Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:
Strategic Sourcing & Value Analysis Department is responsible for all sourcing activities related to products for UCI Health. We work closely with Procurement, Contracting, Supply Chain, clinicians, physicians, and leadership to strategize UCI Health business decisions to deliver best practices including clinical quality, cost and outcomes. Incumbent is responsible for developing strategies that result in best-in-class strategic sourcing practices and supplier relationships. Identifies projects to apply sourcing and purchasing / procurement methodology to leverage annual purchase volume and rationalize supplier base to ensure benefits / savings to University. Partners with internal clients and stakeholders to identify sourcing needs; conduct buyer / market profiles; share marketplace trends; develop sourcing strategies; share best practices and define acceptable service levels.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

Three (3) years of previous experience, preferably in a hospital or a large complex healthcare system or equivalent University purchasing experience.

Strong organizational, meeting facilitation and decision-making skills.

Strong listening and communication skills, including the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner verbally and in writing.

Strong ability to independently gather, organize, and perform analytical or sourcing assignments.

Regularly works on projects complex and diverse in nature, requiring strong analytical skills where analysis of situations or data requires in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Exercises judgement in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining optimal results.

Full knowledge of procurement and sourcing functions

Experience in supply chain management with strong background in finance/decision support analytics. Must be able to articulate documented savings and supporting detail.

Exhibits expertise with MMIS applications/workflow (Premier, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, etc.), e-commerce (e.g. GHX), GPO and local contracting, Procure-to-Pay and other procurement, finance and supply chain-related functions.

Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training

Advanced level of proficiency and ability to perform complex analyses in Excel using formulas, pivot tables and other advanced calculations.

Ability to manage high level projects that include formulating strategies, developing processes, and identifying resources; functions with a high degree of autonomy.

Preferred Qualifications:

Thorough knowledge of strategic sourcing policies, practices and systems.

Thorough knowledge of healthcare sourcing commodity/product category.

Ability to read, interpret, develop, and negotiate terms and conditions of contracts

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

Exercise the utmost discretion in managing sensitive information learned in the course of performing their duties. Sensitive information includes but is not limited to employee and student records, health and patient records, financial data, strategic plans, proprietary information, and any other sensitive or non-public information learned during the course and scope of employment. Understands that sensitive information should be shared on a limited basis and actively takes steps to limit access to sensitive information to individuals who have legitimate business need to know. Ensure that sensitive information is properly safeguarded. Follow all organizational policies and laws on data protection and privacy. This includes secure handling of physical and digital records and proper usage of IT systems to prevent data leaks. The unauthorized or improper disclosure of confidential work-related information obtained from any source on any work-related matter is a violation of these expectations.

*Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship

Must be able to provide proof of work authorization