Sr Manager, Strategic Sourcing

Posting Date

12/24/th Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202, United States of America

The position will focus on managing various direct spend categories, primarily related to our nearly 3,000 clinical facilities. These include Machines, Spare Parts, and Bloodlines. The ideal candidate must have excellent communication skills as they will be working with DaVita teammates and DaVita vendors across multiple functional areas that are not familiar with procurement. This will require a high level of strategic and analytical thinking, project management, and organizational skills.

The team this manager will be a part of is relatively new, which provides an opportunity to build an organization from the ground up, but will require comfort with ambiguity and the ability to communicate frankly with C‑level executives.

• Develop extensive market knowledge and a deep understanding of the assigned categories
• Have experience leading all aspects of the sourcing process from end to end including RFIs/RFPs, bid analysis, supplier negotiation, and contracting
• Develop category strategies to increase our innovation pipeline, drive cost savings, and influence industries to transform themselves.
• Manage overall strategic supplier relationships including developing supplier performance (KPIs), capability development, cost and quality improvements for key suppliers and product categories
• Perform spend analysis and develop a sourcing roadmap focused on identifying cost savings, reducing supply risk, and identifying process improvements in a variety of direct spend categories.
• Provide insights and recommendations based on analysis, research, industry trends, benchmarking, and best practices
• Identify and document supplier risk items and develop mitigation strategies and plans
• Monitor compliance with DaVita’s product formularies and ensure contract terms are being met
• Collaborate with internal business partners both clinical and technical to understand demand and supplier trends
• Ability to balance multiple tasks and competing priorities simultaneously

• Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of business experience, or an MBA with background in contract analysis and negotiation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. The position requires interaction with teammates in various departments and with supplier partners.
• Experience developing and implementing category strategies
• Able to work independently to balance multiple tasks and competing priorities simultaneously
• Experience leading & executing RFPs and competitive bidding processes
• Strong strategic mindset and analytic skills – the ability to work with large amounts of data to drive strategic decisions.
• Excellent computer skills in Excel, PowerPoint & Word, ability to operate Tableau (building dashboards is not required but experience is valued)
• Personal values in line with DaVita’s values of Service Excellence, Integrity, Team, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Fulfillment & Fun.
• Ability to get the job done, push through obstacles, and take full accountability and ownership of work

• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
• Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
• Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform Star Learning.

The Salary Range for the role is $98,000.00-$ per year. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits.

This position will be open for a minimum of three days.

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