Required Education:

HS Diploma or equivalent

Preferred Education:

Bachelor's DegreeRequired Qualifications:

• 5+ years of progressive experience in developing market-leading category management and sourcing strategies and leading complex strategic sourcing projects in a cross-functional team environment.
• 5+ years of experience benchmarking, constructing, and negotiating complex master agreements and statements of work.
• High-impact individual with demonstrated ability to succeed in a high demand multi-taskingWe'll put you in the driver's seat on vital projects that have strategic importance to our mission of helping people lead healthier lives.

Yes, we share a mission that inspires. We need your organizational talents and business discipline to help fuel ours. It's the opportunity to do your life's best work.

As the Sourcing & Procurement Associate Director, you will be challenged to lead strategic sourcing, procurement, and contracting efforts across the enterprise in a rapidly changing product categories including Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), IT, Clinical and others primarily for business process applications (such as, virtual care technology, care coordination platforms, and financial software), plus other indirect technology spend commodities as assigned. A successful candidate for this role will have superior experience with the end-to-end sourcing & procurement process, analytical and risk management skill, and exceptional relationship management and consultative skills. The ideal candidate should be a self-starter, demonstrate the ability to lead and manage multiple projects and tasks, and successfully deliver on initiatives that will often have a broad and meaningful impact.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop, lead, and execute category management plans, competitive events, deal analysis, and complex negotiations for multiple categories.
• Support the end-to-end procurement process from sourcing through contracting, including pipeline management, in accordance with category strategy.
• Review, develop, redline, and negotiate complex third-party vendor contracts, including Master
• Software as a Service Agreements (SaaS), Statements of Work (SOWS), Orders, and amendments in cooperation with legal, internal stakeholders, and external business partners
• Develop impactful service level agreements (SLAs) or key performance indicators (KPIs) in alignment with enterprise standards, stakeholders requirements, and category strategy.
• Rationalize suppliers within multiple categories to drive alignment of enterprise supply chain strategies with targeted technology vendors.
• Develop strong working relationships with key internal stakeholders and suppliers within the portfolio to support business objectives, revenue growth opportunities, supplier innovation, and expense reductions.
• Support broader initiatives across the Sourcing & Procurement team to aid in execution of supplier performance management, inclusion & diversity, and sourcing processes.
• Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.
• Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.

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