[Hiring] Program Manager @Sharp HealthCare

Role Description

This position has a significant level of spend responsibility, overseeing and managing approximately $50M-$100M per year of supplies/services with categories of medium-to-high complexity and risk. Responsibilities include:

• Providing strategic decision-support and recommendations to clinical and non-clinical stakeholders to maximize and ensure the value of supplier performance at Sharp HealthCare.
• Delivering clinical improvement, cost savings, operational efficiencies, and/or added value by leading cross-functional stakeholders through fact/evidence-based, data-driven sourcing initiatives.
• Leading the development of sourcing strategies for key projects, utilizing appropriate sourcing tools, aligning key business stakeholder needs, identifying supply alternatives, and establishing project plans/timelines.

Qualifications

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

Requirements

• Maintain a contract calendar for assigned product committees and collaborate with committee chair and Sr. Clinical Consultant.
• Work closely with Legal Department to analyze contracts and ensure Sharp HealthCare's interests are met.
• Responsible for monitoring category spend and striving to exceed goals.
• Establish appropriate metrics to monitor expense trends for assigned categories.
• Accept and offer constructive feedback; communicate positively and timely with peers, customers, and suppliers.
• Develop and demonstrate expert knowledge of assigned categories and present annual overarching category sourcing plan.
• Initiate and lead RFP/RFQ bids and analysis, supplier evaluation, supplier qualification, and contract development/execution.

Benefits

• Competitive hourly pay range: $57.740 - $74.490 - $83.440.
• Pay rate dependent on factors including experience, skills, education, and marketplace factors.

Other Duties

• Review and approve catalog item-adds when applicable.
• Maintain an organized system for retrieval of department files on shared drive.
• Attend and contribute to related Value Analysis teams to evaluate and improve existing contractual conditions.
• Participate with new technology or MMIS system testing as assigned.
• Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent influencing skills and strong interpersonal communication skills for building relationships with internal stakeholders and supplier executives.
• Skilled negotiator with a proven ability to move negotiations forward to a supplier's best and final offer.
• Solid understanding of strategic sourcing fundamentals and a demonstrated track record of successful sourcing initiatives.
• Ability to read, analyze, and negotiate high-level contracts.