Filters, Categorizes and Interprets volumes of…