Senior Manager Strategic Sourcing - IT

Strategic Sourcing Manager

Leads strategic sourcing activities for complex medium to large initiatives with the ability of achieving significant cost reductions, supplanted with year-over-year cost and productivity improvements in the total cost of goods and services procured while maintaining or improving product quality and vendor service levels. Leads, facilitates, assembles and manages cross functional teams across the System with Regional Health Ministries (RHMs) to drive system-wide priorities, achieve cost reductions, service and quality excellence, and knowledge transfer for replication of "best practice".

Senior Manager has expert knowledge and experience in strategic sourcing processes, supporting analysis, and the ability to create and implement strategic commodity plans. Strategic sourcing activity will include but is not limited to, managing several simultaneous competitive sourcing processes, complex contract negotiations of high value, and limiting exposure to the System on high risk projects. This position has responsibility for making decisions and managing risk that impact day-to-day operations.

This position is accountable for maintaining business relationships with suppliers and Trinity's group purchasing organization (GPO). The business relationships with suppliers will require negotiating terms supporting the business plan objectives and protecting Trinity from business continuity risk, working with legal to develop contracts to memorialize terms and conditions of the trade relationship, and monitoring supplier performance and conducting business reviews. The business relationship with the GPO will require representing Trinity's interest on advisory boards, providing guidance on the GPO negotiation strategies, and supporting contract implementation across the ministry.

Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions. Drives system compliance by optimizing the use of national group purchasing, custom group purchasing and Trinity Health system agreements. Demonstrates detailed understanding of products, service offerings and financial impact. Provides strategic direction for sourcing activities based on total cost of ownership, required product specifications, supplier strengths/weaknesses, safety, evidence-based information and desired outcomes.

Analyzes relevant supply markets to provide information to identify requirements of RHM's and advocates for strategic needs and appropriate supplier bid lists. Supports the annual business planning and budget guidance processes. Prioritizes projects for assigned commodities. Leads strategy development, manages Request for Information (RFI), Request for Proposal (RFP) and Request for Quotation (RFQ) processes. Leads analysis and negotiations. Leads cross-functional teams for strategic sourcing initiatives to drive system-wide standardization, cost reductions, service and quality excellence, knowledge transfer for replication of best practice, information technology development and assisting with local implementation of various activities.

Builds stakeholder team consensus to endorse sourcing strategies. A demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across multifunctional teams and with RHMs in multiple geographies. Develops, executes and communicates strategies in collaboration with senior level management and key stakeholders on overall process, timing, and objectives. Manages relationships to ensure internal customers and stakeholders are actively engaged. Directs the personnel and financial activities of functional area colleagues as assigned.

Accountable for setting priorities and goals for the sourcing team and ensuring objectives are consistent with system and departmental goals. Conducts annual reviews with direct reports, manage performance issues and promote colleague career development. Responsible for hiring, orienting, managing, promoting, disciplining and terminating direct report colleagues. Provides leadership guidance to colleagues in adherence to the System strategic sourcing process. Capable to represent the Strategic Sourcing Director to fill temporary vacancies or as otherwise required.

Promotes a lean/process excellence culture. Participates in joint quality improvement initiatives with SO and RHM colleagues. Motivates and leads strategic sourcing lean program initiatives to increase productivity and improving end to end process efficiencies. Accountable for engaging suppliers in the selection processes and maintaining business relationships that are conducted legally, ethically and in accordance with Trinity Health Policies/Procedures and the Organizational Integrity Program.

Accountable to develop a primary liaison for key suppliers within the assigned category. Conducts business reviews with key suppliers. Serves as the subject matter expert for all category supplier engagement questions from Trinity colleagues. Maintains business…