Category Manager

Required Skills & Experience

• 5 years MINIMUM specifically within Category Management with a health system/hospital
• Strong indirect spend experience working directly with internal business owners o Managing 150-200+ million in spend
• Must have personally led RFx processes end-to-end, including initial creation, supplier evaluation, negotiations, selection, and award.
• Strong contract negotiation and redlining experience.
• Experience managing approximately 3–5 sourcing projects simultaneously at different stages. o Strong experience with KPIs, dashboards, reporting, compliance, and project tracking. o Extremely polished communication and executive-level stakeholder management, including experience working with VP/SVP-level leaders.
• Must be proactive, independent, highly intelligent, and comfortable leading from the front. o This is not a heavily micromanaged environment.
• Must have a 4-year undergraduate degree from a recognized university. Education is a meaningful screening factor for them.
• Must be able to work onsite Wednesday and Thursday.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Master’s degree, particularly from a strong/reputable university.

Job Description

A large healthcare system is looking to add a Category Manager who can independently own indirect sourcing projects from start to finish. This person will work directly with VP/SVP-level stakeholders, run complex RFx events, negotiate/redline contracts, manage vendors, track KPIs, and handle multiple sourcing projects simultaneously. Day to day responsibilities may include:

• Managing SLA and KPIs
• Managing 3-5 projects at once
• Relining/negotiating contracts
• Following up on existing projects
• Stakeholder engagement
• Managing quarterly reviews