Category Manager, Indirect Goods & Services, Facilities Services

Joining us is a chance to do important work that creates change and shapes the future of healthcare. Thinking differently is what we do best. To us, change equals opportunity. Every day, our colleagues are challenging what’s possible and making headway to innovate new treatment pathways to advance patient outcomes and set new standards of care.

Requirements

• Coordinate and develop category plans, strategies, vision, process efficiency, strategic sourcing initiatives, and tactics within the Facilities Services category
• Manage and coordinate the supplier relationship and performance evaluation process for the responsible categories
• Develop and manage strategic business relationships and gain a comprehensive understanding of business requirements to ensure stakeholder objectives are in alignment with sourcing strategies
• Identify metrics, tools, and processes to optimize sourcing, supplier activities, and efficiencies
• Work collaboratively with team members to prioritize and drive implementation
• Ensure compliance with company and division-wide purchasing/procurement strategies, policies, standards, and practices
• Manage contracts, contract negotiation, and contractual dispute resolutions
• Pre-negotiate and incorporate terms, conditions, key performance indicators, and service level metrics into supplier contracts
• Participate in negotiations of major contracts and blanket purchase agreements with critical suppliers for goods and services, together with the Law Department and business areas
• Establish and lead effective network with suppliers and internal customers
• Manage ongoing relationships with key strategic suppliers and the manufacturing and headquarters sites

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance
• Savings plan (401(k))
• Total rewards program