Program Manager - Sourcing Category Management

Job Title

Hours:

Shift Start Time:
Variable

Shift End Time:
Variable

AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information:

Weekend Requirements:
As Needed

On-Call

Required:

No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum
- Midpoint
- Maximum): $57.740 - $74.490 - $83.440

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant's years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

This position has a significant level of spend responsibility, oversees and manages approximately $50M-$100M per year of supplies/services with categories of medium-to-high complexity and risk, and will provide strategic decision-support and recommendations to clinical and non-clinical stakeholders to maximize and ensure the value of supplier performance at Sharp Health Care. Delivers clinical improvement, cost savings, operational efficiencies, and/or added value by leading cross functional stakeholders through fact/evidence-based, data-driven sourcing initiatives with strong market and competitive analysis, creation of leverage, and professional negotiations to secure the best quality, service, and cost to meet Sharp's business needs.

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

• 7 Years Progressive, sourcing and contracting experience, including extensive experience developing and executing strategic sourcing plans.

• Master's Degree

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, operations research, materials management, economics, or related discipline required; or 4 years of experience in healthcare supply chain may substitute for degree - REQUIRED
• Supply chain-related certification is preferred.

• Contract Administration:
  Maintain a contract calendar for assigned product committees and collaborate with committee chair and Sr. Clinical Consultant to create strategies that enhance clinical outcomes, increase contracted spend, minimize off-contract purchases, and support system-wide efforts to standardize where appropriate and drive market share to preferred suppliers. Work closely with Legal Department to analyze contracts and ensure Sharp Health Care's interests are met.
  
  Publish and ensure system-wide awareness of Sharp's contract portfolio, driving compliance to committed contracts.
• Cost Analysis and Control:
  Responsible for monitoring category spend and striving to exceed goals. Establish appropriate metrics to monitor expense trends for assigned categories; conducts supply expense variance analysis and identifies the root cause of variances. Establish cost savings goals and drives cost savings projects to achieve those goals. Validate, track and maintain cost impact of assigned categories' sourcing and contracting activities. Perform complex analyses of suppliers, market share, pricing, budgeting, trends, and impacts of contracting decision on a system and entity basis, and other ad hoc analyses for assigned spend category.
• Customer Satisfaction:
  Accepts and offers constructive feedback. Consistently communicates in a positive and timely manner with peers, customers and suppliers. Demonstrates cooperation, responsiveness and teamwork toward accomplishment of Department goals. Excellent phone and person-to-person communication skills. Exchanges ideas, information, and messages readily and effectively, as required by the job. Shows cooperation and courtesy in dealing with coworkers, supervisors and other departments. Exhibits behaviors that are consistent with Sharp Health Care customer service expectations.
  
  Maintains an active relationship with customers by continuously assessing needs, preferences, and levels of satisfaction of our customers. Identifies ways to serve customers more effectively. Treats people fairly, equitably and respects other personal opinions. Uses initiative to accomplish tasks, resolves problems cooperatively, offers recommended solutions, and works with others to accomplish tasks. Shows willingness to add to the Team. Utilizes proper telephone etiquette including promptly answering the phone, identifying oneself and the department, and displaying courtesy at all times.
  
  Also includes returning all calls promptly and relaying pertinent information.
• Sourcing:
  Develop and demonstrate an expert knowledge of assigned categories and present an annual overarching category sourcing plan and 3-5 year strategy for assigned categories. Communicate to key stakeholders…