Category Management Director - Indirect

## Category Management Director - Indirect Apply:
Irving, TX 75062 Vizient Corporate HQ:
Cape Girardeau, MO 63703:
Chicago, IL 60607:
Centennial, CO 80111:
Full time:
Posted Today:
35247RWhen you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.
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* Summary:

** In this role, you will serve as the strategic leader, category subject matter expert, and trusted business advisor for assigned category portfolios. This role develops and executes category strategies that deliver measurable financial, operational, clinical, and organizational value for members while advancing Vizient's strategic objectives. The Category Management Director leads complex sourcing initiatives, facilitates stakeholder alignment, guides value analysis discussions, and provides strategic direction to multidisciplinary teams.

Through deep category expertise, market intelligence, and consultative leadership, this role influences sourcing, contracting, and value-based decisions across a broad range of stakeholders, which may include clinicians, physicians, executives, operational leaders, supply chain leaders, and suppliers.
** Responsibilities:
**** Category Leadership & Strategy
*** Develop and lead comprehensive category strategies for assigned portfolios that align with client priorities and organizational objectives.
* Serve as the primary category subject matter expert and strategic advisor for stakeholders across sourcing, contracting, and value analysis initiatives.
* Identify category opportunities through analysis of spend, utilization, supplier performance, market conditions, and member priorities.
* Establish strategic plans that drive value realization, standardization, innovation, risk mitigation, and cost optimization.
** Strategic Sourcing & Contracting
*** Lead end-to-end sourcing initiatives including opportunity assessment, requirements development, RFI/RFP execution, supplier evaluation, negotiations, contract development, and implementation.
* Develop and negotiate complex business, financial, operational, and contractual terms with suppliers.
* Build consensus among client stakeholders, suppliers, and Vizient teams to create solutions that meet clinical, operational, and financial objectives.
* Provide guidance and direction on complex contracting strategies and negotiations.
** Stakeholder & Value Analysis Leadership
*** Lead stakeholder committees consisting of physicians, clinicians, value analysis leaders, supply chain professionals, operational leadership and executive stakeholders as applicable.
* Facilitate discussions that align stakeholder priorities and support informed sourcing and contracting decisions.
* Present category strategies, sourcing recommendations, and initiative outcomes to executive-level audiences.
* Build trust-based relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers to drive long-term value delivery.
** Portfolio Management & Advisory Leadership
*** Manage a complex category portfolio with significant cross-functional collaboration across sourcing, contracting, analytics, implementation, and value analysis teams.
* Anticipate and respond to market, regulatory, supply chain, legal, and competitive factors impacting category strategies.
* Provide mentoring, guidance, and subject matter expertise to other team members.
* Represent Vizient in supplier, member, and industry-facing engagements related to assigned…