Lab Manager

MB2 Dental

$80K — $95K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, or lab management experience.
  • Strong negotiation skills and analytical capabilities.
  • Proven experience managing a significant spend category independently.
  • Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders effectively.
  • Experience in dental, laboratory, healthcare, or multi-site environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the full laboratory category concerning spend, performance, and strategic initiatives.
  • Develop and optimize the organization's preferred lab strategy for cost savings and improved quality.
  • Own relationships with corporate laboratory partners, including negotiations and performance reviews.
  • Analyze lab spending and utilization to identify savings opportunities and operational improvements.
  • Collaborate with Operations, Leadership, and Finance to enhance preferred lab adoption and outcomes.
  • Lead the selection, onboarding, and governance of laboratory partners.
  • Build and maintain reporting systems to support decision-making and track performance.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Life insurance with additional coverage options.
  • Long- and short-term disability benefits.
  • Generous paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays.
  • Traditional and Roth 401(k) retirement plan options.
Full Job Description
Overview

 

 

 

MB2 Dental is seeking a Procurement Lab Manager to join our growing team!

 

We are seeking a Procurement Lab Manager to own and lead our laboratory category strategy across the organization. This role will manage lab spend, relationships, contracts, performance, and strategic initiatives.

 

We offer a competitive compensation package that includes medical/dental/vision/life insurance, long- and short-term disability, generous PTO, paid holidays, traditional and Roth 401(k) options, and more.

Key Responsibilities
  • Managing the full laboratory category, including spend, performance, contracts, and strategic initiatives.
  • Developing and optimizing our organizations preferred lab strategy to drive savings, quality, service, and doctor adoption.
  • Owning relationships with all corporate laboratory partners, including executive business reviews, negotiations, and performance management.
  • Analyzing lab spend, utilization, pricing, and practice behavior to identify opportunities for consolidation, savings, and operational improvement.
  • Partnering closely with Operations, Leadership, and Finance to drive preferred lab adoption and improve outcomes.
  • Leading laboratory partner selection, onboarding, and governance processes.
  • Building reporting, dashboards, and insights to support decision-making and measure category performance.
  • Managing escalations, service issues, and accountability across the network.
  • Identifying and executing strategic initiatives that improve quality, consistency, service levels, and total cost of ownership.
  • Serving as a subject matter expert for the laboratory category and advising leadership on market trends, capabilities, and strategic opportunities.
Ideal Candidate
  • 6+ years of procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, or lab management experience.
  • Strong negotiation, analytical, and relationship-management skills.
  • Proven ability to independently manage a significant spend category and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Dental, laboratory, healthcare, or multi-site experience is a plus.

 

 

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