Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist

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Job Summary: The Senior Strategic Specialist manages key spend categories, including capital, perioperative, procedural, and patient care. This role is responsible for identifying and executing cost-saving initiatives, negotiating contracts, and collaborating with internal stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies that drive long-term improvements.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Clinical, or Supply Chain Management, preferred.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification: Certified Sourcing Professional (CSP), Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) or Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), preferred.

Work Experience: Minimum 3 years in procurement, negotiations, contract management, analytics, or vendor and supplier management. Experience in healthcare, preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Knowledge in supply chain contracting strategies, strategic sourcing, spend analytics, benchmarking, RFx engagements, and achieving cost reductions across assigned product and services categories while maintaining or improving quality. Basic knowledge of finances and economic sourcing, capital equipment, clinical products, and purchasing services. Knowledge of day-to-day contracting activities such as renewals, modifications, price discrepancies, and supplier performance concerns. Knowledge of day-to-day contracting activities such as renewals, modifications, price discrepancies, and supplier performance concerns. Knowledge of contract lifecycle management, including drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and executing agreements in accordance with established contracting policies and procedures. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal that present clear and concise information. Strong analytical skills to enable sourcing/contracting decisions based on evaluation of previous data sources. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities with competing deadlines.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities: Collaborates with Strategic Sourcing Managers and department management on priority items and overall sourcing plans and initiatives. Leads in negotiating contracts that includes both local and national purchasing agreements. Manages and maintains strong end-user and vendor relationships that include our Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) and distribution partners. Evaluates operational conditions and processes to ensure any special terms or provisions applicable to the Strategic Sourcing Award Strategy are covered during negotiations or other procurement requests such as Request for X (RFx) documents. Maintains measurable and quantifiable performance metrics for all contracting activities in their managed categories. Researches alternative supplier options to ensure supply chain resiliency is maintained. Ensures all suppliers meet service benchmarks and performs periodic evaluations of supplier companies. Works effectively with Legal Counsel to resolve and prevent any contractual concerns. Provides guidance to department management on priority items and overall sourcing plans and initiatives.

Decision Making: Independent judgment in making decisions involving non-routine problems under general supervision.

Working Relationships: Coordinates activities of others (does not supervise). Works with internal and/or external customers via telephone or face to face interaction. Works with other healthcare professionals and staff. Works frequently with individuals at Director level or above.

Special Job Dimensions: None.

Supplemental Information: This document generally describes the essential functions of the job and the physical demands required to perform the job. This compilation of essential functions and physical demands is not all inclusive nor does it prohibit the assignment of additional duties.

Material Services Strategic Sourcing - Yale Campus

Location:

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136

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