Strategic Sourcing Manager (Full-Time/Day) Center City

Job Details

Lead the creation, execution and management of comprehensive sourcing strategies for clinical supply and service categories that ensure lowest total cost of ownership through managed demand, utilization, and optimal pricing. Negotiate, benchmark, implement, and monitor large scale acquisitions, contracts, and product portfolios to ensure Jefferson. takes full advantage of value based, state of the art equipment, devices, and opportunities for a group of categories which may include IT, Marketing, Facilities, HR Services, Legal, Travel, and other categories.

Lead cross-functional project teams and develop and leverage supplier partnerships, Jefferson Health System relationships, and group purchasing organization (GPO) contracts to meet business requirements to create sustainable solutions that maximize cost effectiveness for the institution and support its strategic direction.

Job Description

Essential Functions

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Supports partnerships with aligned departments and builds relationships at Associate Vice President, Director, or Manager level. Helps Develops and executes strategic sourcing plans across a sub-group of product and service categories that appropriately factor departmental needs alongside institutional challenges and directives
• Manages, on average, $50-$100M in annual spend

• Deliver, at a minimum, $5M – $8M  annually in budget-impact cost savings and avoidance

• Manages all stages of sourcing process from situation analysis, business requirements gathering, market research and intelligence, strategy creation, request for proposal, negotiation, award, implementation, and budgetary compliance

• Initiates bid process and utilizes eSourcing technology to increase value delivery and increase efficiency of the bidding process. Analyzes responses, awards business, develops contracts and engages appropriately with Jefferson and vendor legal departments to implement, monitors vendor performance post-award through structured and well-defined supplier relationship management

• Supports strategic supplier relationships through establishment and measurement of KPIs and other performance measures to deliver enterprise-wide cost optimization and maintain focus on pioneering, innovate products and services

• Responds appropriately and proactively to customer needs and supports departmental, hospital, and university initiatives.

• Highly organized, self motivated decision-maker working with minimal supervision and able to manage multiple priorities.

• Conforms to and follows all internal directions and guidelines established for the Department by the Associate Vice President Strategic Sourcing and Vice President for Strategic Sourcing and Value Analysis.

• Treats all patients, visitors, co-workers, and/or customers with sensitivity, dignity, and respect.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in business is required. Master’s Degree is preferred.

AND

Experience:

• Five to seven years progressively responsible experience in purchasing, contract management, or materials management setting
• Must have Fortune 500, Pharmaceutical, IT, FMCG, CPG, Consulting or equivalent industry experience

Minimum Certifications, Registration or License Requirements:

• C.P.M. from the Institute for Supply Management, Inc. or a CMRP certification from the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management of the American Hospital Association is preferred.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University

Primary Location Address

1101 Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.