[Hiring] Senior Sourcing Manager @Duke University

Role Description

Bring your procurement experience to a team focused on results and innovation. Reporting to the Sr. Director Supply Chain Medical Supply, the Medical Supply Sourcing Manager is responsible for long-term planning, strategy development, and leading continuous improvement of assigned Supply spend categories.

The position will be responsible for the development and implementation of Medical Supply sourcing strategies and standards across the assigned spend categories to meet Duke University and Duke Health System needs by achieving high quality, reduced cost, and simplified procurement strategies.

The Medical Supply Sourcing Manager operates independently and is responsible for driving Medical Supply sourcing strategies, managing the bid process, and complex negotiations for Supplies and Services. This person will independently analyze spend areas within assigned categories, provide recommendations on sourcing strategies and deliver savings to the University and Health System.

The successful candidate must show confidence and executive presence in business situations and be able to influence and persuade, demonstrate domain expertise and be able to quickly pivot as demand changes. This person should promote a positive work environment, spirit of cooperation and support for coworkers.

Work Arrangement: Remote – Candidates must reside in one of the approved states for remote work.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management, or related areas.
• Experience: Minimum of seven years’ experience in strategic sourcing/procurement/contract management in various Professional Services categories.
• Experience in data analysis and the development of contract terms and standards.
• Knowledge of contract terms and conditions.
• Strong consultative, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong in quantitative and problem-solving skills.
• Strong project management/process improvement skills.
• Effective at evaluating information/data to drive decisions.
• Effective at developing plans/resolving issues and creating strategies and operational process solutions.

Requirements

• Responsible for the negotiation and management of high complexity Medical Supplies and Implant contracts.
• Serve as leader, mentor, coach and operational resource for Sourcing teams.
• May be asked to supervise, develop and monitor performance of goals and objectives for applicable members of the team.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement enterprise-wide plans used to inform the Duke community about sourcing initiatives, procedures and impact.
• Lead cross functional and multi-departmental sourcing activities for assigned category(ies).
• Serve as a category manager and focus on planning for and executing a model to capture, manage and control spend reductions.
• Perform analysis on various related medical supply and implant commodities.
• Lead sourcing processes in a matrixed environment including RFI/RFP’s and negotiations or renegotiations.
• Create evaluations models and assist stakeholders in evaluation during formal, informal, and sole source solicitations.
• Develop sourcing plans, benchmarks suppliers, contracts, and services.
• Analyze business processes and identify opportunities to increase efficiency while reducing costs.
• Stay current with relevant advances in technologies.
• Develop and follow best practices and procedures and share knowledge with team members.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Monitor and manage metrics associated with primary suppliers and their committed services levels.
• Maintain roadmap of category execution activities.
• Execute procurement tasks to support on-time project launches.
• Lead supplier performance reviews for Professional Services projects during project closure phase.
• Maintain close partnership with other shared services such as legal, regulatory, risk, information security, and finance.
• Manage redline reviews of assigned Agreements that require inclusion of applicable Duke standard terms and conditions.
• Evaluate Supplier performance through review of vendor spend reports and customer feedback.
• Survey customers to assess processes and team performance.
• Responsible for managing the budget for team activities.

Benefits

• Annual base salary range of USD $79,724.00 to USD $159,445.00.
• Comprehensive and competitive medical and dental care programs.
• Generous retirement benefits.
• A wide array of family-friendly and cultural programs.

Company Description

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes.