Mcleod Health

Strategic Sourcing Manager - Materials Management

Mcleod Health • $75K — $95K *
Florence, SC 29501In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Yesterday
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Business or Healthcare Management preferred, Master's in Nursing considered
  • 4+ years of experience in product management, category management, or strategic sourcing
  • Experienced with Lean and/or Six Sigma concepts
  • Background in procurement within a regulated/analytical environment is a plus
  • Strong negotiation and collaboration skills
  • Excellent organizational and time management abilities
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
  • Willingness to travel for sourcing relationships

Responsibilities

  • Maintain a professional image and excellent customer relations
  • Improve supply chain performance through better planning
  • Devise cost reduction strategies while ensuring supply continuity
  • Execute category management and sourcing plans to achieve cost savings
  • Assess existing products and services and evaluate opportunities
  • Manage relationships with Group Purchasing Organizations
  • Drive change and standardization initiatives within the organization
  • Act as the main contact for supplier partners and potential vendors
  • Negotiate contracts with key suppliers while ensuring regulatory compliance
  • Coordinate planning and business reviews with suppliers and staff
  • Perform evaluations and supplier improvement projects
  • Support new product requests through the Value Analysis Program
  • Manage competitive sourcing processes and supplier selection
  • Identify risks in the assigned category and develop mitigation strategies
  • Oversee contract review processes and outline deliverables
  • Assist in capital budget planning and procurement processes

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment
  • Opportunity to influence strategic sourcing
  • Exposure to healthcare management and procurement
  • Professional development opportunities in a dynamic setting
  • Engagement with both clinical and non-clinical stakeholders
Full Job Description
Job Description

  1. Maintains professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and coworkers in accordance with our Service Excellence Standards and Core Values.
  2. Improves the supply chain performance through improved supply chain planning practices.
  3. Devises short-term and long-term cost reduction strategies for assigned categories while ensuring supply continuity, service, and quality. Forecasts market disruptions and identifies clinically appropriate solutions.
  4. Execute category management and strategic sourcing plans in accordance with the organizations Management Action Plan to meet cost savings goals. Utilize both internal and external data effectively to make knowledgeable decisions to drive cost savings.
  5. Conducts assessments of existing products/services, evaluating opportunity using benchmark, tier optimization changes, utilization review and/or product conversions. Includes Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) and Non-GPO contracted categories.
  6. Manages relationship with Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) to ensure optimal value.
  7. Drives organizational-wide product and service change and serves as an internal advocate of McLeod Health product standardization/utilization initiatives.
  8. Subject matter expert for sourcing knowledge of assigned categories, stays abreast of the changing supply market & new technologies and is able to effectively interface with supplier & customer (Clinical and Non-Clinical).
  9. Act as main point of contact for current supplier partners and new business prospects. Research and analyze supply and service options and market trends of current and potential vendors.
  10. Negotiating contracts with key suppliers, including cost and terms of supply, service, and quality. Ensuring compliance with all industry regulations.
  11. Coordinates planning, scheduling and leading business reviews with suppliers, department staff and or customers. Communicate with suppliers on performance and service issues; resolve problems with vendors that affect service levels provided to the hospital.
  12. Performance evaluations with both internal and external stakeholders, and drives supplier improvement projects to enhance innovation and quality, reduce cost, and improve supply chain service / efficiency.
  13. Supports request of new products and works collaboratively with the Value Analysis Program. Supports the Value Analysis Program meetings via attendance, presentation (construction and delivery), and follow-up on opportunities and initiatives.
  14. Performs and validates all cost savings analysis, in collaboration with the Clinical Value Analysis Facilitator and Contract Analyst as applicable.
  15. Manages competitive sourcing processes (RFI / RFQ / RFP), supplier selection, and contracting process.
  16. Identifies and elevates areas of highest risk in the assigned category and sites and leads multi-functional teams to develop actionable risk mitigation strategies.
  17. Oversees contract review process for supply chain. Outlines contract deliverables for the Contract Analyst and Purchasing Agent, purchase structure and other key terms.
  18. Assist in preparing capital budget plans and procurement process.

Communicates identified and executed savings to Supply Chain Leadership and Executive Leadership.

Work schedule: 80 hours bi-weekly

Qualifications/Education/Training:
  • Combination of education or experience that provides the candidate with the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the functions of the position proficiently will be considered.
  • Master's Degree in Business or Healthcare Management Preferred, Masters in Nursing considered.
  • Minimum of four (4) years' experience in product management, category management, or strategic sourcing is preferred.
  • Experience with Lean and/or Six Sigma manufacturing concepts is preferred.
  • Experience in procurement in progressively responsible positions in a highly regulated/analytical environment is a plus
  • Advanced ability to collaborate and negotiate.
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills.
  • Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking abilities.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office solutions: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access.
  • Willingness to travel internal and external to develop, promote, and maintain strategic sourcing relationships.


Licenses and/or Certifications:
  • Certification as a Certified Materials & Resource Professional (CMRP), Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), ISM Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), is preferred.
  • Certified Value Analysis Healthcare Professional (CVAHP) is preferred
  • Nursing Licenses is preferred.


About Mcleod Health

McLeod Health is a not-for-profit, privately owned healthcare network in South Carolina. It was founded in 1906 and has grown to become one of the largest healthcare systems in the state. McLeod Health operates seven hospitals, including a children's hospital, and over 100 medical practices throughout the region. The network employs over 7,500 people and serves over 1.5 million patients annually. McLeod Health is committed to providing high-quality, compassionate care to its patients and improving the health of the communities it serves.
Learn more about Mcleod Health
Size
9,300 employees
Industry
Healthcare
Founded
1906
* Ladders Estimates

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